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11-letter words containing e, l, d, r, s

  • self-binder — binder (def 5b).
  • self-desire — to wish or long for; crave; want.
  • self-driven — (of a machine) containing its own power source, as an engine or motor.
  • self-feeder — an apparatus or machine that automatically discharges a supply of some material, especially one consisting of a hopper and a trough for feeding livestock.
  • self-formed — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
  • self-hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
  • self-loader — semiautomatic (def 3).
  • self-murder — suicide
  • self-parody — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
  • self-regard — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
  • self-tender — an offer by a company to buy back some or all of its shares from its shareholders, esp as a protection against an unwelcome takeover bid
  • semidiurnal — pertaining to, consisting of, or accomplished in half a day.
  • severalfold — comprising several parts or members.
  • shared line — a telephone number that is assigned to more than one person, for example in an office. When somebody calls the number, all of the phones will ring until somebody picks up their phone to answer the call
  • shareholder — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
  • shield fern — any of numerous ferns of the genera Dryopteris and Polystichum, having shield-shaped indusia.
  • shipbuilder — a person whose occupation is the designing or constructing of ship.
  • short field — the area of the infield between third base and second, covered by the shortstop.
  • short-lived — living or lasting only a little while.
  • shovelboard — the game of shuffleboard.
  • shroud-line — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
  • siderophile — (of a cell or tissue) having an affinity for iron.
  • sidewheeler — having a paddle wheel on each side, as a steamboat.
  • siecle d'or — the period of the reign of Louis XIV of France.
  • silk thread — thread that is manufactured from silk
  • silly-sider — a left-handed person.
  • silver disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 60 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 200 000 copies
  • silversides — any of several small fishes of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along each side, as Menidia menidia, inhabiting the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
  • skulduddery — (of people) adultery
  • skulduggery — dishonorable proceedings; mean dishonesty or trickery: bribery, graft, and other such skulduggery.
  • slaughtered — the killing or butchering of cattle, sheep, etc., especially for food.
  • slave trade — the business or process of procuring, transporting, and selling slaves, especially black Africans to the New World prior to the mid-19th century.
  • slaveholder — an owner of slaves.
  • sleeveboard — a small-scale ironing board for pressing sleeves, especially a narrow board that fits inside a coat sleeve.
  • sleigh ride — trip on a sledge
  • slenderness — having a circumference that is small in proportion to the height or length: a slender post.
  • sluggardise — indolence or laziness
  • sluggardize — to make lazy or sluggish
  • slumberland — an imaginary land described to children as the place they enter during sleep.
  • slumdweller — a person who lives in a slum.
  • smallholder — owner of small plot of land
  • smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
  • sockdolager — something unusually large, heavy, etc.
  • sockdoliger — a conclusive argument; a hard blow
  • sockdologer — a decisive blow or remark
  • soft solder — a solder fusible at temperatures below 700°F (370°C), generally an alloy of lead and tin.
  • soil binder — a plant that prevents or inhibits erosion by providing a ground cover and forming a dense network of roots that hold the soil.
  • soldier ant — a type of ant that has a disproportionately large head
  • soldier fly — any of several flies of the family Stratiomyidae, characterized by brightly colored abdominal stripes.
  • soldierfish — any of several squirrelfishes of the family Holocentridae.
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