9-letter words containing r, l, e, s
- silverius — Saint, died a.d. 537, pope 536–37.
- silverize — to cover, plate, or treat with silver.
- silvertip — grizzly bear.
- silvester — Sylvester II.
- simulacre — simulacrum.
- sincerely — free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest: a sincere apology.
- skirtless — having, or wearing, no skirt
- skirtlike — resembling a skirt
- skylarker — a brown-speckled European lark, Alauda arvensis, famed for its melodious song.
- slackener — a person who, or something which, slackens
- slaistery — resembling slaister
- slanderer — defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
- slaughter — Frank, 1908–2001, U.S. novelist and physician.
- slavering — to let saliva run from the mouth; slobber; drool.
- sleepover — an instance of sleeping over, as at another person's house.
- sleepwear — garments, as nightgowns or pajamas, worn for sleeping or at bedtime.
- slenderer — having a circumference that is small in proportion to the height or length: a slender post.
- slew rate — the rate at which an electronic amplifier can respond to an abrupt change of input level
- slice bar — a long-handled instrument with a blade at the end, for clearing away or breaking up clinkers, coal, etc., in a furnace.
- slickener — a tool used for slickening
- slickster — a crafty and opportunistic or deceitful person; hustler; swindler.
- 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.
- slipdress — a style of sleeveless dress with thin shoulder straps, resembling a slip.
- slithered — to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
- slivering — a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.
- 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.
- slum area — an area of a city filled with slums
- slumbered — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
- slut-tier — of, resembling, or characteristic of a slut: slutty behavior.
- 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.
- spareable — to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy.
- spareless — merciless
- sparkless — having no spark