10-letter words containing l, a, s, t
- sales talk — a line of reasoning or argument intended to persuade someone to buy, accept, or do something.
- salicylate — a salt or ester of salicylic acid.
- salientian — belonging or pertaining to the superorder Salientia, comprising the frogs and toads (order Anura) and extinct species.
- salivating — to produce saliva.
- salivation — the act or process of salivating.
- sally port — a gateway permitting the passage of a large number of troops at a time.
- salopettes — a garment worn for skiing, consisting of quilted trousers reaching to the chest and held up by shoulder straps
- salt chuck — the ocean.
- salt gland — a gland, located in the head of seabirds and various marine mammals and reptiles, that secretes into the nasal passages the excess salt imbibed or ingested.
- salt glaze — a ceramic glaze on stoneware produced by the chemical reaction that occurs when salt is thrown into a kiln during firing.
- salt grass — any of several grasses, as Distichlis spicata, that grow in salt marshes or meadows or in alkali soil.
- salt horse — salted beef; salt junk.
- salt marsh — a marshy tract that is wet with salt water or flooded by the sea.
- salt mines — Dense quarters housing large numbers of programmers working long hours on grungy projects, with some hope of seeing the end of the tunnel in N years. Noted for their absence of sunshine. Compare playpen, sandbox.
- salt river — a river flowing W from E Arizona to the Gila River near Phoenix: Roosevelt Dam. 200 miles (322 km) long.
- salt shake — a salt shaker.
- salt spoon — a small spoon with which to take salt at the table.
- salt stick — a crusty bread roll sprinkled with salt crystals, made in the shape of a cylinder.
- salt water — water containing a large amount of salt.
- saltarello — a lively Italian dance for one person or a couple.
- saltcellar — a shaker or dish for salt.
- saltigrade — moving by leaping.
- salting-in — Salting-in is the effect when adding a salt to a solvent containing an organic solute increases the solubility of that solute.
- salton sea — a shallow saline lake in S California, in the Imperial Valley, formed by the diversion of water from the Colorado River into a salt-covered depression (Salton Sink) 236 feet (72 meters) below sea level.
- saltshaker — table-salt dispenser
- salutation — the act of saluting.
- salutatory — pertaining to or of the nature of a salutation.
- salzgitter — a city in Lower Saxony, in central Germany, SE of Hanover.
- sand smelt — variety of saltwater fish
- sand table — a table with raised edges holding sand for children to play with.
- sandalfoot — (of women's hosiery) having no darker or thicker reinforced areas at the toe or heel, so as to be suitable for wear with sandal-type shoes.
- sandcastle — a small castlelike structure made of wet sand, as by children at a beach.
- sandlotter — a youngster who plays baseball in a sandlot.
- sanitarily — of or relating to health or the conditions affecting health, especially with reference to cleanliness, precautions against disease, etc.
- sapiential — containing, exhibiting, or affording wisdom; characterized by wisdom.
- satanology — the aspect of knowledge that relates to Satan or evil
- satchelful — the amount a satchel will hold
- satellitic — relating to a satellite or smaller planet that revolves around a larger planet
- saturnalia — (sometimes used with a plural verb) the festival of Saturn, celebrated in December in ancient Rome as a time of unrestrained merrymaking.
- satyr play — a burlesque or ribald drama having a chorus of satyrs, usually written by a poet to follow the poet's trilogy of tragedies presented at the Dionysian festival in ancient Greece.
- say it all — If you say that something says it all, you mean that it shows you very clearly the truth about a situation or someone's feelings.
- scantlings — a timber of relatively slight width and thickness, as a stud or rafter in a house frame.
- scapulated — (of a raven) with white feathers across the scapular region
- scarlatina — scarlet fever.
- scatheless — to attack with severe criticism.
- schalstein — a slate-like rock formed by shearing basaltic or andesitic tuff or lava
- scholastic — of or relating to schools, scholars, or education: scholastic attainments.
- schoolmate — a companion or associate at school.
- schwarzlot — a type of black decoration on German glassware and ceramics that was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries
- sclerotial — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.