10-letter words containing s, t, a, r, l
- strap-laid — noting a type of flat cordage made by stitching strands together side by side.
- straw poll — an unofficial vote taken to obtain an indication of the general trend of opinion on a particular issue.
- streamflow — the water that flows in a specific stream site, especially its volume and rate of flow.
- streamless — a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- streamline — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- streamling — a small stream
- streetlamp — light mounted on a post in street
- strelitzia — any southern African perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Strelitzia, cultivated for its showy flowers: includes the bird-of-paradise flower: family Strelitziaceae
- strickland — William, 1787–1854, U.S. architect and engineer.
- stridulate — to produce a shrill, grating sound, as a cricket does, by rubbing together certain parts of the body; shrill.
- strigilate — an instrument with a curved blade, used especially by the ancient Greeks and Romans for scraping the skin at the bath and in the gymnasium.
- stringhalt — a nerve disorder in horses, causing exaggerated flexing movements of the hind legs in walking.
- strip mall — a retail complex consisting of stores or restaurants in adjacent spaces in one long building, typically having a narrow parking area directly in front of the stores.
- strippable — Mining. of or relating to ore or coal that can be produced by strip mining.
- strobilate — to undergo strobilation
- structural — of or relating to structure; pertaining or essential to a structure.
- stylograph — a fountain pen in which the writing point is a fine, hollow tube instead of a nib.
- subarticle — an article that forms part of a larger or main article
- subcentral — near or almost to the center.
- subcrustal — situated or occurring below the crust of the earth.
- subnatural — existing in or formed by nature (opposed to artificial): a natural bridge.
- suborbital — (of a spacecraft) not in orbit; not achieving an altitude and velocity resulting in a ballistic trajectory circling the earth at least once.
- substellar — having a mass smaller than the mass needed by stars for nuclear fusion
- substernal — of or relating to the sternum.
- substratal — something that is spread or laid under something else; a stratum or layer lying under another.
- sucralfate — a sugar-aluminum complex, C 1 2 H 5 4 Al 1 6 O 7 5 S 8 , used for the treatment of duodenal ulcer.
- sulphurate — to combine or treat with sulphur or a sulphur compound
- superaltar — a consecrated portable stone slab for use on an unconsecrated altar
- superexalt — to exalt further; to exalt or raise above others or above a previous position
- supplanter — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
- supravital — pertaining to or involving a staining method for a preparation of living cells.
- surrealist — a style of art and literature developed principally in the 20th century, stressing the subconscious or nonrational significance of imagery arrived at by automatism or the exploitation of chance effects, unexpected juxtapositions, etc.
- surreality — of, relating to, or characteristic of surrealism, an artistic and literary style; surrealistic.
- sutherland — Earl Wilbur, Jr. 1915–74, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1971.
- sylvestral — growing, living, or occurring in a wood or beneath a tree
- talk trash — to engage in trash talk
- tall story — far-fetched account
- tardy slip — a slip of paper given to students who are late for school
- targetless — an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
- tattersall — a pattern of squares formed by colored crossbars on a solid-color, usually light background.
- tear shell — tear bomb.
- tearlessly — without shedding tears
- telferages — telpher.
- telomerase — an enzyme, active chiefly in tumors and reproductive cells, that causes telomeres to lengthen: facilitates cell division and may account for the immortality of cancer cells.
- testicular — of or relating to the testes.
- tetrapolis — a conglomeration of four cities
- tetrastyle — having four columns.
- the-rivals — a comedy of manners (1775) by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- thimerosal — a cream-colored, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 9 H 9 HgNaO 2 S, used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- threadless — a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.