10-letter words containing l, o, r, e, i
- ring ouzel — a European thrush, Turdus torquatus, common in rocky areas. The male has a blackish plumage with a white band around the neck and the female is brown
- ripidolite — a mineral of the chlorite group, essentially hydrated magnesium and aluminum silicate with some ferrous iron.
- ritornello — an orchestral interlude between arias, scenes, or acts in 17th-century opera.
- rodentlike — belonging or pertaining to the gnawing or nibbling mammals of the order Rodentia, including the mice, squirrels, beavers, etc.
- roman mile — a unit of length used by the ancient Romans, equivalent to about 1620 yards (1480 meters).
- romeoville — a town in NE Illinois.
- root field — a field containing a given field in which every polynomial can be written as the product of linear factors.
- ropinirole — a dopamine agonist used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
- rosaniline — a red dye, C 2 0 H 2 0 N 3 Cl, derived from aniline and orthotoluidine, a constituent of fuchsin.
- roscoelite — a brown variety of muscovite in which some aluminum is replaced by vanadium.
- rosemaling — decorative work of Norwegian folk origin consisting of painted or carved floral designs, as on furniture or woodwork.
- rossellini — Roberto [ruh-bair-toh;; Italian raw-ber-taw] /rəˈbɛər toʊ;; Italian rɔˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1906–77, Italian motion-picture director.
- rototiller — a motorized device having spinning blades perpendicular to the ground and arranged like spokes, used for tilling soil.
- rottweiler — one of a German breed of large, powerful dogs having a short, coarse, black coat with tan to brown markings.
- round file — circular file.
- rule joint — (in carpentry and joinery) a joint between two hinged pieces, as between the center and end leaves of a table, consisting of a quarter round and fillet fitting against a cove and fillet.
- russophile — a person who is friendly to, admires, or prefers Russia or Russian customs, institutions, etc.
- sailboater — a person who sails a boat
- sailorless — (of a ship) crewless
- sailorlike — resembling a sailor
- saliferous — containing or producing salt: saliferous strata.
- sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
- savile row — a street in Mayfair, London, famous for expensive and fashionable clothes shops
- sclerotial — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- sclerotize — to harden and darken (an insect's cuticle)
- scrobicule — a small pit, for example around one of a sea urchin's nodules
- scrollwise — like a scroll, in a way similar to a scroll
- seignorial — of or relating to a seignior.
- semiformal — partly formal; containing some formal elements: a semiformal occasion; semiformal attire.
- senatorial — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a senator or senate: senatorial oratory.
- serologist — the science dealing with the immunological properties and actions of serum.
- shoplifter — a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
- short line — a bus or rail route covering only a limited distance.
- short-life — not designed to last
- siderolite — stony-iron meteorite.
- signorelli — Luca [loo-kah] /ˈlu kɑ/ (Show IPA), c1445–1523, Italian painter.
- silkgrower — a person who breeds silkworms for their silk
- silver fox — a red fox in the color phase in which the fur is black with silver-gray ends on the longer hairs.
- silverhorn — any of various usually darkish caddis flies of the family Leptoceridae, characterized by very long pale antennae. The larvae are a favourite food of trout
- silvertone — made to resemble silver in color, sheen, etc.
- silverwork — fine or decorative work executed in silver.
- simferopol — a city in S Ukraine, on the S Crimean Peninsula.
- sine prole — without offspring or progeny: to die sine prole.
- sitosterol — any of five steroid alcohols having the formula C 2 2 H 5 0 O, especially the beta form, obtained from various plant sources: used in organic synthesis.
- slide over — to cross by or as if by sliding
- slobbering — to let saliva or liquid run from the mouth; slaver; drivel.
- smoldering — to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion.
- snail bore — drill1 (def 5).
- snorkeling — Also called, British, snort. a device permitting a submarine to remain submerged for prolonged periods, consisting of tubes extended above the surface of the water to take in air for the diesel engine and for general ventilation and to discharge exhaust gases and foul air.