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11-letter words containing s, r, d, l

  • sclerotized — (especially of the cuticle of an arthropod) hardened by the presence of substances other than chitin, as by scleroproteins, waxes, or calcium salts.
  • scolopendra — a member of a genus of centipedes belonging to the Scolopendridae family
  • scoundrelly — having the character of a scoundrel; unscrupulous; villainous.
  • scripholder — a person who owns a scrip or scrips
  • sculduddery — obscene behavior; lewdness.
  • sculduggery — skulduggery.
  • sealed road — route surfaced for use by traffic
  • secondarily — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
  • secularized — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
  • self-binder — binder (def 5b).
  • self-desire — to wish or long for; crave; want.
  • self-driven — (of a machine) containing its own power source, as an engine or motor.
  • self-feeder — an apparatus or machine that automatically discharges a supply of some material, especially one consisting of a hopper and a trough for feeding livestock.
  • self-formed — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
  • self-hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
  • self-loader — semiautomatic (def 3).
  • self-murder — suicide
  • self-parody — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
  • self-regard — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
  • self-tender — an offer by a company to buy back some or all of its shares from its shareholders, esp as a protection against an unwelcome takeover bid
  • semidiurnal — pertaining to, consisting of, or accomplished in half a day.
  • severalfold — comprising several parts or members.
  • shadow roll — sheepskin that is placed just below the eyes of a pacing horse in order to prevent it from seeing moving shadows cast by its body.
  • shared line — a telephone number that is assigned to more than one person, for example in an office. When somebody calls the number, all of the phones will ring until somebody picks up their phone to answer the call
  • shareholder — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
  • shield fern — any of numerous ferns of the genera Dryopteris and Polystichum, having shield-shaped indusia.
  • shipbuilder — a person whose occupation is the designing or constructing of ship.
  • short field — the area of the infield between third base and second, covered by the shortstop.
  • short-lived — living or lasting only a little while.
  • shovelboard — the game of shuffleboard.
  • shroud-laid — noting a fiber rope of four strands laid right-handed with or without a heart.
  • shroud-line — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
  • siderophile — (of a cell or tissue) having an affinity for iron.
  • sidewheeler — having a paddle wheel on each side, as a steamboat.
  • siecle d'or — the period of the reign of Louis XIV of France.
  • silk thread — thread that is manufactured from silk
  • silly-sider — a left-handed person.
  • silver disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 60 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 200 000 copies
  • silversides — any of several small fishes of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along each side, as Menidia menidia, inhabiting the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
  • sir galahad — (in Arthurian legend) the most virtuous knight of the Round Table, destined to regain the Holy Grail; son of Lancelot and Elaine
  • skidbladnir — the huge collapsible ship, made by two dwarfs for Frey, that always had a favoring wind.
  • skulduddery — (of people) adultery
  • skulduggery — dishonorable proceedings; mean dishonesty or trickery: bribery, graft, and other such skulduggery.
  • slant board — a tiltable board that allows a person to lie with the feet higher than the head while doing exercises.
  • slaughtered — the killing or butchering of cattle, sheep, etc., especially for food.
  • slave trade — the business or process of procuring, transporting, and selling slaves, especially black Africans to the New World prior to the mid-19th century.
  • slaveholder — an owner of slaves.
  • sleeveboard — a small-scale ironing board for pressing sleeves, especially a narrow board that fits inside a coat sleeve.
  • sleigh ride — trip on a sledge
  • slenderness — having a circumference that is small in proportion to the height or length: a slender post.
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