9-letter words containing o, r, e, l, s
- scoreline — sports: intermediate or final score
- scoundrel — an unprincipled, dishonorable person; villain.
- scroddled — made of different-coloured scraps of pottery
- sea-floor — the solid surface underlying a sea or an ocean.
- sectorial — of or relating to a sector.
- sensorial — of or relating to the senses or sensation.
- sensorily — by (the use of) the senses, by means of the senses, in relation to or in respect of the senses
- seriously — in a serious manner: He shook his head seriously.
- serotinal — pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- shallower — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
- shelfroom — the space on a shelf
- shellwork — decorative work composed of seashells: an elaborate picture frame decorated with shellwork.
- shore fly — any of numerous small black flies of the family Ephydridae, found in damp or marshy locations.
- shoreless — limitless; boundless.
- shoreline — the line where shore and water meet.
- short leg — a fielding position on the leg side near the batsman's wicket
- showerful — abundant
- sleepover — an instance of sleeping over, as at another person's house.
- slipcover — a cover of cloth or other material for a piece of furniture, as an upholstered chair or sofa, made so as to be easily removable.
- sloganeer — a person who creates and uses slogans frequently.
- slop over — to overflow or spill, as a liquid when its container is tilted
- slop-over — a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- slow fire — a rate of firing small arms that allows time to aim before each shot.
- smoldered — to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion.
- soderblom — Nathan, 1866–1931, Swedish theologian: Nobel Peace Prize 1930.
- soilborne — carried in soil
- soldering — any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
- soldierly — of, like, or befitting a soldier.
- soleprint — a print of the sole of a foot: often used in hospitals for identifying infants.
- solferino — a village in SE Lombardy, in N Italy: battle 1859. 1811.
- solitaire — Also called patience. any of various games played by one person with one or more regular 52-card packs, part or all of which are usually dealt out according to a given pattern, the object being to arrange the cards in a predetermined manner.
- sollicker — force; momentum.
- solutizer — any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its solubility or that of one or more of its components.
- solutrean — Archaeology. of or designating an Upper Paleolithic European culture c18,000–16,000 b.c., characterized by the making of stone projectile points and low-relief stone sculptures.
- sommelier — a waiter, as in a club or restaurant, who is in charge of wines.
- sortilege — the drawing of lots for divination; divination by lot.
- sourceful — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- southerly — a wind that blows from the south.
- sperm oil — a yellow, thin, water-insoluble liquid obtained from the sperm whale, used chiefly as a lubricant in light machinery, as watches, clocks, and scientific apparatus.
- spillover — the act of spilling over.
- splendour — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
- sporeling — Botany, Mycology. the young individual developed from a spore.
- sportable — capable of being sported or used in sport
- sportless — without any sport
- sporulate — to produce spores.
- steelwork — steel parts or articles.
- stercoral — stercoraceous
- steroidal — any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- stormless — without storms.
- stornello — a type of short Italian rhyming poem or song which usually contains three lines