11-letter words containing s, a, l, d, e
- salsa verde — Mexican Cookery, Latin-American Cookery. a green sauce of tomatillos, chili peppers, cilantro, garlic, and onion.
- san leandro — a city in W California.
- sand castle — a small castlelike structure made of wet sand, as by children at a beach.
- sand myrtle — an evergreen shrub, Leiophyllum buxifolium, of the heath family, native to the eastern U.S., having simple, leathery leaves and clusters of white or pink flowers.
- sand-castle — a small castlelike structure made of wet sand, as by children at a beach.
- sandculture — the hydroponic cultivation of plants in sand.
- scaffoldage — a scaffold or scaffolding
- scale model — a drawing which has been reduced or enlarged from its original size, to a specified scale
- scaled-down — reduced in level of activity, extent, numbers, etc
- scatteredly — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
- scent gland — any of various specialized skin glands, occurring in many kinds of animals, that emit an odor commonly functioning as a social or sexual signal or a defensive weapon.
- schollander — Donald ("Don") born 1946, U.S. swimmer.
- scleroderma — a disease in which connective tissue anywhere in the body becomes hardened and rigid.
- scolopendra — a member of a genus of centipedes belonging to the Scolopendridae family
- scutellated — shaped like a platter; covered with scutella
- sea islands — a chain of islands in the Atlantic off the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
- sealed book — something beyond understanding and therefore unknown.
- sealed move — the last move before an adjournment, which is written down by the player making it, sealed in an envelope, and kept secret from his opponent until play is resumed
- sealed road — route surfaced for use by traffic
- sealed unit — a hard disk that is permanently sealed to prevent damage to the read/write head
- sealed-beam — a headlight in which the reflector and lens are hermetically sealed together with the filament in a single unit.
- second-half — happening in the second half of a game
- secondarily — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- secularized — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
- self-avowed — acknowledged; declared: an avowed enemy.
- self-caused — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- self-denial — the sacrifice of one's own desires; unselfishness.
- self-hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- self-loader — semiautomatic (def 3).
- self-parody — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- self-regard — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
- semidiurnal — pertaining to, consisting of, or accomplished in half a day.
- sesquipedal — given to using long words.
- severalfold — comprising several parts or members.
- shade cloth — a covering made of cloth or plastic, especially one used to control the amount of sunlight to which plants are exposed.
- shared line — a telephone number that is assigned to more than one person, for example in an office. When somebody calls the number, all of the phones will ring until somebody picks up their phone to answer the call
- shareholder — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- shell gland — a gland in certain invertebrates that secretes the components required for forming the shell of an egg
- shovelboard — the game of shuffleboard.
- side glance — a look sideways at someone or something
- side-glance — a glance directed to the side; an oblique or sideways look: a side-glance of displeasure at her interrupter.
- side-saddle — a saddle for women on which the rider sits, facing forward, usually with both feet on the left side of the horse.
- sidewalking — the practice of shopkeepers standing on the sidewalk outside their shops to attract customers.
- silk thread — thread that is manufactured from silk
- single-hand — to sail (a craft) without help from others.
- slack-baked — improperly baked.
- slack-jawed — having the mouth open, especially as an indication of astonishment, bewilderment, etc.
- slaked lime — another name for calcium hydroxide, esp when made by adding water to calcium oxide
- slaughtered — the killing or butchering of cattle, sheep, etc., especially for food.
- slave trade — the business or process of procuring, transporting, and selling slaves, especially black Africans to the New World prior to the mid-19th century.