11-letter words containing o, u, r, l
- roll around — to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
- roll-around — equipped with wheels or casters so as to be easily movable from one location to another: a roll-around kitchen counter.
- root nodule — a swelling on the root of a leguminous plant, such as the pea or clover, that contains bacteria of the genus Rhizobium, capable of nitrogen fixation
- rotary club — a local club of business and professional men that is a member of a world-wide organization of similar clubs (Rotary International) devoted to serving the community and promoting world peace.
- rotor cloud — a cloud within and around which the air is rotating about a horizontal axis, occurring in the lee of a large mountain barrier.
- rouen lilac — a shrub, Syringa chinensis, of France, having clusters of fragrant, lilac-purple flowers.
- rough lemon — a variety of lemon that has orange-yellow, rough-skinned fruit and is used as a rootstock for the cultivation of other citrus fruits.
- round angle — perigon.
- round table — conference, meeting
- round-table — noting or pertaining to a conference, discussion, or deliberation in which each participant has equal status, equal time to present views, etc.: round-table discussions.
- rowing club — rowboat association
- royal burgh — (in Scotland) a burgh that was established by a royal charter granted directly by the sovereign
- royal flush — the five highest cards of a suit.
- rule of law — the principle that all people and institutions are subject to and accountable to law that is fairly applied and enforced; the principle of government by law.
- rule out of — If someone rules you out of a contest or activity, they say that you cannot be involved in it. If something rules you out of a contest or activity, it prevents you from being involved in it.
- ruling body — authority, group in charge
- rumour mill — You can refer to the people in a particular place or profession who spread rumours as the rumour mill.
- run foul of — to collide with or become entangled in
- rural route — a mail delivery route in a rural area.
- sacculiform — (of plant parts, etc) shaped like a small sac
- sacrolumbar — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- sailor suit — naval uniform
- scaberulous — tending to be scabrous or slightly rough to the touch
- scarf cloud — pileus (def 3).
- sclerocauly — the feature of having a hard, dry stem
- scoundrelly — having the character of a scoundrel; unscrupulous; villainous.
- scrobicular — of or relating to the smooth areas on a sea urchin surrounding its nodules
- semelparous — (of a plant) producing flowers and fruit only once before dying
- semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
- sepulchrous — of the nature of a sepulchre
- serrulation — serrulate condition or form.
- shroud-laid — noting a fiber rope of four strands laid right-handed with or without a heart.
- shroud-line — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
- skin colour — the colour of a person's skin, ie Black, White, etc
- sleep rough — to spend the night in the open; be without a home or without shelter
- slop around — to spill or splash (liquid).
- slough over — to gloss over; minimize
- slumbersome — tired; sleepy
- small hours — pre-dawn
- smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
- solar house — a house designed to absorb and store solar heat.
- sole-source — designating a company contracted, without competition, to be the sole supplier of a product or service, as a firm having an exclusive contract for certain military technology.
- soluble rna — a small RNA molecule, consisting of a strand of nucleotides folded into a clover-leaf shape, that picks up an unattached amino acid within the cell cytoplasm and conveys it to the ribosome for protein synthesis. Abbreviation: tRNA.
- somnambular — relating to sleep-walking
- sorrowfully — full of or feeling sorrow; grieved; sad.
- soul sister — a black female, especially a fellow black female.
- soul-baring — confessing intimate thoughts
- soured milk — milk that has been deliberately soured by fermentation or by adding acids such as lemon juice or vinegar, to be used in cooking
- south tyrol — a former part of the Austrian state of Tyrol: ceded to Italy in 1919, becoming the Bolzano and Trento provinces of the Trentino-Alto Adige Autonomous Region. Area: 14 037 sq km (5420 sq miles)
- southlander — a person from the south