11-letter words containing s, e, r, o, a
- road safety — prevention of traffic accidents
- robbinsdale — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- rock steady — the style of vocalized Jamaican popular music that succeeded ska and preceded reggae in the 1960s, influenced by American soul music and having a more upbeat tempo with emphasis on electric bass and guitar rather than on horns.
- rogue state — When politicians or journalists talk about a rogue state, they mean a country that they regard as a threat to their own country's security, for example because it supports terrorism.
- role strain — the stress or strain experienced by an individual when incompatible behavior, expectations, or obligations are associated with a single social role.
- rolled oats — oat grains that have been flattened under rollers
- rollerskate — a form of skate with four wheels or rollers instead of a runner, for use on a sidewalk or other surface offering traction.
- roman shade — a window shade that, when raised, is drawn up into a series of concertina folds.
- romanticise — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- rooibos tea — tea prepared from any of several species of Borbonia or Aspalanthus, believed to have tonic properties
- roostertail — a full spray or cloud, as of water in the wake of a speeding boat or dust from a speeding car
- rose acacia — a small tree, Robinia hispida, of the legume family, native to the southeastern U.S., having drooping clusters of large, dark rose-colored flowers.
- rose chafer — a tan scarabaeid beetle, Macrodactylus subspinosis, that feeds on the flowers and foliage of roses, grapes, peach trees, etc.
- 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.
- rose garden — where roses are grown
- rose madder — a pigment derived from anthraquinone and hydrated oxide of aluminum, characterized chiefly by its reddish color and permanence: used in painting. Compare madder lake (def 2).
- rose mallow — any of several plants of the genus Hibiscus, of the mallow family, having rose-colored flowers.
- rose quartz — a rose-red to pink variety of crystalline quartz usually found in massive form and used as a gem or ornamental stone.
- round steak — a steak cut from directly above the hind leg of beef.
- rousseauism — the doctrines or principles of Jean Jacques Rousseau or his adherents.
- rousseauist — the doctrines or principles of Jean Jacques Rousseau or his adherents.
- rugosa rose — a shrub, Rosa rugosa, having densely bristled stems, wrinkled leaves, and fragrant red or white flowers.
- sacré coeur — a basilica in Montmartre, Paris, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
- saddle horn — horn (def 19).
- saddle roof — curved covering for a building
- saddle sore — an irritation or sore on a horse caused by the rubbing of a poorly adjusted saddle.
- saddle-sore — an irritation or sore on a horse caused by the rubbing of a poorly adjusted saddle.
- safe harbor — a harbor considered safe for a ship, as in wartime or during a storm at sea.
- safe period — an interval of the menstrual cycle when fertilization is considered to be least likely, usually a number of days prior and subsequent to the onset of menstruation.
- safe-blower — a person who uses explosives to open safes and rob them
- sage grouse — a large grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus, of the sagebrush regions of western North America, having plumage of gray, buff, and black.
- sailboarder — windsurfer
- sales force — team of salespeople
- salesperson — a person who sells goods, services, etc.
- salinometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of salt in a solution.
- salmonberry — the salmon-colored, edible fruit of a raspberry, Rubus spectabilis, of the Pacific coast of North America.
- sample room — a room, as in a hotel suite, in which merchandise is displayed for sale to the trade.
- san gennaro — San [san;; Italian sahn] /sæn;; Italian sɑn/ (Show IPA), Januarius.
- san leandro — a city in W California.
- san lorenzo — a town in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
- sanctioneer — a person who advocates the imposition of sanctions
- sand grouse — any of several birds of the family Pteroclididae inhabiting sandy areas of the Old World, resembling both pigeons and shorebirds and having precocial young.
- sand hopper — beach flea.
- sand-groper — a native of the arid region of Western Australia.
- santo andre — a city in E Brazil, near São Paulo.
- saprolegnia — a variety of fungus
- sapropelite — a foul-smelling mud
- sarcolemmal — of or relating to the sarcolemma
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- saucer dome — a dome having the form of a segment of a sphere, with the center well below the springing line; a shallow dome, as in Roman or Byzantine architecture.