11-letter words containing a, r, c, e, l
- scatterling — a person with no fixed home; a wanderer; a vagabond
- schollander — Donald ("Don") born 1946, U.S. swimmer.
- school year — the months of the year during which school is open and attendance at school is required.
- sclerocauly — the feature of having a hard, dry stem
- scleroderma — a disease in which connective tissue anywhere in the body becomes hardened and rigid.
- scolopendra — a member of a genus of centipedes belonging to the Scolopendridae family
- scrap metal — discarded metal
- scrap value — what sth is worth for recycling or reuse
- scratchless — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- screamingly — If you say that something is, for example, screamingly funny or screamingly boring, you mean that it is extremely funny or extremely boring.
- screw plate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
- searchingly — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- searchlight — a device, usually consisting of a light and reflector, for throwing a beam of light in any direction.
- secondarily — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- secretarial — noting, of, or pertaining to a secretary or a secretary's skills and work: a secretarial school.
- secretional — of or relating to secretion
- secularized — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
- 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
- serological — the science dealing with the immunological properties and actions of serum.
- serviceable — capable of or being of service; useful.
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- silverchair — Australian rock group (formed 1994): comprising Daniel Johns (born 1979; vocals, guitar), Ben Gillies (born 1979, drums) and Chris Joannou (born 1979, bass guitar); their albums include Frogstomp (1995) and Young Modern (2007)
- singletrack — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
- sir michael — Sir Michael (Kemp) 1905–98, British composer.
- slack water — a period when a body of water is between tides.
- smart aleck — an obnoxiously conceited person.
- sockdolager — something unusually large, heavy, etc.
- solar cells — a photovoltaic cell that converts sunlight directly into electricity.
- solar cycle — the variation of sunspots, prominences, flares, and other solar activity through an 11-year cycle.
- sonderclass — a special class of small racing yachts, restricted as to size, sail area, cost, etc.
- spacewalker — a person who manoeuvres in space while outside but attached to a spacecraft
- specializer — a person who specializes in something
- spectacular — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- spectrality — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
- speculatory — a place suitable for observation
- spermicidal — that kills sperm
- st. charles — a city in E Missouri, on the Missouri River.
- 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.
- stickleader — a person assigned to check the appearance or condition of each person in a stick
- strait-lace — to bind, confine, or restrain with or as if with laces.
- strategical — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- strathclyde — a region in SW Scotland. 5300 sq. mi. (13,727 sq. km).
- sub-article — a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- subcellular — contained within a cell.
- subliteracy — below average literacy
- subvertical — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
- superficial — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- superscalar — (of a computer) performing several tasks at once