10-letter words containing s, e, l, a
- displacive — That involves or causes displacement.
- displeased — to incur the dissatisfaction, dislike, or disapproval of; offend; annoy: His reply displeased the judge.
- displeases — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of displease.
- disposable — designed for or capable of being thrown away after being used or used up: disposable plastic spoons; a disposable cigarette lighter.
- disputable — capable of being disputed; debatable; questionable.
- disrelated — lacking relation or connection; unrelated.
- dissipable — capable of being dissipated
- distillate — the product obtained from the condensation of vapors in distillation.
- disulphate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid, as sodium disulfate, Na 2 S 2 O 7 .
- disyllable — a word of two syllables.
- dollarless — without dollars; having no money
- dollarwise — as expressed in dollars; in dollars and cents: How much does a million francs amount to, dollarwise?
- domestical — Archaic form of domestic.
- doodlesack — bagpipe (def 1).
- doorplates — Plural form of doorplate.
- dorsovelar — articulated with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate, as (k) and (ŋ)
- downscaled — Simple past tense and past participle of downscale.
- dragsville — something unpleasantly boring or tedious.
- draw slide — dark slide (def 1).
- draw-slide — Also called draw slide. a black plastic, metal, or fabric sheet that is inserted into a film holder to protect the film from light.
- drawplates — Plural form of drawplate.
- dreadlocks — a hair style, especially among Rastafarians, in which the hair is worn in long, ropelike locks.
- drysaltery — The articles kept by a drysalter for sale.
- dual space — the set of all linear functionals whose domain is a given vector space.
- duplicates — Plural form of duplicate.
- eagle pass — a city in S Texas, on the Rio Grande.
- eaglestone — a concretionary lump of ironstone about the size of a walnut, formerly believed to be carried by eagles to their nests as a magical aid in laying eggs.
- eared seal — any seal of the family Otariidae, comprising the sea lions and fur seals, having external ears and flexible hind flippers that are used when moving about on land: the front flippers are used in swimming.
- early days — initial stages
- earthlings — Plural form of earthling.
- east islip — a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- easterlies — moving, directed, or situated toward the east: an easterly course.
- easterling — a native of a country lying to the east, especially a merchant from the Baltic.
- eastwardly — having an eastward direction or situation.
- ecclesiast — A member of the Athenian Ecclesia.
- eclaircise — (transitive) To make clear; to explain.
- editorials — Plural form of editorial.
- eglantines — Plural form of eglantine.
- egoistical — Caring about oneself rather than others.
- ejaculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ejaculate.
- el mansûra — a city in NE Egypt: scene of a battle (1250) in which the Crusaders were defeated by the Mamelukes and Louis IX of France was captured; cotton-manufacturing centre. Pop: 423 000 (2005 est)
- elaborates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of elaborate.
- elagabalus — (born Varius Avitus Bassianus) a.d. 205?-222; Rom. emperor (218-222)
- elasmosaur — a very long-necked extinct marine reptile: a type of plesiosaur
- elasticate — To add or wrap an elastic around something.
- elasticise — (British) To make with elastic, by attaching elastic bands, so it adjusts in size and remains snug. Usually done to clothing.
- elasticity — The ability of an object or material to resume its normal shape after being stretched or compressed; stretchiness.
- elasticize — (US) To make with elastic, by attaching elastic bands, so it adjust in size and remains snug. Usually done to clothing.
- elastomers — Plural form of elastomer.
- elatedness — Quality of being elated.