9-letter words containing s, o, l, t
- pustulous — pustular.
- pygostyle — the bone at the posterior end of the spinal column in birds, formed by the fusion of several caudal vertebrae.
- pyroclast — a piece of lava ejected from a volcano
- reconsult — to consult (someone or something) again
- relations — an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
- resolicit — to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
- resolvent — resolving; causing solution; solvent.
- rock salt — common salt occurring in extensive, irregular beds in rocklike masses.
- rock-salt — common salt occurring in extensive, irregular beds in rocklike masses.
- roosevelt — (Anna) Eleanor, 1884–1962, U.S. diplomat, author, and lecturer (wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt).
- rootstalk — a rhizome.
- rosenthal — Jean, 1912–69, U.S. theatrical lighting designer.
- rostellum — Biology. any small, beaklike process.
- rostrally — in a rostral manner
- routously — in a routous manner
- royalmast — the highest part of a mast
- sackcloth — sacking.
- sail into — an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- sailcloth — any of various fabrics, as of cotton, nylon, or Dacron, for boat sails or tents.
- saint leo — Saint (Bruno) 1002–54, German ecclesiastic: pope 1049–54.
- salivator — any agent that causes salivation.
- sallyport — a gateway permitting the passage of a large number of troops at a time.
- salometer — salinometer.
- salt dome — a domelike rock structure that is formed beneath the earth's surface by the upward movement of a mass of salt, may reach thousands of feet in vertical extent, and is more or less circular in plan: often associated with oil and gas pools.
- salt pork — pork cured with salt, especially the fat pork taken from the back, sides, and belly.
- saltation — a dancing, hopping, or leaping movement.
- saltatory — pertaining to or adapted for saltation.
- saltworks — (often used with a plural verb) a building or plant where salt is made.
- salty dog — a cocktail of gin or vodka and grapefruit juice, traditionally served in a salt-rimmed glass.
- salvation — the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
- salvatore — a male given name.
- salvatory — a place for storing something safely
- santolina — any plant of the evergreen Mediterranean genus Santolina, esp S. chamaecyparissus, grown for its silvery-grey felted foliage: family Asteraceae (composites)
- saprolite — soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
- sartorial — of or relating to tailors or their trade: sartorial workmanship.
- sassolite — the mineral form of boric acid found in the saline deposits of the hot springs near Sasso in Tuscany, H3BO3
- satelloid — a low-altitude satellite using engines with small thrust to maintain its orbit.
- satyaloka — the highest heaven, where Brahma and Sarasvati live with Brahmins.
- sausalito — a town in W California on San Fransisco Bay: resort; formerly artist's colony.
- scalation — an arrangement of scales, as on a fish.
- scapolite — any of a group of minerals of variable composition, essentially silicates of aluminum, calcium, and sodium, occurring as massive aggregates or tetragonal crystals.
- scatology — the study of or preoccupation with excrement or obscenity.
- scholiast — an ancient commentator on the classics.
- sclerotal — a bony area or plate found in the sclerotic (the eyeball covering) of some animals
- sclerotic — Also, scleral. Anatomy. of or relating to the sclera.
- sclerotin — an insoluble protein that serves to stiffen the chitin of the cuticle of arthropods.
- scolecite — a monoclinic white zeolite mineral, a hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, CaAl 2 Si 3 O 1 0 ⋅, 3H 2 O, occurring in masses and in needle-shaped crystals.
- scoliotic — an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine.
- scopulate — broom-shaped; brushlike.
- scotophil — living and flourishing in darkness.