11-letter words containing s, a, l, y
- pulsatility — pulsating; throbbing.
- pyroclastic — composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic.
- pyrolysable — able to be pyrolysed
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- rallymaster — an organizer and director of an automobile rally.
- rapturously — full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
- ravishingly — extremely beautiful or attractive; enchanting; entrancing.
- recyclables — objects that are able to be processed and used again
- respectably — worthy of respect or esteem; estimable; worthy: a respectable citizen.
- resultantly — that results; following as a result or consequence.
- reusability — reuse
- rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
- rose family — the plant family Rosaceae, characterized by trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants having compound or simple leaves with stipules, flowers typically with five sepals and five petals, and fruit in a variety of forms, many of which are fleshy and edible, and including the almond, apple, apricot, blackberry, cherry, cinquefoil, hawthorn, peach, pear, plum, raspberry, rose, spirea, and strawberry.
- royal flush — the five highest cards of a suit.
- rush family — the plant family Juncaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having narrow, grasslike leaves, small and greenish flowers, and capsular fruit with three compartments, comprising the true rushes.
- safety belt — seat belt.
- safety bolt — a bolt or lock on a door or gate that cannot be moved from the outside
- safety film — Photography. a film having a nonflammable base of triacetate cellulose.
- safety lamp — a miner's lamp in which the flame is protected by wire gauze to prevent the immediate ignition of explosive gases.
- safety lock — a lock designed to prevent picking.
- salaciously — lustful or lecherous.
- saleability — subject to or suitable for sale; readily sold: The books were sent back by the store in salable condition.
- salmonberry — the salmon-colored, edible fruit of a raspberry, Rubus spectabilis, of the Pacific coast of North America.
- 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.
- sartorially — of or relating to tailors or their trade: sartorial workmanship.
- satiability — capable of being satiated.
- satirically — of, pertaining to, containing, or characterized by satire: satirical novels.
- scalability — the ability of something, esp a computer system, to adapt to increased demands
- scamblingly — in a scambling, noisy, or intrusive manner
- scatteredly — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
- sceuophylax — a keeper of sacred vessels
- school year — the months of the year during which school is open and attendance at school is required.
- sclerocauly — the feature of having a hard, dry stem
- scrawlingly — in a scrawling manner
- screamingly — If you say that something is, for example, screamingly funny or screamingly boring, you mean that it is extremely funny or extremely boring.
- sea lamprey — a parasitic marine lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, that spawns in fresh water along both Atlantic coasts and in the Great Lakes, where it is responsible for losses of economically valuable fish.
- searchingly — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- seasonality — the state or quality of being seasonal or dependent on the seasons: the seasonality of Halloween costumes.
- secondarily — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- self-parody — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- self-safety — the state of being safe; freedom from the occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss.
- self-slayer — one who kills oneself.
- semasiology — semantics, especially the study of semantic change.
- sensorially — with respect to sensation; in a sensorial way
- shadow play — a show in which shadows of puppets, flat figures, or live actors are projected onto a lighted screen.
- shaft alley — an enclosure on a ship for housing a propeller shaft and a walk for oilers.
- shall i say — You use shall I say and shall we say in order to warn someone that what you are about to say may cause offence or be surprising.
- shamelessly — lacking any sense of shame: immodest; audacious.
- sheriffalty — shrievalty.
- sialography — radiography of salivary glands once they have been injected with a contrast medium