11-letter words containing a, c, o, s, t, e
- reactionism — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- reactionist — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- reassociate — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
- rebroadcast — to broadcast again from the same station.
- rock steady — the style of vocalized Jamaican popular music that succeeded ska and preceded reggae in the 1960s, influenced by American soul music and having a more upbeat tempo with emphasis on electric bass and guitar rather than on horns.
- romanticise — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- saddlecloth — Horse Racing. a cloth placed over the saddle of a racehorse bearing the horse's number.
- safety lock — a lock designed to prevent picking.
- sanctioneer — a person who advocates the imposition of sanctions
- sansculotte — (originally) a revolutionary of the poorer class
- sao vicente — an island city in SE Brazil.
- sapotaceous — belonging to the Sapotaceae, the sapodilla family of plants.
- scare story — A scare story is something that is said or written to make people feel frightened and think that a situation is much more unpleasant or dangerous than it really is.
- scattergood — a spendthrift.
- scattershot — delivered over a wide area and at random; generalized and indiscriminate: a scattershot attack on the proposed program.
- schecklaton — a gilded leather used for embroidering jacks
- scotch tape — clear adhesive tape
- scotch-tape — to fasten or mend with Scotch tape.
- scoutmaster — the leader or officer in charge of a band of scouts.
- second mate — the officer of a merchant vessel next in command beneath the first mate.
- second-rate — of lesser or minor quality, importance, or the like: a second-rate poet.
- secretional — of or relating to secretion
- selectorate — a body of people responsible for making a selection, esp members of a political party who select candidates for an election
- selectorial — of or relating to selections or selectors
- semiotician — the study of signs and symbols as elements of communicative behavior; the analysis of systems of communication, as language, gestures, or clothing.
- serbo-croat — Serbo-Croat is one of the languages spoken in the former Yugoslavia.
- shade cloth — a covering made of cloth or plastic, especially one used to control the amount of sunlight to which plants are exposed.
- shortchange — to give less than the correct change to.
- slave coast — the coast of W equatorial Africa, between the Benin and Volta rivers: a center of slavery traffic 16th–19th centuries.
- somaticized — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- somatogenic — developing from somatic cells.
- sothic year — the fixed year of the ancient Egyptians, determined by the heliacal rising of Sirius, and equivalent to 365 days.
- spathaceous — of the nature of or resembling a spathe.
- spatterdock — any of various water lilies of the genus Nuphar, having globular yellow flowers and growing in lakes or sluggish streams, especially N. advena, of the eastern U.S.
- spectrogram — a representation or photograph of a spectrum.
- speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- speculatory — a place suitable for observation
- spermatoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- spirochaete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- stactometer — stalagmometer.
- state coach — a horse-drawn coach used by royalty on state occasions
- stauroscope — an optical instrument for studying the crystal structure of minerals under polarized light
- steatopygic — extreme accumulation of fat on and about the buttocks, especially of women.
- stenobathic — of or relating to marine or freshwater life that can tolerate only limited changes in depth (opposed to eurybathic).
- stenocardia — angina pectoris, a contraction of the heart or its vessels due to a lack of oxygen, causing severe chest pain
- stereobatic — relating to or resembling a stereobate
- stereocilia — any of the long, flexible microvilli that superficially resemble cilia and occur as a brush border or series of tufts on the surface of various epithelial tissues.
- stereotaxic — of, relating to, or based on three-dimensional studies of the brain, especially as an adjunct to brain surgery.
- stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
- stomachache — pain in the stomach or abdomen; colic.