10-letter words containing t, o, r, s, l
- 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 wool — a textile produced by blending wool with a conductive fibre, which can be heated by means of a small battery
- 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.
- sortileger — a diviner
- southernly — southerly.
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- spleenwort — any of various temperate and tropical ferns of the genera Asplenium and Diplazium, certain species of which are grown as ornamentals.
- split roll — a taxation under which real-estate taxes on business and industrial buildings are levied at higher rates than on residential homes.
- spoilsport — a person whose selfish or unsportsmanlike attitudes or actions spoil the pleasure of others, as in a game or social gathering.
- sportingly — engaging in, disposed to, or interested in open-air or athletic sports: a rugged, sporting man.
- stableford — a scoring system in which points are awarded according to the number of strokes taken at each hole, whereby a hole completed in one stroke over par counts as one point, a hole completed in level par counts as two points, etc
- stadholder — the chief magistrate of the former republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
- star cloud — a cloudlike patch of light on the celestial sphere, consisting of a multitude of stars.
- starflower — any of several plants having starlike flowers, as the star-of-Bethlehem or a plant belonging to the genus Trientalis of the primrose family.
- statolatry — the act or practice of idolizing the state
- staurolite — a mineral, basic iron aluminum silicate, Fe 2 Al 2 O 7 (SiO 4) 4 (OH), occurring in brown to black prismatic crystals, which are often twinned in the form of a cross.
- steelworks — an establishment where steel is made and often manufactured into girders, rails, etc.
- stelliform — star-shaped.
- stereology — a branch of science dealing with the determination of the three-dimensional structure of objects based on two-dimensional views of them.
- still room — (in a large house) a room for distilling or for the preparation of special foods and drinks.
- stillatory — a still or distillery where liquid is distilled
- stilliform — drop-shaped; globular.
- stilt root — a large prop root
- stimulator — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- storiology — the study of the origins and development of folk narratives and legends
- storksbill — Also called heron's-bill. any of various plants belonging to the genus Erodium, of the geranium family, having deeply lobed leaves, loose clusters of pink, purple, white, or yellow flowers, and long, slender fruit.
- storm belt — an area of the earth's surface in which storms are frequent
- storm cell — an air mass formed by powerful updrafts and downdrafts moving in convective loops, the smallest unit of a storm system.
- stormfully — in a stormful manner
- story line — plot (def 2).
- storyville — a red-light district of New Orleans known as a wellspring of jazz before World War I.
- strandwolf — brown hyena.
- 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.
- stridulous — Also, stridulant. making or having a harsh or grating sound.
- strike oil — any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- strobilate — to undergo strobilation
- strobiline — of or relating to a strobilus
- strobiloid — resembling a strobila
- stronghold — a well-fortified place; fortress.