8-letter words containing l, s, e, r
- rosedale — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- roseless — having no rose
- rosellen — a female given name.
- roseslug — any of various types of pest that feed on roses
- rosewall — Ken(neth R.) born 1934, Australian tennis player.
- roskilde — a city on the island of Zealand, in E Denmark: a suburb of Copenhagen.
- rosulate — forming a rosette or rosettes.
- rugulose — finely rugose; having many small wrinkles.
- ruisdael — Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˌyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1628?–82, Dutch painter.
- ruleless — being without rule or law.
- rumsfeld — Donald, born 1932, U.S. secretary of defense 1975–77, 2001–06.
- rungless — one of the crosspieces, usually rounded, forming the steps of a ladder.
- rustable — liable to rust
- rustbelt — the heavily industrial area of the northeastern U.S. containing the older industries and factories.
- rustless — free from rust.
- ruthless — without pity or compassion; cruel; merciless: a ruthless tyrant.
- ruysdael — Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˌyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1628?–82, Dutch painter.
- sacredly — devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- saddlery — saddles, harnesses, and other equipment for horses.
- salaried — receiving a salary: a salaried employee.
- salering — an enclosed area for livestock at market
- saleroom — Chiefly British. salesroom (def 2).
- saleyard — an area with pens for holding animals before auction
- salinger — J(erome) D(avid) 1971–2010, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- samplery — the making of samplers
- sanglier — a closely woven fabric made of mohair or worsted, constructed in plain weave, and finished to simulate the coat of a boar.
- sangreal — grail (def 1); the Holy Grail.
- sapropel — mud consisting chiefly of decomposed organic matter formed at the bottom of a stagnant sea or lake.
- sardelle — a small fish, Clupea or Sardinella aurita, similar to the sardine
- scaliger — Joseph Justus [juhs-tuh s] /ˈdʒʌs təs/ (Show IPA), 1540–1609, French scholar and critic.
- scambler — an unwelcome visitor who takes advantage of the hospitality of others, esp during mealtimes; sponger; opportunist
- scarcely — barely; hardly; not quite: The light is so dim we can scarcely see.
- scarless — a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- sceptral — of, resembling, or relating to a sceptre
- schiller — Ferdinand Canning Scott [kan-ing] /ˈkæn ɪŋ/ (Show IPA), 1864–1937, English philosopher in the U.S.
- schlager — a type of European popular music focusing on love and feelings
- schooler — an institution where instruction is given, especially to persons under college age: The children are at school.
- schuller — Gunther, born 1925, U.S. composer, conductor, and music writer and educator.
- schuyler — Philip John, 1733–1804, American statesman and general in the Revolutionary War.
- sclereid — a short, thickened plant cell of the sclerenchyma, typically containing branched pits.
- sclerema — sclerosis, or hardening, especially of the skin.
- sclerite — any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- scleroid — hard or indurated.
- scleroma — a tumorlike hardening of tissue.
- sclerose — to undergo sclerosis; to harden
- sclerous — hard; firm; bony.
- scrabble — to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands.
- scramble — to climb or move quickly using one's hands and feet, as down a rough incline.
- scrannel — thin or slight.
- scrapple — cornmeal mush mixed with pork scraps, seasoned with onions, spices, herbs, etc., and shaped into loaves and sliced for frying.