9-letter words containing s, a, l, e, r, o
- lossmaker — a business that consistently operates at a loss.
- lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
- lowercase — (of an alphabetical letter) of a particular form often different from and smaller than its corresponding capital letter, and occurring after the initial letter of a proper name, of the first word in a sentence, etc. Examples: a, b, q, r.
- maelstrom — a large, powerful, or violent whirlpool.
- marlstone — an indurated marl.
- marvelous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- mealworms — Plural form of mealworm.
- memorials — Plural form of memorial.
- mescalero — a member of a group of Apache Indians who originally inhabited northern Mexico and the southwestern U.S. east of the Rio Grande, have intermarried with the Chiricahua and Lipan, and are presently situated in New Mexico.
- mestranol — an estrogen, C 2 1 H 2 6 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives in combination with a progestin.
- moralised — Simple past tense and past participle of moralise.
- moralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of moralize.
- moralless — of, relating to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes.
- mortalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of mortalize.
- nonserial — not serial
- normalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of normalize.
- oleanders — Plural form of oleander.
- oleasters — Plural form of oleaster.
- orientals — Plural form of oriental.
- orleanais — a former province in N France. Capital: Orléans.
- orleanist — a supporter of the Orléans branch of the former French royal family and of its claim to the throne of France through descent from the younger brother of Louis XIV.
- overclass — a social stratum consisting of educated and wealthy people considered to control the economic power of a country.
- overfalls — Oceanography. water made rough by a strong current moving over a shoal, by an opposing current, or by winds blowing against the current.
- overlands — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- overscale — larger or more extensive than normal or usual; outsize; oversize.
- parasoled — having a parasol
- pastorale — an opera, cantata, or the like, with a pastoral subject.
- pectorals — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- personals — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- plowshare — the cutting part of the moldboard of a plow; share.
- polarised — to cause polarization in.
- pole star — Polaris.
- pole-star — Polaris.
- procellas — pucellas.
- relations — an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
- reswallow — to swallow again
- rosenthal — Jean, 1912–69, U.S. theatrical lighting designer.
- rosenwald — Julius, 1862–1932, U.S. businessman and philanthropist.
- safflower — a thistlelike composite plant, Carthamus tinctorius, native to the Old World, having finely toothed leaves and large, orange-red flower heads.
- sail-over — a repetition of an indecisive or interrupted run of a racing yacht.
- salesroom — a room in which goods are sold or displayed.
- salometer — salinometer.
- salvatore — a male given name.
- saprolite — soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
- scalework — an ornamentation technique used to depict scales on fish or other creatures
- scalloper — a person or thing that scallops.
- sclerosal — Pathology. a hardening or induration of a tissue or part, or an increase of connective tissue or the like at the expense of more active tissue.
- sclerotal — a bony area or plate found in the sclerotic (the eyeball covering) of some animals
- sea-floor — the solid surface underlying a sea or an ocean.
- sectorial — of or relating to a sector.