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11-letter words containing r, o, s, i, e, l

  • sailboarder — windsurfer
  • salinometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of salt in a solution.
  • saprolegnia — a variety of fungus
  • sapropelite — a foul-smelling mud
  • satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • schorlomite — a mineral that is black in colour and belongs to the garnet group
  • scissorlike — like scissors; moving, operating, or crossing in a manner suggesting the blades of scissors.
  • sclerotitis — scleritis.
  • sclerotized — (especially of the cuticle of an arthropod) hardened by the presence of substances other than chitin, as by scleroproteins, waxes, or calcium salts.
  • scripholder — a person who owns a scrip or scrips
  • scripophile — a person who practices scripophily.
  • secondarily — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
  • secretional — of or relating to secretion
  • seigniorial — of or relating to a seignior.
  • selectorial — of or relating to selections or selectors
  • self-profit — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
  • semi-normal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
  • semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
  • sensorially — with respect to sensation; in a sensorial way
  • serial port — A serial port on a computer is a place where you can connect the computer to a device such as a modem or a mouse.
  • serological — the science dealing with the immunological properties and actions of serum.
  • serrulation — serrulate condition or form.
  • servitorial — of or pertaining to a servitor
  • sharonville — a town in SW Ohio.
  • sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
  • short field — the area of the infield between third base and second, covered by the shortstop.
  • short title — an abridged listing in a catalog or bibliography, giving only such essential information as the author's name and the book's title, publisher, and date and place of publication.
  • short-lived — living or lasting only a little while.
  • shroud-line — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
  • sialorrhoea — an abnormally high production of saliva
  • siderophile — (of a cell or tissue) having an affinity for iron.
  • siecle d'or — the period of the reign of Louis XIV of France.
  • silver book — (publication)   Jensen and Wirth's infamous "Pascal User Manual and Report", so called because of the silver cover of the widely distributed Springer-Verlag second edition of 1978 (ISBN 0-387-90144-2). See also book titles, Pascal.
  • silver foil — silver or silver-colored metal in foil form.
  • silver goal — (in certain competitions) a goal scored in a full half of extra time that is played if a match is drawn. This goal counts as the winner if it is the only goal scored in the full half or full period of extra time
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • snowmobiler — a person who drives a snowmobile
  • soap boiler — a manufacturer of soap
  • sockdoliger — a conclusive argument; a hard blow
  • 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.
  • 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.
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