11-letter words containing b, c, e
- scarabaeist — a person who studies the beetle family Scarabaeidae
- scarabaeoid — resembling a scarab.
- schiff base — the product of the chemical association of an aldehyde with a primary amine
- scrub nurse — a nurse specially trained to assist surgeons in the operating room and serving as part of the surgically clean medical team handling instruments during an operation.
- scuba diver — sb who dives underwater
- scuttlebutt — Nautical. an open cask of drinking water. a drinking fountain for use by the crew of a vessel.
- scuzzbucket — Also called scuzzball [skuhz-bawl] /ˈskʌzˌbɔl/ (Show IPA), scuzzbucket [skuhz-buhk-it] /ˈskʌzˌbʌk ɪt/ (Show IPA). a dirty, grimy, sordid, or repulsive person or thing.
- sea biscuit — ship biscuit; hardtack.
- sea cabbage — a brown alga, Hedophyllum sessile, of the North Pacific, characterized by a compact mass of fronds resembling a cabbage.
- second base — the second in order of the bases from home plate.
- second best — the next to the best in performance, achievement, craftsmanship, etc.
- second-best — the next to the best in performance, achievement, craftsmanship, etc.
- sennacherib — died 681 b.c, king of Assyria 705–681.
- serbo-croat — Serbo-Croat is one of the languages spoken in the former Yugoslavia.
- service bus — a public bus with a regular route
- serviceable — capable of or being of service; useful.
- shacklebone — the wrist
- shcherbakov — a former name (1946–57) of Andropov.
- sketch book — a collection of essays and stories (1819–20) by Washington Irving.
- slack-baked — improperly baked.
- slate black — a slightly purplish black.
- slop bucket — slop pail.
- snack table — a small portable folding table used for an individual serving.
- snapperback — the center on the offensive team.
- source book — an original writing, as a document, record, or diary, that supplies an authoritative basis for future writing, study, evaluation, etc.
- space probe — Aerospace. an unmanned spacecraft designed to explore the solar system and transmit data back to earth.
- 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.
- spruce beer — a fermented beverage made with spruce leaves and twigs, or an extract from them.
- stage brace — a brace for supporting upright pieces of theatrical scenery.
- 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.
- stench bomb — a small bomb made to emit a foul smell on exploding.
- 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.
- stockbroker — a broker, especially one employed by a member firm of a stock exchange, who buys and sells stocks and other securities for customers.
- stockjobber — a stock salesperson, especially one who sells or promotes worthless securities.
- strike back — retaliate
- stroboscope — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- 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-charter — a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
- sub-clauses — Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- sub-culture — Bacteriology. to cultivate (a bacterial strain) again on a new medium.
- sub-economy — thrifty management; frugality in the expenditure or consumption of money, materials, etc.
- sub-project — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- sub-society — an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
- sub-species — A sub-species of a plant or animal is one of the types that a particular species is divided into.
- sub-surface — below the surface, especially of a body of water.
- subadjacent — lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring: a motel adjacent to the highway.