11-letter words containing l, a, s, e, r
- sluggardise — indolence or laziness
- sluggardize — to make lazy or sluggish
- slumberland — an imaginary land described to children as the place they enter during sleep.
- smallholder — owner of small plot of land
- smart aleck — an obnoxiously conceited person.
- smell a rat — any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- smoke alarm — A smoke alarm or a smoke detector is a device fixed to the ceiling of a room which makes a loud noise if there is smoke in the air, to warn people.
- snail fever — schistosomiasis.
- snailflower — a tropical vine, Vigna caracalla, of the legume family, having fragrant, yellowish or purplish flowers, a segment of which is shaped like a snail's shell.
- soap boiler — a manufacturer of soap
- sockdolager — something unusually large, heavy, etc.
- solar cells — a photovoltaic cell that converts sunlight directly into electricity.
- solar cycle — the variation of sunspots, prominences, flares, and other solar activity through an 11-year cycle.
- solar flare — flare (def 22).
- solar house — a house designed to absorb and store solar heat.
- solar panel — a bank of solar cells.
- solar power — energy generated by the sun
- solarimeter — an instrument for measuring solar radiation.
- soldier ant — a type of ant that has a disproportionately large head
- sole trader — feme-sole trader.
- 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.
- sonderclass — a special class of small racing yachts, restricted as to size, sail area, cost, etc.
- sorrel salt — potassium binoxalate.
- southlander — a person from the south
- spacewalker — a person who manoeuvres in space while outside but attached to a spacecraft
- spare wheel — A spare wheel is a wheel with a tyre on it that you keep in your car in case you get a flat tyre and need to replace one of your wheels.
- sparklessly — in a sparkless manner
- specializer — a person who specializes in something
- spectacular — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- spectrality — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
- speculatory — a place suitable for observation
- sperm whale — a large, square-snouted whale, Physeter catodon, valued for its oil and spermaceti: now reduced in number and rare in some areas.
- spermicidal — that kills sperm
- spheroplast — a Gram-negative bacterial cell with a cell wall that has been altered or is partly missing, resulting in a spherical shape.
- spinsterial — relating to a spinster
- spiral gear — a type of helical gear used for transmitting power between shafts that are at an angle to each other.
- spirit lake — a lake in SW Washington, at the N foot of Mount St. Helens: site of devastation during 1980 eruptions of Mount St. Helens.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- spreadingly — in a spreading manner
- square deal — the stated policy of President Theodore Roosevelt, originally promising fairness in all dealings with labor and management and later extended to include other groups.
- square meal — a nourishing or filling meal: You'll feel better after you've had a square meal.
- square mile — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one mile on each side; 2.59 square kilometers. 2 , sq. mi. Abbreviation: mi.
- square sail — a sail set beneath a horizontal yard, the normal position of which, when not trimmed to the wind, is directly athwartships.
- st. charles — a city in E Missouri, on the Missouri River.
- st. laurent — Louis Stephen [lwee ste-fen] /lwi stɛˈfɛn/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, prime minister of Canada 1948–57.
- st.-lambert — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, across from Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
- st.-leonard — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.
- stable door — a door with an upper and lower leaf that may be opened separately
- stable girl — a girl or woman who looks after or attends horses in stables