11-letter words containing rl
- overlooking — to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
- parlor game — any game usually played indoors, especially in the living room or parlor, as a word game or a quiz, requiring little or no physical activity.
- parlourmaid — In former times, a parlourmaid was a female servant in a private house whose job involved serving people at table.
- partnerless — the person with whom one cohabits in a romantic relationship: I'd like you to meet my partner, Sarah.
- pearl danio — a slender iridescent tropical cyprinid, Brachydanio albolineatus, from parts of southeast Asia: a popular freshwater aquarium fish.
- pearl diver — a person who dives for pearl oysters or other pearl-bearing mollusks.
- pearl onion — a small white onion, often pickled and used as an appetizer or garnish.
- pearl perch — an edible marine fish, Glaucosoma scapulare, of eastern Australian coastal waters.
- pearl river — a river flowing from central Mississippi into the Gulf of Mexico. 485 miles (780 km) long.
- pearlescent — having an iridescent luster resembling that of pearl; nacreous: healthy skin with a pearlescent glow.
- pearly king — the male London costermonger whose ceremonial clothes display the most lavish collection of pearl buttons
- perlocution — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
- perlustrate — to inspect thoroughly; to make a thorough examination of (something), esp to intercept and read (letters) for purposes of surveillance; to travel through and survey (a region)
- pilgarlicky — bald or growing bald
- pompom girl — a female cheerleader, as for a football team, whose routines often include the waving of large flowerlike clusters or streamers resembling pompoms.
- posteriorly — situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (opposed to anterior).
- preterlegal — being beyond the scope or limits of law.
- quarterlies — Plural form of quarterly.
- quarterlife — designating the period of life immediately following adolescence, usually the early twenties to early thirties
- scarlatinal — scarlet fever.
- scarlet cup — a small, fleshy, saucer-shaped fungus, Sarcoscypha coccinea, of the family Sarcoscyphaceae, marked by a scarlet inner surface and white exterior, seen on fallen branches in the spring.
- scarlet hat — a cardinal's hat
- scatterling — a person with no fixed home; a wanderer; a vagabond
- schorlomite — a mineral that is black in colour and belongs to the garnet group
- scissorlike — like scissors; moving, operating, or crossing in a manner suggesting the blades of scissors.
- script girl — a female secretarial assistant to the director of a motion picture.
- shelterless — something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- shutterless — lacking a shutter
- slumberland — an imaginary land described to children as the place they enter during sleep.
- slumberless — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
- smokerlyzer — a device for estimating the amount of carbon monoxide in the breath: used in testing whether or not people, esp schoolchildren, have been smoking
- soldierlike — resembling a soldier
- st. charles — a city in E Missouri, on the Missouri River.
- stable girl — a girl or woman who looks after or attends horses in stables
- starlighted — lit by the stars
- sterlitamak — a city in the Russian Federation in Europe, W of the Southern Urals.
- superlative — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
- superlawyer — an extremely successful lawyer
- superlunary — situated above or beyond the moon.
- superluxury — a material object, service, etc., conducive to sumptuous living, usually a delicacy, elegance, or refinement of living rather than a necessity: Gold cufflinks were a luxury not allowed for in his budget.
- switzerland — a republic in central Europe. 15,944 sq. mi. (41,294 sq. km). Capital: Bern.
- tamburlaine — Tamerlane.
- the elderly — elderly people as a group
- third world — the underdeveloped nations of the world, especially those with widespread poverty.
- thunderless — without thunder
- toe-curling — If you describe something as toe-curling, you mean that it makes you feel very embarrassed.
- unbrotherly — not brotherly
- underlining — to mark with a line or lines underneath; underscore.
- underlooker — a subordinate to the manager, particularly in mining