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8-letter words containing l, a, s, o, r

  • saleroom — Chiefly British. salesroom (def 2).
  • saltwork — place where salt is refined
  • saltwort — any of various plants of sea beaches, salt marshes, and alkaline regions, especially belonging to the genus Salsola, of the amaranth family, as S. kali, a bushy plant having prickly leaves, or belonging to the genus Salicornia.
  • salvador — a coastal state of E Brazil. 216,130 sq. mi. (559,700 sq. km). Capital: Salvador.
  • sapropel — mud consisting chiefly of decomposed organic matter formed at the bottom of a stagnant sea or lake.
  • savourly — in a savouring or enjoyable manner; passionately
  • scleroma — a tumorlike hardening of tissue.
  • scrofula — primary tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands, especially those of the neck.
  • sea lord — (in Britain) either of the two serving naval officers (First and Second Sea Lords) who sit on the admiralty board of the Ministry of Defence
  • seafloor — the solid surface underlying a sea or an ocean.
  • sectoral — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
  • selangor — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 3160 sq. mi. (8184 sq. km). Capital: Shah Alam.
  • seraglio — the part of a Muslim house or palace in which the wives and concubines are secluded; harem.
  • sholapur — a city in S Maharashtra state, in SW India.
  • slalomer — a person who slaloms
  • slop jar — a large jar or pail for collecting household slop for disposal.
  • slot car — a miniature, electrically-operated toy racing car that runs on a slotted track and is controlled by an operator with a handheld rheostat.
  • solander — a case for maps, plates, etc., made to resemble a book and having the front cover and fore edge hinged.
  • solarism — the interpretation of myths by reference to the sun, especially such interpretation carried to an extreme.
  • solarium — a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
  • solarize — Photography. to reverse (an image) partially, as from negative to positive, by exposure to light during development.
  • solidare — an old coin
  • solidary — characterized by or involving community of responsibilities and interests.
  • solitary — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
  • soralium — (in a lichen) a group of soredia.
  • sorbable — able to absorb
  • soredial — pertaining to or resembling a soredium.
  • sortable — a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort.
  • soterial — relating to salvation
  • sourball — a round piece of hard candy with a tart or acid fruit flavoring.
  • sporular — a spore, especially a small one.
  • storable — capable of being stored for considerable time without loss of freshness or usability.
  • strobila — the body of a tapeworm exclusive of the head and neck region. Compare scolex.
  • subpolar — subantarctic.
  • subsolar — situated beneath the sun or between the earth and the sun.
  • surroyal — the terminal section of a stag's horns, above the section known as the 'royal'
  • sutorial — relating to sewing or cobbling
  • tailor's — a shop where clothes can be repaired or altered
  • tiraspol — a city in E Moldavia (Moldova), NW of Odessa.
  • tonsilar — of or relating to the tonsils
  • valorise — to provide for the maintaining of the value or price of (a commercial commodity) by a government's purchasing the commodity at the fixed price or by its making special loans to the producers.
  • valorous — having valor; courageous; valiant; brave.
  • warlocks — Plural form of warlock.
  • warlords — Plural form of warlord.
  • zorillas — Plural form of zorilla.
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