11-letter words containing b, a, s, i, c
- shabby chic — Shabby Chic is a style of decorating the inside of a house in which the furniture and house look slightly used or old in a way that is attractive.
- sociability — the act or an instance of being sociable.
- social club — A social club is a club where members go in order to meet each other and enjoy leisure activities.
- sonofabitch — an abusive term of address or of description
- sorbic acid — a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 8 O 2 , slightly soluble in water, soluble in many organic solvents: used as a preservative in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and food.
- specifiable — that can be specified.
- spider crab — any of various crabs of the family Majidae, having long, slender legs and a comparatively small, triangular body.
- sprite crab — ghost crab.
- static tube — a tube for measuring the static pressure of a fluid in motion, so placed in the fluid as not to be affected by the pressure changes caused by the motion of the fluid.
- stenobathic — of or relating to marine or freshwater life that can tolerate only limited changes in depth (opposed to eurybathic).
- stereobatic — relating to or resembling a stereobate
- 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.
- strike back — retaliate
- 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.
- sub-captain — a person who is at the head of or in authority over others; chief; leader.
- sub-fascial — a band or fillet, as for binding the hair.
- subacromial — the outward end of the spine of the scapula or shoulder blade.
- suballiance — a suborder or subdivision of an alliance
- subcardinal — (of veins) next to the cardinal veins
- subchairman — a subordinate or substitute chairman.
- subclassify — to arrange in subclasses.
- subclinical — pertaining to an early stage of a disease; having no noticeable clinical symptoms.
- subcortical — situated beneath the cortex.
- subcritical — Physics. pertaining to a state, value, or quantity that is less than critical, especially to a mass of radioactive material.
- subcurative — of a dosage which is not strong enough to have a curing effect
- subdiaconal — of or relating to a subdeacon.
- subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- subharmonic — an oscillation that has a frequency which is an integral submultiple of the frequency of a related oscillation.
- subindicate — to indirectly indicate or hint
- subjudicial — pertaining to judgment in courts of justice or to the administration of justice: judicial proceedings; the judicial system.
- subliteracy — below average literacy
- submetallic — somewhat or imperfectly metallic.
- subordinacy — a subordinate person or thing.
- subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
- subtractive — tending to subtract; having power to subtract.
- subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
- subvertical — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
- subvocalize — to form (words) silently by moving the lips or other vocal organs without vocalization
- sucker bait — an enticement calculated to lure a person into a scheme in which he or she may be victimized.
- switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- syllabicate — to syllabify.
- syllabicity — the state of being syllabic; the ability to form a syllable.
- tea biscuit — a small, round, soft biscuit, usually shortened and sweetened.
- tobacconist — a dealer in tobacco, especially the owner of a store that sells pipe tobaccos, cigarettes, and cigars.
- transcriber — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- trisyllabic — a word of three syllables, as pendulum.
- usucaptible — able to be taken possession of
- verbalistic — a person skilled in the use of words.
- xenoblastic — a crystal that forms in metamorphic rock and gets its outline from neighboring crystals.