11-letter words containing r, o, l, e, s
- silver orfe — one of the two varieties of orfe, an aquarium fish
- silverpoint — a technique of drawing with a silver stylus on specially prepared paper.
- single room — hotel room for one person
- slave labor — persons, especially a large group, performing labor under duress or threats, as prisoners in a concentration camp; a labor force of slaves or slavelike prisoners.
- slaveholder — an owner of slaves.
- sleep rough — to spend the night in the open; be without a home or without shelter
- sleeveboard — a small-scale ironing board for pressing sleeves, especially a narrow board that fits inside a coat sleeve.
- slipperwort — any of several tropical American plants belonging to the genus Calceolaria, of the figwort family, having opposite or whorled leaves and slipper-shaped flowers.
- slot aerial — a transmitting aerial in which the radiating elements are open slots in a surrounding metal sheet
- slough over — to gloss over; minimize
- slow cooker — an electric cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid for cooking meats, casseroles, etc., for several hours at relatively low temperatures, usually around 200° F (93.3° C).
- slumbersome — tired; sleepy
- smallholder — owner of small plot of land
- smoke alarm — A smoke alarm or a smoke detector is a device fixed to the ceiling of a room which makes a loud noise if there is smoke in the air, to warn people.
- smokerlyzer — a device for estimating the amount of carbon monoxide in the breath: used in testing whether or not people, esp schoolchildren, have been smoking
- smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
- snailflower — a tropical vine, Vigna caracalla, of the legume family, having fragrant, yellowish or purplish flowers, a segment of which is shaped like a snail's shell.
- snorkelling — the activity of swimming with a snorkel
- snow blower — a motor-driven machine on wheels used to remove snow by throwing it into the air and to one side.
- snowmobiler — a person who drives a snowmobile
- soap boiler — a manufacturer of soap
- sockdolager — something unusually large, heavy, etc.
- sockdoliger — a conclusive argument; a hard blow
- sockdologer — a decisive blow or remark
- soft solder — a solder fusible at temperatures below 700°F (370°C), generally an alloy of lead and tin.
- soil binder — a plant that prevents or inhibits erosion by providing a ground cover and forming a dense network of roots that hold the soil.
- solar cells — a photovoltaic cell that converts sunlight directly into electricity.
- solar cycle — the variation of sunspots, prominences, flares, and other solar activity through an 11-year cycle.
- solar flare — flare (def 22).
- solar house — a house designed to absorb and store solar heat.
- solar panel — a bank of solar cells.
- solar power — energy generated by the sun
- solarimeter — an instrument for measuring solar radiation.
- soldier ant — a type of ant that has a disproportionately large head
- soldier fly — any of several flies of the family Stratiomyidae, characterized by brightly colored abdominal stripes.
- soldierfish — any of several squirrelfishes of the family Holocentridae.
- soldierlike — resembling a soldier
- soldiership — a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
- sole trader — feme-sole trader.
- 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.
- solo mother — a mother with a dependent child or dependent children and no spouse
- 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.
- sonderclass — a special class of small racing yachts, restricted as to size, sail area, cost, etc.
- sorrel salt — potassium binoxalate.
- sorrel tree — a North American tree, Oxydendrum arboreum, of the heath family, having leaves with an acid flavor and drooping clusters of white flowers.
- soteriology — the doctrine of salvation through Jesus Christ.
- soul sister — a black female, especially a fellow black female.
- 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
- southlander — a person from the south
- sovereignly — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.