10-letter words containing o, u, s, e, l
- russophile — a person who is friendly to, admires, or prefers Russia or Russian customs, institutions, etc.
- saliferous — containing or producing salt: saliferous strata.
- sao miguel — the largest island of the Azores. 150,000. 288 sq. mi. (746 sq. km).
- saxon blue — a dye made by dissolving indigo in a solution of sulphuric acid
- sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- scrobicule — a small pit, for example around one of a sea urchin's nodules
- sedulously — diligent in application or attention; persevering; assiduous.
- see double — have blurred vision
- self-doubt — lack of confidence in the reliability of one's own motives, personality, thought, etc.
- semidouble — having more petals than those of a single flower but fewer than those of a double flower.
- sensuously — perceived by or affecting the senses: the sensuous qualities of music.
- sexlocular — having six loculi or cells for seeds
- shellbound — encased in, or confined to, a shell
- sialagogue — sialagogic (def 1).
- sialogogue — sialagogic (def 1).
- silhouette — a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a cutout or configurational drawing, uniformly filled in with black, especially a black-paper, miniature cutout of the outlines of a person's face in profile.
- siliculose — bearing silicles.
- single out — only one in number; one only; unique; sole: a single example.
- slanderous — defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
- sludgeworm — a small freshwater worm, Tubifex tubifex, often inhabiting sewage sludge and the muddy bottoms of lakes, rivers, and pools.
- sluice-box — an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- slumberous — sleepy; heavy with drowsiness, as the eyelids.
- solicitude — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
- solid fuel — Solid fuel is fuel such as coal or wood, that is solid rather than liquid or gas.
- solubilize — to make soluble, or to increase solubility.
- somersault — an acrobatic movement, either forward or backward, in which the body rolls end over end, making a complete revolution.
- somnambule — a person who sleepwalks
- sound file — an audio file that can be played by a computer or other electronic device
- sound hole — an opening in the soundboard of a musical stringed instrument, as a violin or lute, for increasing the soundboard's capacity for vibration.
- sound line — a line fastened to a harpoon and carried down into the water by a whale when sounding
- soundalike — a person or thing that sounds like another, especially a better known or more famous prototype: a whole spate of Elvis Presley soundalikes.
- soup plate — a deep, concave plate used especially for serving soup.
- sourceless — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- sourdeline — a type of bagpipe
- south pole — the region of a magnet toward which the lines of magnetic induction converge (south pole) or from which the lines of induction diverge (north pole)
- southernly — southerly.
- southfield — a city in SE Michigan, W of Detroit.
- speciously — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- spellbound — bound by or as if by a spell; enchanted, entranced, or fascinated: a spellbound audience.
- spouseless — without a spouse
- spoylefull — plundering
- squamulose — furnished or covered with tiny scales.
- staurolite — a mineral, basic iron aluminum silicate, Fe 2 Al 2 O 7 (SiO 4) 4 (OH), occurring in brown to black prismatic crystals, which are often twinned in the form of a cross.
- stillhouse — a distillery or place where the distilling process takes place
- suaveolent — fragrant or sweet-smelling
- subcollege — a department of a college which provides classes below college level
- subglobose — not quite globe-shaped
- suboctuple — in the proportion or ratio of one to eight
- subproblem — any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.