10-letter words containing s, t, e, l
- sewability — the ability to be sewn or stitched
- sexavalent — hexavalent.
- sexivalent — hexavalent.
- sexologist — the study of sexual behavior.
- sextillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 21 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 36 zeros.
- shackleton — Sir Ernest Henry, 1874–1922, English explorer of the Antarctic.
- shallowest — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
- shapetools — (tool, programming) A code management system for Unix from The Technical University of Berlin.
- sheathbill — either of two white sea birds, Chionis alba or C. minor, of the colder parts of the Southern Hemisphere: so called from the horny sheath covering the base of the upper bill.
- sheathless — lacking a sheath or a covering
- sheet film — a flat piece of film cut to a required size before being loaded into a camera.
- sheet pile — one of a number of piles, usually flat, driven side by side to retain earth, etc., or to prevent seepage into an excavation.
- sheetmetal — metal in sheets or thin plates.
- 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.
- shell suit — A shell suit is a casual suit which is made of thin nylon.
- shellycoat — a mythical creature dressed in shells who haunts rivers and streams
- shetlander — a native or inhabitant of Shetland
- shibboleth — a peculiarity of pronunciation, behavior, mode of dress, etc., that distinguishes a particular class or set of persons.
- shoplifter — a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
- short line — a bus or rail route covering only a limited distance.
- short sale — an act or instance of selling short.
- short-life — not designed to last
- shot angle — the angle from which a shot is taken
- shot metal — lead hardened with antimony and arsenic, used to manufacture shot for cartridges.
- shovel hat — a hat with a broad brim turned up at the sides and projecting with a shovellike curve in front and behind; worn by some ecclesiastics, chiefly in England.
- shrievalty — the office, term, or jurisdiction of a sheriff.
- side plate — a small plate used for bread or other accompaniments to a meal
- side table — a table intended to be placed against a wall.
- side-light — an item of incidental information.
- side-table — a table intended to be placed against a wall.
- siderolite — stony-iron meteorite.
- signalment — a detailed description, especially of distinctive features, of a person for identification, usually for police purposes.
- silent cop — a small hemispherical traffic marker at an intersection
- silentiary — someone who keeps silence in court
- silhouette — a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a cutout or configurational drawing, uniformly filled in with black, especially a black-paper, miniature cutout of the outlines of a person's face in profile.
- silvertail — a person of affluence or influence.
- silvertone — made to resemble silver in color, sheen, etc.
- similative — implying likeness
- similitude — likeness; resemblance: a similitude of habits.
- simulative — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- single out — only one in number; one only; unique; sole: a single example.
- single tax — a tax, as on land, that constitutes the sole source of public revenue.
- single-cut — noting a file having a series of parallel cutting ridges in one direction only.
- singletree — whiffletree.
- sinisterly — threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous: a sinister remark.
- sisterless — without a sister
- sisterlike — like a sister
- sitosterol — any of five steroid alcohols having the formula C 2 2 H 5 0 O, especially the beta form, obtained from various plant sources: used in organic synthesis.
- skaithless — without injury or damage
- skeletonic — resembling a skeleton