10-letter words containing s, e, r, u, l
- roundheels — a prostitute.
- ruby laser — a solid-state, pulsed laser that uses a ruby crystal to produce a very strong beam of red coherent light, used in making holographs and in cosmetic instruments.
- rudderless — Nautical. a vertical blade at the stern of a vessel that can be turned horizontally to change the vessel's direction when in motion.
- russellite — a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
- russophile — a person who is friendly to, admires, or prefers Russia or Russian customs, institutions, etc.
- ruthlessly — without pity or compassion; cruel; merciless: a ruthless tyrant.
- saliferous — containing or producing salt: saliferous strata.
- saucerlike — resembling a saucer
- sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- scrobicule — a small pit, for example around one of a sea urchin's nodules
- scrubbable — to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
- sculptress — a woman who practices the art of sculpture.
- sculptured — having a surface or shape molded, marked, carved, indented, etc., by or as if by sculpture: sculptured leather belts.
- sea turtle — any of several large turtles of the families Cheloniidae and Dermochelyidae, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical seas, having the limbs modified into paddlelike flippers: all sea turtles are either threatened or endangered through most of their range because of ocean pollution.
- secularism — secular spirit or tendency, especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.
- secularist — secular spirit or tendency, especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.
- secularity — secular views or beliefs; secularism.
- secularize — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
- self-guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- self-trust — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- sepulchral — of, relating to, or serving as a tomb.
- sepultural — the act of placing in a sepulcher or tomb; burial.
- sequestral — a fragment of bone that has become necrotic as a result of disease or injury and has separated from the normal bone structure.
- sexlocular — having six loculi or cells for seeds
- slanderous — defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
- slaughtery — a slaughterhouse
- slide rule — a device for performing mathematical calculations, consisting essentially of a ruler having a sliding piece moving along it, both marked with graduated, usually logarithmic, scales: now largely replaced by the electronic calculator.
- slide-rule — a device for performing mathematical calculations, consisting essentially of a ruler having a sliding piece moving along it, both marked with graduated, usually logarithmic, scales: now largely replaced by the electronic calculator.
- sludgeworm — a small freshwater worm, Tubifex tubifex, often inhabiting sewage sludge and the muddy bottoms of lakes, rivers, and pools.
- slumberful — characterized by sleep or slumber
- slumbering — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
- slumberous — sleepy; heavy with drowsiness, as the eyelids.
- somersault — an acrobatic movement, either forward or backward, in which the body rolls end over end, making a complete revolution.
- sourceless — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- sourdeline — a type of bagpipe
- southernly — southerly.
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- spherulite — a rounded aggregate of radiating crystals found in obsidian and other glassy igneous rocks.
- spinnerule — part of the spinneret of a spider
- spur wheel — spur gear.
- square leg — the position of a fielder on the left of the batsman and almost on the opposite side of the wicket.
- square-law — of or relating to an electronic circuit or device that produces an output voltage proportional to the square of its input voltage over the range of input voltages for which it is designed to function: square-law detector.
- squaretail — any of several fishes of the genus Tetragonurus, inhabiting deep waters of tropical and temperate seas, having a squarish tail and an armor of tough, bony scales.
- squirelike — like a squire, or like the behaviour of a squire
- squireling — a landowner of a small estate.
- squirreled — any of numerous arboreal, bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Sciurus, of the family Sciuridae.
- squirrelly — eccentric; flighty.
- 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.
- steel drum — Music. a bowl-shaped percussion instrument common in the West Indies, made from a steel barrel divided into sections producing different notes when struck.
- stridulate — to produce a shrill, grating sound, as a cricket does, by rubbing together certain parts of the body; shrill.