10-letter words containing s, e, a, r, o
- short sale — an act or instance of selling short.
- short wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
- short-arse — a small man
- short-wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
- shortbread — a butter cookie commonly made in thick, pie-shaped wheels or rolled and cut in fancy shapes.
- showboater — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
- shower cap — a plastic cap worn in the shower to keep the hair dry
- shower tea — kitchen tea.
- showerhead — a brief fall of rain or, sometimes, of hail or snow.
- sideboards — a piece of furniture, as in a dining room, often with shelves, drawers, etc., for holding articles of table service.
- sideration — sudden paralysis of a part of the body
- siderostat — a telescopic device for reflecting the light of a star in a constant direction, the chief component of which is a plane mirror turned by a clock mechanism to correct for the rotation of the earth.
- skate over — to cross on or as if on skates
- skateboard — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
- slanderous — defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
- slot racer — slot car.
- sloth bear — a coarse-haired, long-snouted bear, Ursus ursinus, of India and Indochina: now rare.
- small-bore — of, noting, or relating to a .22-caliber firearm.
- smart home — a dwelling equipped with systems and appliances that can be operated remotely using a computer or mobile phone
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- smear word — a slanderous, vilifying epithet.
- smokeboard — a board situated above a fireplace to prevent the emission of smoke into a room
- snail bore — drill1 (def 5).
- soap opera — a radio or television series depicting the interconnected lives of many characters often in a sentimental, melodramatic way.
- socializer — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- soda bread — an Irish quick bread leavened with baking soda, usually made with buttermilk.
- soda niter — a white or transparent mineral, sodium nitrate, NaNO 3 , used chiefly as a fertilizer and in the manufacture of sulfuric and nitric acids and potassium nitrate.
- soda water — an effervescent beverage consisting of water charged with carbon dioxide.
- sodertalje — a city in SE Sweden: suburb of Stockholm.
- softballer — a person who plays or is an enthusiast of softball.
- solar apex — the point on the celestial sphere, near Vega, toward which the solar system is moving relative to the visible stars.
- solar cell — a photovoltaic cell that converts sunlight directly into electricity.
- solar year — year (def 4b).
- solar-heat — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- solar-year — a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year) Compare common year, leap year.
- solidarize — to unite or come together; become solidified.
- somersault — an acrobatic movement, either forward or backward, in which the body rolls end over end, making a complete revolution.
- soothsayer — a person who professes to foretell events.
- sordamente — (of a piece of music) to be played softly or gently
- sou marque — a billon coin of France, issued in the 18th century for circulation in the colonies.
- soubresaut — a jump performed with the legs held together and the body erect but slightly curved to the side.
- sour cream — cream soured by the lactic acid produced by a ferment.
- sour-faced — bad-tempered and unfriendly
- souterrain — a subterranean passage or structure; grotto.
- spaceborne — moving in orbit around the earth: a spaceborne surveillance system.
- spare room — guest bedroom
- spearpoint — the point at the end of a spearhead.
- spec ratio — (benchmark) Results for each individual benchmark of the SPEC benchmark suites, for example CINT92 and CFP92, expressed as the ratio of the wall clock time to execute one single copy of the benchmark, compared to a fixed "SPEC reference time", which was chosen early-on as the execution time on a VAX 11/780. See also SPEC rate.
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- spermatoid — resembling sperm.