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11-letter words containing a, n, l, i, s, e

  • pleinairism — pertaining to a manner or style of painting developed chiefly in France in the mid-19th century, characterized by the representation of the luminous effects of natural light and atmosphere as contrasted with the artificial light and absence of the sense of air or atmosphere associated with paintings produced in the studio.
  • postexilian — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
  • pre-seminal — released before semen is ejaculated
  • precisional — the state or quality of being precise.
  • previsional — characteristic of prevision
  • psilomelane — a common mineral consisting of a mixture of pyrolusite and other oxides of manganese, usually found in black, rounded masses: an ore of manganese.
  • rabelaisian — of, relating to, or suggesting François Rabelais, whose work is characterized by broad, coarse humor and keen satire.
  • radicalness — of or going to the root or origin; fundamental: a radical difference.
  • rationalise — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
  • real tennis — an ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled indoor court with various openings, a sloping-roofed corridor along three sides, and a buttress on the fourth side
  • recessional — of or relating to a recession of the clergy and choir after the service.
  • regimentals — of or relating to a regiment.
  • regionalism — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
  • relationism — a doctrine maintaining the existence of relations between things
  • relationist — a person who maintains a theory rooted in the relation between ideas
  • residential — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
  • resin canal — a tubular, intercellular opening containing resin, often found in the wood and needles of gymnosperms
  • resin-canal — a tube or duct in a woody stem or a leaf, especially in conifers, lined with glandular epithelium that secretes resins.
  • revelations — the last book of the New Testament, containing visionary descriptions of heaven, of conflicts between good and evil, and of the end of the world
  • riefenstahl — Leni [ley-nee] /ˈleɪ ni/ (Show IPA), 1902–2003, German film director.
  • ringed seal — an Arctic seal, Phoca hispida, having irregular, pale, ring-shaped markings around its body.
  • robbinsdale — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
  • role strain — the stress or strain experienced by an individual when incompatible behavior, expectations, or obligations are associated with a single social role.
  • sabine lake — a shallow lake on the boundary between Texas and Louisiana, formed by a widening of the Sabine River. About 17 miles (27 km) long; 7 miles (11 km) wide.
  • saint felix — Saint, died a.d. 530, pope 526–530.
  • saline drip — the usually intravenous drop-by-drop administration of an isotonic solution of sodium chloride in distilled water
  • salinometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of salt in a solution.
  • saltishness — the condition of being saltish
  • samuel ting — Samuel C(hao) C(hung) [chou choo ng] /tʃaʊ tʃʊŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1936, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
  • san gabriel — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • saprolegnia — a variety of fungus
  • satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • scatterling — a person with no fixed home; a wanderer; a vagabond
  • scintillate — to emit sparks.
  • scopolamine — a colorless, syrupy, water-soluble alkaloid, C 1 7 H 2 1 NO 4 , obtained from certain plants of the nightshade family, used chiefly as a sedative and mydriatic and to alleviate the symptoms of motion sickness.
  • screamingly — If you say that something is, for example, screamingly funny or screamingly boring, you mean that it is extremely funny or extremely boring.
  • sea islands — a chain of islands in the Atlantic off the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
  • sealed unit — a hard disk that is permanently sealed to prevent damage to the read/write head
  • sealing wax — a resinous preparation, soft when heated, used for sealing letters, documents, etc.
  • searchingly — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
  • seasonality — the state or quality of being seasonal or dependent on the seasons: the seasonality of Halloween costumes.
  • secondarily — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
  • secretional — of or relating to secretion
  • seigneurial — a lord, especially a feudal lord.
  • seigniorial — of or relating to a seignior.
  • selaginella — any club moss of the genus Selaginella, having stems covered in small pointed leaves and small spore-bearing cones: family Selaginellaceae
  • self-acting — acting by itself; automatic.
  • self-denial — the sacrifice of one's own desires; unselfishness.
  • self-hating — harbouring feelings of self-hatred
  • self-making — the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill.
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