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11-letter words containing s, n, a, r, l

  • proconsular — Roman History. an official, usually a former consul, who acted as governor or military commander of a province, and who had powers similar to those of a consul.
  • pronatalism — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
  • pronatalist — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
  • pronominals — Grammar. pertaining to, resembling, derived from, or containing a pronoun: “My” in “my book” is a pronominal adjective. “There” is a pronominal adverb.
  • provisional — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
  • quadrangles — Plural form of quadrangle.
  • rabelaisian — of, relating to, or suggesting François Rabelais, whose work is characterized by broad, coarse humor and keen satire.
  • radicalness — of or going to the root or origin; fundamental: a radical difference.
  • rapscallion — a rascal; rogue; scamp.
  • rat islands — a group of islands in SW Alaska, in the W Aleutian Islands.
  • rationalise — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
  • rationalism — the principle or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, belief, or conduct.
  • rationalist — the principle or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, belief, or conduct.
  • rattlesnake — any of several New World pit vipers of the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle composed of a series of horny, interlocking elements at the end of the tail.
  • ravishingly — extremely beautiful or attractive; enchanting; entrancing.
  • real tennis — an ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled indoor court with various openings, a sloping-roofed corridor along three sides, and a buttress on the fourth side
  • recalescent — a brightening exhibited by cooling iron as latent heat of transformation is liberated.
  • recessional — of or relating to a recession of the clergy and choir after the service.
  • regimentals — of or relating to a regiment.
  • regionalism — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
  • relandscape — to landscape again after a previous landscaping
  • relatedness — associated; connected.
  • relationism — a doctrine maintaining the existence of relations between things
  • relationist — a person who maintains a theory rooted in the relation between ideas
  • relaxedness — the state or condition of being relaxed
  • releasement — the act of releasing from confinement or responsibility
  • resemblance — the state or fact of resembling; similarity.
  • residential — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
  • resin canal — a tubular, intercellular opening containing resin, often found in the wood and needles of gymnosperms
  • resin-canal — a tube or duct in a woody stem or a leaf, especially in conifers, lined with glandular epithelium that secretes resins.
  • resultantly — that results; following as a result or consequence.
  • retranslate — to translate (something that has already been translated)
  • 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
  • rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
  • rhône-alpes — a region of E France: mainly mountainous, rising to the edge of the Massif Central in the west and the French Alps in the east; drained by the Rivers Rhône, Saône, and Isère
  • riding sail — a triangular sail set on the aftermost mast of a vessel, especially a fishing vessel, to head it into the wind; trysail.
  • riefenstahl — Leni [ley-nee] /ˈleɪ ni/ (Show IPA), 1902–2003, German film director.
  • ringed seal — an Arctic seal, Phoca hispida, having irregular, pale, ring-shaped markings around its body.
  • robbinsdale — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
  • rock island — a port in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi: government arsenal.
  • rock salmon — (formerly) any of several coarse fishes when used as food, esp the dogfish or wolffish: now called rockfish or catfish
  • role strain — the stress or strain experienced by an individual when incompatible behavior, expectations, or obligations are associated with a single social role.
  • roman snail — a large edible European snail, Helix pomatia, the usual escargot of menus, erroneously thought to have been introduced to northern Europe by the Romans
  • ross island — an island in the W Ross Sea, off the coast of Victoria Land: part of the Ross Dependency; location of Mt. Erebus.
  • rush candle — a candle made from a dried, partly peeled rush that has been dipped in grease.
  • sacramental — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
  • saddle horn — horn (def 19).
  • saint clair — Arthur, 1736–1818, American Revolutionary War general, born in Scotland: 1st governor of the Northwest Territory, 1787–1802.
  • salad green — a leafy green vegetable, as lettuce, watercress, or escarole, served raw as or in a salad.
  • salesperson — a person who sells goods, services, etc.
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