11-letter words containing e, u, l, o
- shuttlecock — Also called shuttle. the object that is struck back and forth in badminton and battledore, consisting of a feathered cork head and a plastic crown.
- silhouetted — a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a cutout or configurational drawing, uniformly filled in with black, especially a black-paper, miniature cutout of the outlines of a person's face in profile.
- skittle out — to dismiss (batsmen) quickly
- sleep rough — to spend the night in the open; be without a home or without shelter
- sleuthhound — a bloodhound.
- slime mould — any of various simple spore-producing organisms typically found as slimy masses on rotting vegetation, where they engulf food particles by amoeboid movements. Formerly regarded as fungi, they are now classified as protoctists of the phyla Myxomycota (true, or cellular slime moulds) or Acrasiomycota (plasmodial slime moulds)
- slop bucket — slop pail.
- slough over — to gloss over; minimize
- slumbersome — tired; sleepy
- smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
- soap bubble — a bubble of soapsuds.
- soap-bubble — a bubble of soapsuds.
- sociosexual — of or relating to relationships between persons that involve sexuality.
- solanaceous — belonging to the Solanaceae, the nightshade family of plants.
- solar house — a house designed to absorb and store solar heat.
- soldatesque — of or relating to a soldier
- sole-source — designating a company contracted, without competition, to be the sole supplier of a product or service, as a firm having an exclusive contract for certain military technology.
- solicitudes — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
- soliloquise — to utter a soliloquy; talk to oneself.
- soliloquize — to utter a soliloquy; talk to oneself.
- soluble rna — a small RNA molecule, consisting of a strand of nucleotides folded into a clover-leaf shape, that picks up an unattached amino acid within the cell cytoplasm and conveys it to the ribosome for protein synthesis. Abbreviation: tRNA.
- soul sister — a black female, especially a fellow black female.
- sound-alike — a person or thing that resembles another in sound
- soured milk — milk that has been deliberately soured by fermentation or by adding acids such as lemon juice or vinegar, to be used in cooking
- south wales — an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. Includes the capital city, Cardiff, as well as Swansea and Newport. Welsh name: De Cymru
- southlander — a person from the south
- specialogue — a mail-order catalogue aimed at a specific group of customers
- speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- speculatory — a place suitable for observation
- splendorous — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- strenuously — characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc.: a strenuous afternoon of hunting.
- struggle on — If you struggle on, you continue doing something rather than stopping, even though it is difficult.
- styliferous — having a style (part of the female organ of a plant)
- subarboreal — living or thriving under trees
- subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
- subemployed — of or relating to workers affected by subemployment
- submolecule — a part of a molecule
- subvocalize — to form (words) silently by moving the lips or other vocal organs without vocalization
- sulfonamide — sulfa drug.
- sulphureous — of the yellow colour of sulphur
- summer-long — lasting all summer
- superfluous — being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.
- supernormal — in excess of the normal or average: supernormal faculties; supernormal production.
- superpolite — extremely polite
- superschool — a large school
- supervolute — (of convolute leaves) enveloping a rolled up leaf within the bud
- supportable — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- suzie cobol — /soo'zee koh'bol/ 1. (IBM, probably from Frank Zappa's "Suzy Creamcheese") A coder straight out of training school who knows everything except the value of comments in plain English. Also (fashionable among personkind wishing to avoid accusations of sexism) "Sammy Cobol" or (in some non-IBM circles) "Cobol Charlie". 2. (proposed) Meta-name for any code grinder, analogous to J. Random Hacker.
- sympetalous — gamopetalous.