10-letter words containing s, e, a, r, o
- sphenogram — a cuneiform character.
- spheroidal — pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
- spongeware — earthenware decorated with color applied with a sponge.
- spore case — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- sportswear — clothing designed for wear while playing golf or tennis, hiking, bicycling, jogging, etc.; activewear.
- spread out — extend, splay
- square off — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- square one — a starting point; initial stage or step: If this plan fails, we'll have to go back to square one.
- square rod — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one rod on each side.
- squaretoed — having a broad, square toe, as a shoe.
- stableford — a scoring system in which points are awarded according to the number of strokes taken at each hole, whereby a hole completed in one stroke over par counts as one point, a hole completed in level par counts as two points, etc
- stadholder — the chief magistrate of the former republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
- stage door — a door at the back or side of a theater, used by performers and theater personnel.
- stand over — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- star route — former name for highway contract route.
- stare down — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
- starflower — any of several plants having starlike flowers, as the star-of-Bethlehem or a plant belonging to the genus Trientalis of the primrose family.
- starmonger — an astrologer or fortune-teller
- start over — begin again
- statesboro — a town in E Georgia.
- stationery — writing paper.
- staurolite — a mineral, basic iron aluminum silicate, Fe 2 Al 2 O 7 (SiO 4) 4 (OH), occurring in brown to black prismatic crystals, which are often twinned in the form of a cross.
- steam iron — an electric iron with a water chamber, which emits steam onto the fabric or garment being ironed.
- steam room — a steam-filled and heated room to induce sweating, as in a Turkish bath.
- stenograph — any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.
- stentorian — very loud or powerful in sound: a stentorian voice.
- stercorary — a weatherproof place where dung is stored
- stercorate — dung or faecal matter
- stereobate — the foundation or base upon which a building or the like is erected.
- stereocard — a card showing two stereoscopic pictures
- stereogram — a diagram or picture representing objects in a way to give the impression of solidity.
- stereopair — a pair of photographs of the same area taken from slightly different positions so as to give a stereoscopic effect when properly mounted and viewed.
- stereotape — magnetic tape used for recording and reproducing sound stereophonically.
- stereotaxy — brain surgery that makes use of measurement in three dimensions for positioning an electrode, needle, etc. precisely
- sternboard — a backward motion of a boat
- sterno can — a small can of Sterno
- stone crab — an edible crab, Menippe mercenaria, of rocky shores from the southern U.S. to Mexico and certain areas of the Caribbean, prized for the meat of its claws.
- stonebrash — a type of subsoil consisting of small or broken stones or rock
- stonebreak — any of a variety of plants in the genus Saxifraga
- stop-frame — Also called stop frame. the process of filming puppets and other objects one frame at a time while incrementally moving or modifying them, giving the illusion of lifelike motion when the captured film frames are viewed in rapid sequence (often used attributively): stop-motion animation; a stop-motion film.
- store away — keep
- store card — a token bearing the name of a business, often exchangeable for a particular item.
- straw vote — an unofficial vote taken to obtain an indication of the general trend of opinion on a particular issue.
- streamflow — the water that flows in a specific stream site, especially its volume and rate of flow.
- streamwood — a city in NE Illinois.
- strobilate — to undergo strobilation
- stroke oar — the oar nearest to the stern of the boat.
- stromateid — any of numerous small marine fishes of the family Stromateidae, having a laterally compressed body and an expanded muscular esophagus, often lined with teeth.
- sub-reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- subcordate — almost heart-shaped