10-letter words containing s, t, e, l, i, a
- plastidule — a small particle of protoplasm
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- polybasite — a blackish mineral, Ag 9 SbS 6 : a minor ore of silver.
- portlaoise — a town in central Republic of Ireland, county town of Laois: site of a top-security prison. Pop: 12 127 (2002)
- postillate — to annotate, to postil
- praxiteles — flourished c350 b.c, Greek sculptor.
- presential — present, or implying actual presence
- psalterian — psalm-like
- psalterium — the omasum.
- ptolemaist — an adherent or advocate of the Ptolemaic system of astronomy.
- relativise — to regard as or make relative.
- relativism — any theory holding that criteria of judgment are relative, varying with individuals and their environments.
- relativist — an adherent or advocate of relativism or of the principle of relativity.
- removalist — a person or company that transports household effects to a new home
- revitalise — to give new life to.
- revivalist — a person, especially a member of the clergy, who promotes or holds religious revivals.
- rice blast — a disease of rice caused by the fungus Pyricularia oryae, characterized by elliptical leaf spots with reddish-brown margins, brownish lesions and neck rot of the fruiting panicles, and stunting of the plant.
- rijsttafel — an Indonesian meal consisting of rice served with a large array of small dishes of meat, poultry, seafood, vegetables, and condiments.
- ritualised — to practice ritualism.
- sailboater — a person who sails a boat
- saint luke — a fellow worker of Paul and a physician (Colossians 4:14). Feast day: Oct 18
- salicylate — a salt or ester of salicylic acid.
- salientian — belonging or pertaining to the superorder Salientia, comprising the frogs and toads (order Anura) and extinct species.
- salt mines — Dense quarters housing large numbers of programmers working long hours on grungy projects, with some hope of seeing the end of the tunnel in N years. Noted for their absence of sunshine. Compare playpen, sandbox.
- salt river — a river flowing W from E Arizona to the Gila River near Phoenix: Roosevelt Dam. 200 miles (322 km) long.
- saltigrade — moving by leaping.
- salzgitter — a city in Lower Saxony, in central Germany, SE of Hanover.
- sapiential — containing, exhibiting, or affording wisdom; characterized by wisdom.
- satellitic — relating to a satellite or smaller planet that revolves around a larger planet
- schalstein — a slate-like rock formed by shearing basaltic or andesitic tuff or lava
- sclerotial — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- sea trials — a series of trial runs to test the performance of a new ship.
- seal point — a Siamese cat having a fawn-colored body and dark-brown points.
- seal-point — a Siamese cat having a fawn-colored body and dark-brown points.
- 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.
- sedimental — of, relating to, or of the nature of sediment.
- semantical — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- semblative — resembling
- semestrial — (in many educational institutions) a division constituting half of the regular academic year, lasting typically from 15 to 18 weeks.
- semilethal — a semilethal gene
- semiotical — of or relating to signs.
- semipostal — a postage stamp sold by a government at a premium above its face value, the excess being used for a nonpostal purpose, as a charity.
- senatorial — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a senator or senate: senatorial oratory.
- sensualist — a person given to the indulgence of the senses or appetites.
- sensuality — sensual nature: the sensuality of Keats's poetry.
- sentential — pertaining to or of the nature of a sentence.
- septennial — occurring every seven years.
- septicidal — (of a capsule) dehiscing lengthwise along a septum.
- sequential — characterized by regular sequence of parts.