10-letter words containing s, i, t, e, l
- profitless — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- prosilient — prominent
- protrusile — capable of being thrust forth or extended, as the tongue of a hummingbird.
- psalterian — psalm-like
- psalterium — the omasum.
- psilophyte — any plant that is adapted to grow well in the dry savannah
- pterylosis — the arrangement of feathers on a bird
- ptolemaist — an adherent or advocate of the Ptolemaic system of astronomy.
- pulsimeter — an instrument for measuring the strength or quickness of the pulse.
- pyrolusite — a common mineral, manganese dioxide, MnO 2 , the principal ore of manganese, used in various manufactures, as a decolorizer of brown or green tints in glass, and as a depolarizer in dry-cell batteries.
- quinestrol — a synthetic estrogen, C 2 5 H 3 2 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives.
- quintuples — Plural form of quintuple.
- quodlibets — Plural form of quodlibet.
- relativise — to regard as or make relative.
- relativism — any theory holding that criteria of judgment are relative, varying with individuals and their environments.
- relativist — an adherent or advocate of relativism or of the principle of relativity.
- removalist — a person or company that transports household effects to a new home
- reptilious — like a reptile, resembling or characteristic of a reptile
- resistible — that can be resisted.
- resistless — irresistible.
- resolution — a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group. Compare concurrent resolution, joint resolution.
- resolutive — having the ability to dissolve or terminate.
- revitalise — to give new life to.
- revivalist — a person, especially a member of the clergy, who promotes or holds religious revivals.
- rice blast — a disease of rice caused by the fungus Pyricularia oryae, characterized by elliptical leaf spots with reddish-brown margins, brownish lesions and neck rot of the fruiting panicles, and stunting of the plant.
- rifle shot — sound of shotgun fire
- rijsttafel — an Indonesian meal consisting of rice served with a large array of small dishes of meat, poultry, seafood, vegetables, and condiments.
- ritualised — to practice ritualism.
- roscoelite — a brown variety of muscovite in which some aluminum is replaced by vanadium.
- russellite — a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
- sailboater — a person who sails a boat
- saint luke — a fellow worker of Paul and a physician (Colossians 4:14). Feast day: Oct 18
- salicylate — a salt or ester of salicylic acid.
- salientian — belonging or pertaining to the superorder Salientia, comprising the frogs and toads (order Anura) and extinct species.
- salt mines — Dense quarters housing large numbers of programmers working long hours on grungy projects, with some hope of seeing the end of the tunnel in N years. Noted for their absence of sunshine. Compare playpen, sandbox.
- salt river — a river flowing W from E Arizona to the Gila River near Phoenix: Roosevelt Dam. 200 miles (322 km) long.
- saltigrade — moving by leaping.
- salzgitter — a city in Lower Saxony, in central Germany, SE of Hanover.
- sapiential — containing, exhibiting, or affording wisdom; characterized by wisdom.
- satellitic — relating to a satellite or smaller planet that revolves around a larger planet
- schalstein — a slate-like rock formed by shearing basaltic or andesitic tuff or lava
- schnitzler — Arthur [ahr-ther;; German ahr-too r] /ˈɑr θər;; German ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1862–1931, Austrian dramatist and novelist.
- school tie — old school tie.
- schooltide — schooldays
- schooltime — the period during which schools are open
- sclerotial — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- sclerotize — to harden and darken (an insect's cuticle)
- scythelike — an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.
- sea trials — a series of trial runs to test the performance of a new ship.