10-letter words containing r, o, s, a, l
- gressorial — adapted for walking, as the feet of some birds.
- gyrfalcons — Plural form of gyrfalcon.
- hailstorms — Plural form of hailstorm.
- half story — a usable living space within a sloping roof, usually having dormer windows for lighting.
- handscroll — A traditional Asian scroll that unfolds horizontally so that the reader can view one section at a time while holding it in the hands.
- harborless — Alternative spelling of harbourless.
- historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- holographs — Plural form of holograph.
- holophrase — a word functioning as a phrase or sentence, as the imperative Go!
- holy grass — any of several fragrant grasses of the genus Hierochloë, especially H. odorata, the vanilla grass.
- horse balm — a lemon-scented plant, Collinsonia canadensis, of eastern North America, having small yellow flowers.
- horse clam — gaper.
- horselaugh — a loud, coarse laugh, especially of derision.
- horsetails — Plural form of horsetail.
- hortensial — (obsolete) Fit for a garden.
- hospitaler — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- housecarls — Plural form of housecarl.
- humoralism — a theory of the composition and workings of the human body, based on the idea that it was filled with four basic substances, or humours, adopted by Greek and Roman physicians and philosophers.
- humoralist — a person who believes in humoralism
- hydrolases — Plural form of hydrolase.
- hydrosomal — of or relating to a hydrosome
- hyoplastra — the second foremost pair of plastral bones in a turtle
- hyperbolas — Plural form of hyperbola.
- hystorical — Nonstandard spelling of historical.
- idolatress — A female idolater.
- idolatries — Plural form of idolatry.
- idolatrous — worshiping idols.
- immoralism — indifference toward or opposition to conventional morality.
- immoralist — indifference toward or opposition to conventional morality.
- impersonal — not personal; without reference or connection to a particular person: an impersonal remark.
- incisorial — of or relating to the incisors
- infusorial — pertaining to, containing, or consisting of infusorians: infusorial earth.
- inhalators — Plural form of inhalator.
- insulators — Plural form of insulator.
- interposal — (dated) interposure.
- isabnormal — a line on a map or chart connecting points having an equal deviation from the normal value of some meteorological quantity, as temperature.
- isocaloric — Having the same calorific value.
- isochronal — equal or uniform in time.
- isoflurane — a volatile, halogenated ether, C 3 H 2 ClF 5 O, used as a general anesthetic in surgery.
- isolateral — Having similar upper and lower (or front and back) surfaces.
- isothermal — occurring at constant temperature.
- journalese — a manner of writing or speaking characterized by clichés, occasional neologism, archness, sensationalizing adjectives, unusual or faulty syntax, etc., used by some journalists, especially certain columnists, and regarded as typical journalistic style.
- journalise — Alternative spelling of journalize.
- journalism — the occupation of reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting news or of conducting any news organization as a business.
- journalist — a person who practices the occupation or profession of journalism.
- karlskrona — a port in S Sweden: Sweden's main naval base since 1680. Pop: 61 097 (2004 est)
- karyolysis — the dissolution of a cell nucleus.
- karyoplasm — nucleoplasm.
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.
- kohlrabies — Plural form of kohlrabi.