10-letter words containing l, e, d, s
- subdecanal — of or relating to a subdean or subdeanery
- subdialect — a division of a larger dialect
- sulphoxide — any compound containing a sulphinyl group (SO) and a hydrocarbon radical
- sun-filled — filled with light from the sun
- sun-shield — something put over the windscreen of a car to keep the sun out
- sunderland — a seaport in Tyne and Wear, in NE England.
- superfluid — a fluid that exhibits frictionless flow, very high heat conductivity, and other unusual physical properties, helium below 2.186 K being the only known example.
- supermodel — an extremely prominent and successful model who can command very high fees.
- supplanted — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
- supposedly — assumed as true, regardless of fact; hypothetical: a supposed case.
- surveilled — to place under surveillance.
- sutherland — Earl Wilbur, Jr. 1915–74, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1971.
- sverdlovsk — former name (1924–91) of Ekaterinburg.
- sword belt — a military belt from which a sword may be hung.
- sylphidine — resembling a sylph
- table-side — the area around or beside a table.
- tantalised — to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed.
- teleboides — Taphiae.
- telecasted — a television broadcast.
- tendrilous — a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- tesselated — of, relating to, or like a mosaic.
- test-drill — to drill a test hole (in)
- testudinal — pertaining to or resembling a tortoise or tortoise shell.
- the-clouds — a comedy (423 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
- the-dalles — The, a city in N Oregon.
- threadless — a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
- trade-last — Informal Older Use. a compliment that one has heard and that one offers to tell the person so complimented under the condition that that person will first report a compliment made about oneself. Abbreviation: T.L.
- trisulfide — a sulfide containing three sulfur atoms.
- ultradense — having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact: a dense forest; dense population.
- ultrasuede — a synthetic fabric much like suede, used for clothes, upholstery, etc.
- un-spliced — to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by the interweaving of strands.
- unabsolved — to free from guilt or blame or their consequences: The court absolved her of guilt in his death.
- unanalysed — not yet analysed or examined
- unassailed — to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
- unbiasedly — not biased or prejudiced; fair; impartial.
- unchiseled — cut, shaped, etc., with a chisel: chiseled stone.
- uncleansed — not cleansed; that has not been cleansed or cleaned
- unconsoled — to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort: Only his children could console him when his wife died.
- under sail — If you cross the sea under sail, you cross it in a ship that has sails rather than an engine.
- under seal — If a document is under seal, it is in a sealed envelope and cannot be looked at, for example because it is private.
- underclass — a social stratum consisting of impoverished persons with very low social status.
- underlease — a sublet
- undersleep — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- underslept — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- underslung — suspended from an upper support, as the chassis of a vehicle from the axles.
- undisabled — physically or mentally impaired, injured, or incapacitated.
- uneclipsed — not obscured or overshadowed
- unenclosed — to shut or hem in; close in on all sides: a valley enclosed by tall mountains.
- unenslaved — not enslaved; not made a slave
- unhouseled — not having received the Eucharist.