11-letter words containing a, s, l, i, k, e
- 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.
- self-making — the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill.
- sex linkage — an association between genes in sex chromosomes such that the characteristics determined by these genes appear more frequently in one sex than in the other.
- sex-linkage — an association between genes in sex chromosomes such that the characteristics determined by these genes appear more frequently in one sex than in the other.
- shellacking — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- shingle oak — an oak, Quercus imbricaria, yielding a wood used for shingles, clapboards, etc.
- sidewalking — the practice of shopkeepers standing on the sidewalk outside their shops to attract customers.
- silk thread — thread that is manufactured from silk
- silk-tassel — any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Garrya, of the western U.S., having evergreen foliage and flowers in pendulous catkins.
- silver hake — a common hake, Merluccius bilinearis, occurring off the Atlantic coast of North America and popular as a food fish.
- simnel cake — any of several kinds of rich fruitcake covered with almond paste.
- 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.
- skatemobile — a scooterlike vehicle built of boxes, boards, or the like, and mounted on skate wheels.
- skeptically — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
- skilligalee — gruel
- slaked lime — another name for calcium hydroxide, esp when made by adding water to calcium oxide
- sound-alike — a person or thing that resembles another in sound
- spinachlike — resembling or characteristic of spinach
- spirit lake — a lake in SW Washington, at the N foot of Mount St. Helens: site of devastation during 1980 eruptions of Mount St. Helens.
- squeakingly — in a squeaking manner
- stalin peak — former name of Communism Peak.
- steelmaking — the manufacture of steel.
- sterlitamak — a city in the Russian Federation in Europe, W of the Southern Urals.
- stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
- stickleader — a person assigned to check the appearance or condition of each person in a stick
- stickleback — any of the small, pugnacious, spiny-backed fishes of the family Gasterosteidae, inhabiting northern fresh waters and sea inlets, the male of which builds and guards the nest.
- taking lens — a camera in which the image appears on a ground-glass viewer (focusing screen) after being reflected by a mirror or after passing through a prism or semitransparent glass; in one type (single-lens reflex camera) light passes through the same lens to both the ground glass and the film, while in another type (twin-lens reflex camera) light passes through one lens (viewing lens) to the ground glass and through a second lens (taking lens) to the film, the lenses being mechanically coupled for focusing.
- tardis-like — having an interior that is more spacious than could be imagined from looking at the outside
- thread silk — silk yarn produced by a silk throwster.
- travel-sick — nauseated from riding in a moving vehicle
- wake island — an island in the N Pacific, belonging to the U.S.: air base. 3 sq. mi. (8 sq. km).
- warlikeness — the state of being warlike
- wilkes land — a coastal region of Antarctica, S of Australia.
- yeşil irmak — a river in N Turkey, flowing northwest to the Black Sea. Length: 418 km (260 miles)