10-letter words containing r, o, s, a, l
- spark coil — a coil of many turns of insulated wire on an iron core, used for producing sparks.
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- spheroidal — pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
- sporadical — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- sporicidal — a substance or preparation for killing spores.
- sporoplasm — the protoplasm within a spore that is injected into a host cell by various parasitic organisms.
- squadronal — belonging or relating to a squadron or squadrons
- stableford — a scoring system in which points are awarded according to the number of strokes taken at each hole, whereby a hole completed in one stroke over par counts as one point, a hole completed in level par counts as two points, etc
- stadholder — the chief magistrate of the former republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
- star cloud — a cloudlike patch of light on the celestial sphere, consisting of a multitude of stars.
- starflower — any of several plants having starlike flowers, as the star-of-Bethlehem or a plant belonging to the genus Trientalis of the primrose family.
- statolatry — the act or practice of idolizing the state
- 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.
- stillatory — a still or distillery where liquid is distilled
- stimulator — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- strandwolf — brown hyena.
- straw poll — an unofficial vote taken to obtain an indication of the general trend of opinion on a particular issue.
- streamflow — the water that flows in a specific stream site, especially its volume and rate of flow.
- strobilate — to undergo strobilation
- stylograph — a fountain pen in which the writing point is a fine, hollow tube instead of a nib.
- suborbital — (of a spacecraft) not in orbit; not achieving an altitude and velocity resulting in a ballistic trajectory circling the earth at least once.
- subordinal — of, relating to, or ranked as a suborder.
- sugar bowl — a small bowl, usually having a cover, for serving granulated sugar or sugar cubes.
- sugar loaf — resembling a sugar-loaf.
- sugar-loaf — resembling a sugar-loaf.
- sun parlor — a porch or room with many windows exposed to sunshine; sun porch; solarium.
- superalloy — an alloy, often with a nickel, nickel-iron, or cobalt base, capable of withstanding very high temperatures, used in jet engines, rockets, etc.
- surnominal — relating to surnames
- synchronal — synchronous.
- tall story — far-fetched account
- telomerase — an enzyme, active chiefly in tumors and reproductive cells, that causes telomeres to lengthen: facilitates cell division and may account for the immortality of cancer cells.
- tetrapolis — a conglomeration of four cities
- thimerosal — a cream-colored, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 9 H 9 HgNaO 2 S, used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- throatlash — the strap that holds a bridle in place, fastening under the horse's jaw
- trail boss — (in Western U.S.) a person responsible for driving a herd of cattle.
- translator — Also, translater. a person who translates.
- transpolar — of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- transposal — transposition.
- trophesial — involving or relating to trophesy
- ultrashort — extremely short.
- ultrasonic — of, relating to, or utilizing ultrasound.
- ultrasound — Physics. sound with a frequency greater than 20,000 Hz, approximately the upper limit of human hearing.
- unpastoral — not used or suitable for pasture
- valparaiso — Spanish Valparaíso [bahl-pah-rah-ee-saw] /ˌbɑl pɑ rɑˈi sɔ/ (Show IPA). a seaport in central Chile.
- varifocals — a pair of spectacles with varifocal lenses
- verilog sa — (company) A French real-time software engineering company.
- visitorial — of or relating to a visitor; visitatorial.
- walkshorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- wallboards — Plural form of wallboard.
- wallposter — (in China) a usually lengthy notice, complaint, personal opinion, etc., handwritten in large characters and hung on walls in cities, as a means of communication and for criticizing or attacking government policy or politicians.