8-letter words containing l, a, s
- reusable — available or convenient for use: 2000 square feet of usable office space.
- reversal — an act or instance of reversing.
- ringhals — a highly venomous snake, Hemachatus haemachatus, of southern Africa, related to the cobras, having one to three light-colored bands across its throat and characterized by its ability to accurately spit its venom up to 7 feet (2.1 meter) away.
- ringsail — ringtail (def 3).
- rinkhals — ringhals.
- rivaless — a female rival
- rosalind — a female given name.
- rosedale — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- rosewall — Ken(neth R.) born 1934, Australian tennis player.
- rosulate — forming a rosette or rosettes.
- royalism — the principles of royal government; monarchism
- royalist — a supporter or adherent of a king or royal government, especially in times of rebellion or civil war.
- ruisdael — Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˌyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1628?–82, Dutch painter.
- ruralism — of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: rural tranquillity.
- ruralist — one who leads or advocates a rural life
- rustable — liable to rust
- rustical — of, relating to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural.
- ruysdael — Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˌyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1628?–82, Dutch painter.
- saarland — a state in W Germany, in the Saar River valley. 991 sq. mi. (2569 sq. km). Capital: Saarbrücken.
- sabadell — a city in NE Spain, N of Barcelona.
- sabulous — sandy; gritty.
- saburral — relating to saburra
- saccular — having the form of a sac.
- sacculus — a saccule.
- sacellum — a small chapel, as a monument within a church.
- sackable — offence: justifying loss of job
- sackless — innocent or not deserving of punishment
- sacredly — devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- saddlery — saddles, harnesses, and other equipment for horses.
- saddling — a seat for a rider on the back of a horse or other animal.
- saeculum — an age in astronomy
- safronal — an oily liquid derived from saffron
- sagittal — Anatomy. of or relating to the suture between the parietal bones at the roof of the skull or to a venous canal within the skull and parallel to this suture. (in direction or location) from front to back in the median plane or in a plane parallel to the median.
- saibling — the European char, Salvelinus alpinus, introduced into North America
- sailboat — a boat having sails as its principal means of propulsion.
- sailfish — any of several large scombroid game fishes of the genus Istiophorus, such as I. albicans (Atlantic sailfish), of warm and tropical seas: family Istiophoridae. They have an elongated upper jaw and a long sail-like dorsal fin
- sailroom — the space on a ship for storing sails
- sailyard — a yard for a sail.
- saint-lô — a department in NW France. 2476 sq. mi. (6413 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Lô.
- sakhalin — an island of the Russian Federation in the Sea of Okhotsk, N of Japan: formerly (1905-45) divided between the Soviet Union and Japan. 29,100 sq. mi. (75,369 sq. km).
- sal soda — sodium carbonate (def 2).
- salaamed — a salutation meaning “peace,” used especially in Islamic countries.
- salacity — lustful or lecherous.
- salading — the ingredients for a salad
- salariat — the class of workers in an economy who receive salaries.
- salaried — receiving a salary: a salaried employee.
- saleable — subject to or suitable for sale; readily sold: The books were sent back by the store in salable condition.
- salering — an enclosed area for livestock at market
- saleroom — Chiefly British. salesroom (def 2).
- salesian — a member of the Society of St. Francis de Sales, a congregation founded in Turin in 1845 and engaged chiefly in missionary and educational work.