10-letter words containing s, t, a, r, l
- sea letter — a document issued to a merchant vessel, esp in wartime, authorizing it to leave a port or proceed freely
- sea slater — a large (2.5 cm or 1 in.) nocturnal isopod, Ligea oceanica, that lives in cracks in rocks or walls around the high-water mark
- sea trials — a series of trial runs to test the performance of a new ship.
- sea turtle — any of several large turtles of the families Cheloniidae and Dermochelyidae, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical seas, having the limbs modified into paddlelike flippers: all sea turtles are either threatened or endangered through most of their range because of ocean pollution.
- secularist — secular spirit or tendency, especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.
- secularity — secular views or beliefs; secularism.
- semestrial — (in many educational institutions) a division constituting half of the regular academic year, lasting typically from 15 to 18 weeks.
- senatorial — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a senator or senate: senatorial oratory.
- separately — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- sepultural — the act of placing in a sepulcher or tomb; burial.
- sequestral — a fragment of bone that has become necrotic as a result of disease or injury and has separated from the normal bone structure.
- serial ata — Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
- sertraline — a drug, C 17 H 17 NCl 2 ·HCl, of the SSRI class, used in the treatment of depression.
- shell star — a type of star showing bright emission lines superimposed on its normal absorption spectrum, presumably caused by a gaseous shell around the star.
- shetlander — a native or inhabitant of Shetland
- shirt-tail — the part of a shirt below the waistline.
- short sale — an act or instance of selling short.
- short-haul — of, relating to, or engaged in transportation over short distances: a short-haul trucking firm.
- short-laid — hard-laid.
- show trial — (especially in a totalitarian state) the public trial of a political offender conducted chiefly for propagandistic purposes, as to suppress further dissent against the government by making an example of the accused.
- shrievalty — the office, term, or jurisdiction of a sheriff.
- sibilatory — characterized by hissing or whistling
- silentiary — someone who keeps silence in court
- silvertail — a person of affluence or influence.
- similarity — the state of being similar; likeness; resemblance.
- simulatory — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- sinoatrial — relating to specific tissue in the wall of the right atrium of the heart that acts as a pacemaker
- slab track — a railroad track in which the rails are attached to and supported by a bed or slab, usually of concrete.
- slate-grey — of a dark grey colour
- slathering — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- slatternly — slovenly and untidy.
- slaughtery — a slaughterhouse
- slipstream — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- slot racer — slot car.
- sloth bear — a coarse-haired, long-snouted bear, Ursus ursinus, of India and Indochina: now rare.
- smart alec — smart aleck.
- smart well — A smart well is a well which has equipment that can be controlled either automatically or by an operator at a remote location.
- smart wool — a textile produced by blending wool with a conductive fibre, which can be heated by means of a small battery
- smart-alec — smart aleck.
- sodertalje — a city in SE Sweden: suburb of Stockholm.
- softballer — a person who plays or is an enthusiast of softball.
- solar myth — a myth explaining or allegorizing the origin or movement of the sun
- solar-heat — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- solidarist — a person who adheres to solidarism
- solidarity — union or fellowship arising from common responsibilities and interests, as between members of a group or between classes, peoples, etc.: to promote solidarity among union members.
- solitarian — a hermit
- solitarily — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
- somersault — an acrobatic movement, either forward or backward, in which the body rolls end over end, making a complete revolution.
- sparkliest — tending to sparkle; animated; lively: a row of sparkly cheerleaders.
- spectrally — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.