10-letter words containing s, t, e, r, o
- short-life — not designed to last
- short-term — covering or applying to a relatively short period of time.
- short-wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
- shortbread — a butter cookie commonly made in thick, pie-shaped wheels or rolled and cut in fancy shapes.
- shortening — butter, lard, or other fat, used to make pastry, bread, etc., short.
- shortsheet — to fold a sheet so that it is impossible for a person to stretch their legs when they get into bed (done as a practical joke)
- shot tower — a tower from the top of which finely divided streams of molten lead are dropped down a central well, breaking up into spherical drops during their fall to be quenched and hardened in a tank of water at the bottom.
- shotgunner — a person who is skilled with a shotgun
- showboater — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
- shower tea — kitchen tea.
- shreveport — a city in NW Louisiana, on the Red River.
- shrovetide — the three days before Ash Wednesday, once a time of confession and absolution.
- sideration — sudden paralysis of a part of the body
- siderocyte — an erythrocyte that contains iron in forms other than hematin.
- siderolite — stony-iron meteorite.
- siderostat — a telescopic device for reflecting the light of a star in a constant direction, the chief component of which is a plane mirror turned by a clock mechanism to correct for the rotation of the earth.
- sidestroke — a stroke in which the body is turned sideways in the water, the hands pull alternately, and the legs perform a scissors kick.
- silvertone — made to resemble silver in color, sheen, etc.
- sisterhood — the state of being 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.
- six-footer — a person who is roughly six feet tall.
- six-storey — having six floors or storeys
- skate over — to cross on or as if on skates
- skateboard — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
- ski resort — place with skiing facilities
- skimmerton — shivaree (def 1).
- skytrooper — a paratrooper.
- slot meter — a meter into which coins are inserted, in advance, to pay for electricity (as opposed to a meter that records the amount of electricity the customer has used, for which they are later billed, usually each quarter)
- slot racer — slot car.
- sloth bear — a coarse-haired, long-snouted bear, Ursus ursinus, of India and Indochina: now rare.
- smart home — a dwelling equipped with systems and appliances that can be operated remotely using a computer or mobile phone
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- smoke tree — Also called American smoke tree, chittamwood. a tree, Cotinus obovatus, of the cashew family, native to the southeastern U.S., having egg-shaped leaves and large clusters of small white flowers.
- smoothbore — (of firearms) having a bore that is smooth; not rifled.
- smothering — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- sneezewort — a composite plant, Achillea ptarmica, of Europe, the powdered leaves of which cause sneezing.
- sob sister — a journalist who writes human-interest stories with sentimental pathos.
- sociometry — the measurement of attitudes of social acceptance or rejection through expressed preferences among members of a social grouping.
- soda niter — a white or transparent mineral, sodium nitrate, NaNO 3 , used chiefly as a fertilizer and in the manufacture of sulfuric and nitric acids and potassium nitrate.
- soda water — an effervescent beverage consisting of water charged with carbon dioxide.
- sodertalje — a city in SE Sweden: suburb of Stockholm.
- soft power — the ability to achieve one's goals without force, esp by diplomacy, persuasion, etc
- soft serve — frozen custard
- softballer — a person who plays or is an enthusiast of softball.
- solar-heat — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- sombrerite — a lime and alumina phosphoric compound
- somersault — an acrobatic movement, either forward or backward, in which the body rolls end over end, making a complete revolution.
- songstress — a female singer, especially one who specializes in popular songs.
- songwriter — a person who writes the words or music, or both, for popular songs.
- soothsayer — a person who professes to foretell events.