11-letter words containing a, r, i, s, t
- septifragal — (of a capsule) dehiscing by breaking away from the partitions but remaining attached to the common axis; dehiscing at the valves or backs of the carpels but leaving the septa intact.
- serial port — A serial port on a computer is a place where you can connect the computer to a device such as a modem or a mouse.
- serrulation — serrulate condition or form.
- sertularian — a type of hydroid that forms stiff, feathery colonies in which the cups holding the zooids are sessile.
- servitorial — of or pertaining to a servitor
- sesquialter — in the ratio of 3:2
- sheriffalty — shrievalty.
- shift gears — change speed manually in a vehicle
- shinplaster — a plaster for the shin or leg.
- shirt-waist — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
- shirtjacket — a jacket styled like a shirt
- shit-scared — very scared
- short hairs — pubic hair.
- shorthaired — (of an animal) having hair that is short and lies close to the body.
- sidetracked — any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
- sight draft — a draft payable upon presentation.
- signatories — having signed, or joined in signing, a document: the signatory powers to a treaty.
- silk thread — thread that is manufactured from silk
- silver star — a bronze star with a small silver star at the center, awarded to a soldier who has been cited in orders for gallantry in action, when the citation does not warrant the award of a Medal of Honor or the Distinguished Service Cross.
- silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
- silvestrian — of or relating to woodland
- 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.
- singularist — someone who advocates singularism
- singularity — the state, fact, or quality of being singular.
- sir anthony — Sir Anthony, Van Dyck, Sir Anthony.
- sir patrick — Norman Bel [bel] /bɛl/ (Show IPA), 1893–1958, U.S. industrial and stage designer and architect.
- sir stanley — Arthur Penrhyn [pen-rin] /ˈpɛn rɪn/ (Show IPA), (Dean Stanley) 1815–81, English clergyman and author.
- sixth grade — (in the US) the sixth school year after kindergarten, usually containing pupils around 11 or 12 years old
- skip tracer — an investigator whose job is to locate missing persons, especially debtors.
- skirt steak — a thin cut of beef taken from the plate or, sometimes, from the diaphragm
- slot aerial — a transmitting aerial in which the radiating elements are open slots in a surrounding metal sheet
- slot racing — the activity of racing slot cars.
- small print — text typewritten in a small-sized font
- smart drink — a nonalcoholic beverage with added amino acids and vitamins claimed to increase energy, improve memory, and boost intelligence.
- solar still — an apparatus that uses solar radiation to distill salt or brackish water to produce drinkable water.
- solarimeter — an instrument for measuring solar radiation.
- soldier ant — a type of ant that has a disproportionately large head
- sorbability — the ability of something to absorb
- sothic year — the fixed year of the ancient Egyptians, determined by the heliacal rising of Sirius, and equivalent to 365 days.
- sparagmatic — denoting a type of Precambrian rock found in Scandinavia
- spectrality — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
- spermatoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermatoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
- spessartite — Mineralogy. a yellow or red manganese-aluminum garnet, used as a semiprecious gem.
- sphragistic — of or relating to seals or signet rings.
- spinsterial — relating to a spinster
- spinsterian — relating to a spinster
- spirit away — the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- spirit cave — an archaeological site in Thailand that has produced evidence of very early plant domestication in Southeast Asia, dated c7000 b.c.