11-letter words containing b, i, s, o, c
- scotophobin — a peptide isolated from the brains of rats conditioned to avoid darkness, alleged to induce a dark-avoidance response in untrained rats, mice, and other animals.
- scribacious — having the tendency to write a lot or too much
- scrobicular — of or relating to the smooth areas on a sea urchin surrounding its nodules
- 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.
- 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
- sub-chronic — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
- sub-society — an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
- subacromial — the outward end of the spine of the scapula or shoulder blade.
- subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
- subcortical — situated beneath the cortex.
- subdecision — a decision secondary to a main decision
- subdiaconal — of or relating to a subdeacon.
- subdirector — an assistant or secondary director
- subeconomic — pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities.
- 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.
- subincision — the slitting of the underside of the penis to the urethra, performed as a puberty rite among some tribal peoples, especially in Australia.
- subjunction — an act of subjoining.
- subordinacy — a subordinate person or thing.
- subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
- subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
- subvocalize — to form (words) silently by moving the lips or other vocal organs without vocalization
- suzie cobol — /soo'zee koh'bol/ 1. (IBM, probably from Frank Zappa's "Suzy Creamcheese") A coder straight out of training school who knows everything except the value of comments in plain English. Also (fashionable among personkind wishing to avoid accusations of sexism) "Sammy Cobol" or (in some non-IBM circles) "Cobol Charlie". 2. (proposed) Meta-name for any code grinder, analogous to J. Random Hacker.
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- swivelblock — a block that supports a swivel
- symbolistic — a person who uses symbols or symbolism.
- tobacconist — a dealer in tobacco, especially the owner of a store that sells pipe tobaccos, cigarettes, and cigars.
- us robotics — U.S. Robotics, Inc.
- xenoblastic — a crystal that forms in metamorphic rock and gets its outline from neighboring crystals.