10-letter words containing l, e, d, s
- skylighted — having or illuminated by a skylight.
- slab-sided — having the sides long and flat, like slabs.
- slam dance — a dance performed to punk rock by groups of people who flail and toss themselves about and slam into one another.
- slanderers — defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
- slanderous — defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
- slant-eyed — having eyes with epicanthic folds.
- sleepyhead — a sleepy person.
- sleeve dog — a very small Pekingese, usually under six pounds in weight and less than six inches (15 cm) tall.
- sleevehand — a sleeve's cuff or wristband
- sleigh bed — a bed resembling a sleigh in shape, with curved boards at the head and foot
- slenderize — to make slender or more slender.
- slide knot — a knot formed by making two half hitches on the standing part of the rope, the second hitch being next to the loop, which can be tightened.
- slide over — to cross by or as if by sliding
- slide rest — a stack of platforms that sits on a lathe saddle and carries a tool post, and is adjustable in rotation and at right angles by a lathe operator
- slide rule — a device for performing mathematical calculations, consisting essentially of a ruler having a sliding piece moving along it, both marked with graduated, usually logarithmic, scales: now largely replaced by the electronic calculator.
- slide show — a presentation of photographic slides, or images on a transparent base, placed in a projector and viewed sequentially on a screen.
- slide-rule — a device for performing mathematical calculations, consisting essentially of a ruler having a sliding piece moving along it, both marked with graduated, usually logarithmic, scales: now largely replaced by the electronic calculator.
- slime mold — any of various funguslike organisms belonging to the phylum Myxomycota, of the kingdom Protista (or the plant class Myxomycetes), characterized by a noncellular, multinucleate, creeping somatic phase and a propagative phase in which fruiting bodies are produced bearing spores that are covered by cell walls.
- sludgeworm — a small freshwater worm, Tubifex tubifex, often inhabiting sewage sludge and the muddy bottoms of lakes, rivers, and pools.
- smithfield — a town in N Rhode Island.
- smoldering — to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion.
- snow devil — a whirling column of snow
- snowblades — a type of skis, about half the length of normal downhill skis and used without poles
- socdoliger — a conclusive argument, a hard blow
- socialised — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- socialized — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- sodertalje — a city in SE Sweden: suburb of Stockholm.
- soft-pedal — to use the soft pedal.
- soil-based — having soil as the main constituent
- solderings — any parts which have been soldered together
- solderless — any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
- soldier on — a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
- soldiering — a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
- solemnised — to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- solenoidal — of or relating to a solenoid.
- solicitude — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
- solid fuel — Solid fuel is fuel such as coal or wood, that is solid rather than liquid or gas.
- solidarize — to unite or come together; become solidified.
- solidified — to make solid; make into a hard or compact mass; change from a liquid or gaseous to a solid form.
- solidifies — to make solid; make into a hard or compact mass; change from a liquid or gaseous to a solid form.
- sommerfeld — Arnold (Johannes Wilhelm) [ahr-nawlt-yoh-hahn-uh s-vil-helm] /ˈɑr nɔlt yoʊˈhɑn əsˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1868–1951, German physicist.
- sound file — an audio file that can be played by a computer or other electronic device
- sound hole — an opening in the soundboard of a musical stringed instrument, as a violin or lute, for increasing the soundboard's capacity for vibration.
- sound line — a line fastened to a harpoon and carried down into the water by a whale when sounding
- soundalike — a person or thing that sounds like another, especially a better known or more famous prototype: a whole spate of Elvis Presley soundalikes.
- sourdeline — a type of bagpipe
- southfield — a city in SE Michigan, W of Detroit.
- spectacled — wearing spectacles.
- speculated — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- speed dial — phone feature: calling a number automatically