11-letter words containing s, e, t, l
- retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
- retranslate — to translate (something that has already been translated)
- retrosexual — a heterosexual man who spends little time and money on his personal appearance
- reupholster — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- reusability — reuse
- revelations — the last book of the New Testament, containing visionary descriptions of heaven, of conflicts between good and evil, and of the end of the world
- revitalised — to give new life to.
- revivalists — a person, especially a member of the clergy, who promotes or holds religious revivals.
- rickettsial — any member of the genus Rickettsia, comprising rod-shaped to coccoid microorganisms that resemble bacteria but can be as small as a large virus and reproduce only inside a living cell, parasitic in fleas, ticks, lice, and mites and transmitted by bite to vertebrate hosts, including humans, causing such severe diseases as typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
- riefenstahl — Leni [ley-nee] /ˈleɪ ni/ (Show IPA), 1902–2003, German film director.
- righteously — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
- riot shield — Riot shields are pieces of equipment made of transparent plastic which are used by the police to protect themselves against angry crowds.
- rocket sled — a sled propelled along a long track by rocket engines, for testing the effects of high rates of acceleration and deceleration.
- 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.
- roostertail — a full spray or cloud, as of water in the wake of a speeding boat or dust from a speeding car
- rose beetle — rose chafer.
- rumble seat — Also called, British, dickey. a seat recessed into the back of a coupe or roadster, covered by a hinged lid that opens to form the back of the seat when in use.
- rupes altai — a mountain range in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 315 miles (507 km) long.
- sacramental — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
- saddle seat — a chair seat having a double slope downward from a central ridge highest at the front.
- saddle-tree — the frame of a saddle.
- saddlecloth — Horse Racing. a cloth placed over the saddle of a racehorse bearing the horse's number.
- safety belt — seat belt.
- safety bolt — a bolt or lock on a door or gate that cannot be moved from the outside
- safety film — Photography. a film having a nonflammable base of triacetate cellulose.
- safety lamp — a miner's lamp in which the flame is protected by wire gauze to prevent the immediate ignition of explosive gases.
- safety lock — a lock designed to prevent picking.
- saint felix — Saint, died a.d. 530, pope 526–530.
- salad plate — a small plate used chiefly for serving an individual portion of salad.
- saleability — subject to or suitable for sale; readily sold: The books were sent back by the store in salable condition.
- sales pitch — promotional talk
- salinometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of salt in a solution.
- salt cellar — a shaker or dish for salt.
- salt shaker — a container for salt with a perforated top to allow the salt to be shaken out.
- salt-cellar — a shaker or dish for salt.
- saltchucker — a saltwater angler
- saltirewise — in the direction or manner of a saltire.
- saltishness — the condition of being saltish
- sample rate — (digital signal processing) The number of times an analog signal is measured (sampled) per second. The unit of sample rate is "samples per second". This is often expressed in kiloHertz (kHz). For example, "CD quality" sound has a sample rate of 44 kHz. Compare data rate. See Nyquist frequency.
- samuel ting — Samuel C(hao) C(hung) [chou choo ng] /tʃaʊ tʃʊŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1936, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- sand castle — a small castlelike structure made of wet sand, as by children at a beach.
- sand myrtle — an evergreen shrub, Leiophyllum buxifolium, of the heath family, native to the eastern U.S., having simple, leathery leaves and clusters of white or pink flowers.
- sand-castle — a small castlelike structure made of wet sand, as by children at a beach.
- sandculture — the hydroponic cultivation of plants in sand.
- sansculotte — (originally) a revolutionary of the poorer class
- santa tecla — a city in SW El Salvador, just SW of San Salvador.
- sapropelite — a foul-smelling mud
- satellitise — to bring satellite(s) into use in (meteorology, broadcasting, etc)