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10-letter words containing d, o, a, s, t, r

  • riot squad — a group of police officers having special training and equipment for quelling riots and other public disturbances.
  • road atlas — a book of maps showing roads, designed for drivers
  • sacerdotal — of priests; priestly.
  • sandlotter — a youngster who plays baseball in a sandlot.
  • saw doctor — a sawmill specialist who sharpens and services saw blades
  • scordatura — the tuning of a stringed instrument in other than the usual way to facilitate the playing of certain compositions.
  • short head — a distance shorter than the length of a horse's head
  • short-hand — a method of rapid handwriting using simple strokes, abbreviations, or symbols that designate letters, words, or phrases (distinguished from longhand).
  • short-laid — hard-laid.
  • shortboard — a type of surfboard that is shorter than standard
  • shortbread — a butter cookie commonly made in thick, pie-shaped wheels or rolled and cut in fancy shapes.
  • sideration — sudden paralysis of a part of the body
  • siderostat — a telescopic device for reflecting the light of a star in a constant direction, the chief component of which is a plane mirror turned by a clock mechanism to correct for the rotation of the earth.
  • sit around — be idle, lounge about
  • skateboard — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
  • soda niter — a white or transparent mineral, sodium nitrate, NaNO 3 , used chiefly as a fertilizer and in the manufacture of sulfuric and nitric acids and potassium nitrate.
  • soda water — an effervescent beverage consisting of water charged with carbon dioxide.
  • sodertalje — a city in SE Sweden: suburb of Stockholm.
  • solidarist — a person who adheres to solidarism
  • solidarity — union or fellowship arising from common responsibilities and interests, as between members of a group or between classes, peoples, etc.: to promote solidarity among union members.
  • sordamente — (of a piece of music) to be played softly or gently
  • soundtrack — the narrow band on one or both sides of a motion-picture film on which sound is recorded.
  • southwards — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
  • spermatoid — resembling sperm.
  • sports day — In British schools, sports day is a day or an afternoon when pupils compete in athletics contests such as races and the high jump. Parents are often invited to come and watch the events.
  • spread out — extend, splay
  • squaretoed — having a broad, square toe, as a shoe.
  • stableford — a scoring system in which points are awarded according to the number of strokes taken at each hole, whereby a hole completed in one stroke over par counts as one point, a hole completed in level par counts as two points, etc
  • stadholder — the chief magistrate of the former republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
  • stadia rod — rod (def 19).
  • stadia-rod — a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
  • stage door — a door at the back or side of a theater, used by performers and theater personnel.
  • stand over — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
  • star cloud — a cloudlike patch of light on the celestial sphere, consisting of a multitude of stars.
  • stare down — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
  • stereocard — a card showing two stereoscopic pictures
  • sternboard — a backward motion of a boat
  • store card — a token bearing the name of a business, often exchangeable for a particular item.
  • storyboard — a panel or panels on which a sequence of sketches depict the significant changes of action and scene in a planned film, as for a movie, television show, or advertisement.
  • strandwolf — brown hyena.
  • strawboard — coarse, yellow paperboard made of straw pulp, used in packing, for making boxes, etc.
  • streamwood — a city in NE Illinois.
  • stromateid — any of numerous small marine fishes of the family Stromateidae, having a laterally compressed body and an expanded muscular esophagus, often lined with teeth.
  • subcordate — almost heart-shaped
  • sudatorium — a hot-air bath for inducing sweating.
  • swordcraft — skill in or the art of swordplay.
  • syndicator — a person who establishes a syndicate
  • the boards — the acting profession; the stage
  • trade show — show (def 22).
  • traditores — an early Christian who betrayed other Christians at the time of the Roman persecutions.
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