11-letter words containing a, t, i, c, s
- saint-cloud — a city in central Minnesota, on the Mississippi.
- sales pitch — promotional talk
- saltimbanco — a charlatan or fake
- saltimbocca — veal and ham wrapped together and sautéed in butter, often seasoned with sage.
- san jacinto — a river in E Texas, flowing SE to Galveston Bay: Texans defeated Mexicans near the mouth of this river 1836.
- sanctioneer — a person who advocates the imposition of sanctions
- sanctioning — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sanctuarize — to give sanctuary to
- sao vicente — an island city in SE Brazil.
- saprobiotic — saprobic
- saprophytic — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- sarcastical — of, relating to, or characterized by sarcasm: a sarcastic reply.
- sarcocystis — a member of the species of parasite Sarcocystis
- satirically — of, pertaining to, containing, or characterized by satire: satirical novels.
- satisficing — the act of satisficing
- saussuritic — relating to, resembling, or having saussurite
- scalability — the ability of something, esp a computer system, to adapt to increased demands
- scambaiting — the practice of pretending to fall for fraudulent online schemes in order to waste the time of the perpetrators
- scar tissue — connective tissue that has contracted and become dense and fibrous.
- scarabaeist — a person who studies the beetle family Scarabaeidae
- scarf joint — a joint in which two timbers or other structural members are fitted together with long end laps of various forms and held in place with bolts, straps, keys, fishplates, etc., to resist tension or compression.
- scarlatinal — scarlet fever.
- scatter pin — a woman's small ornamental pin, usually worn with other similar pins on a dress, suit jacket, etc.
- scatterling — a person with no fixed home; a wanderer; a vagabond
- schematical — based on a scheme or structured arrangement
- schismatist — schismatic (def 2).
- schismatize — to take part in a schism.
- schizanthus — any of several plants of the genus Schizanthus, native to Chile, having numerous variously colored flowers resembling small orchids.
- scintillant — scintillating; sparkling.
- scintillate — to emit sparks.
- scissortail — Also called scissortailed flycatcher [siz-er-teyld] /ˈsɪz ərˌteɪld/ (Show IPA). a flycatcher, Muscivora forficatus, of the southern U.S., Mexico, and Central America, having a long, deeply forked tail.
- scratch hit — a batted ball, usually poorly hit, barely enabling the batter to reach base safely: a scratch hit off the end of the bat.
- scratch wig — a short wig, especially one that covers only part of the head.
- scriptorial — of or relating to a scriptorium
- scsi target — (hardware) A SCSI device that executes a command from a SCSI initiator to perform some task. Typically the target is a SCSI peripheral device but the host adapter can also be a target.
- scyphistoma — a stage in the life cycle of a jellyfish or other scyphozoan when it is fixed in place and reproduces asexually to produce free-swimming medusas.
- sea biscuit — ship biscuit; hardtack.
- sea captain — the master of a seagoing vessel.
- searchlight — a device, usually consisting of a light and reflector, for throwing a beam of light in any direction.
- secretarial — noting, of, or pertaining to a secretary or a secretary's skills and work: a secretarial school.
- secretariat — the officials or office entrusted with administrative duties, maintaining records, and overseeing or performing secretarial duties, especially for an international organization: the secretariat of the United Nations.
- secretional — of or relating to secretion
- selectorial — of or relating to selections or selectors
- self-acting — acting by itself; automatic.
- semanticist — Linguistics. the study of meaning. the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form.
- semi-active — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- semiaquatic — partly aquatic; growing or living in or close to water, or carrying out part of its life cycle in water.
- semiotician — the study of signs and symbols as elements of communicative behavior; the analysis of systems of communication, as language, gestures, or clothing.
- semiplastic — imperfectly plastic; in a state between rigidity and plasticity.
- septic tank — a tank in which solid organic sewage is decomposed and purified by anaerobic bacteria.