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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.
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