11-letter words containing c, a, n, s, i
- scintillant — scintillating; sparkling.
- scintillate — to emit sparks.
- scopolamine — a colorless, syrupy, water-soluble alkaloid, C 1 7 H 2 1 NO 4 , obtained from certain plants of the nightshade family, used chiefly as a sedative and mydriatic and to alleviate the symptoms of motion sickness.
- scorpaenoid — resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.
- scrappiness — made up of scraps or of odds and ends; fragmentary; disconnected.
- scrawlingly — in a scrawling manner
- screamingly — If you say that something is, for example, screamingly funny or screamingly boring, you mean that it is extremely funny or extremely boring.
- sea captain — the master of a seagoing vessel.
- searchingly — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- seasickness — nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, resulting from the rocking or swaying motion of a vessel in which one is traveling at sea.
- secondarily — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- secretional — of or relating to secretion
- sedan chair — an enclosed vehicle for one person, borne on poles by two bearers and common during the 17th and 18th centuries.
- 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.
- seminomadic — belonging or relating to an ethnic group or people who migrate seasonally and cultivate crops during periods of settlement
- semiotician — the study of signs and symbols as elements of communicative behavior; the analysis of systems of communication, as language, gestures, or clothing.
- sennacherib — died 681 b.c, king of Assyria 705–681.
- septic tank — a tank in which solid organic sewage is decomposed and purified by anaerobic bacteria.
- shamanistic — the animistic religion of northern Asia, embracing a belief in powerful spirits that can be influenced only by shamans.
- 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.
- sick-making — making one feel jealous
- side glance — a look sideways at someone or something
- side-glance — a glance directed to the side; an oblique or sideways look: a side-glance of displeasure at her interrupter.
- significant — important; of consequence.
- significate — something signified
- 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.
- skin cancer — melanoma: malignant tumour
- skin-search — strip-search.
- skyscraping — of or like a skyscraper; very high: a skyscraping chimney.
- slacklining — the activity of walking across a narrow line of synthetic webbing hung slackly above the ground
- slimnastics — exercises to help someone lose or control weight.
- sling chair — any of several varieties of chairs having a seat and back formed from a single sheet of canvas, leather, or the like, hanging loosely in a frame.
- slot racing — the activity of racing slot cars.
- slow-acting — working or acting slowly, not immediately
- smoking car — smoker (def 2a).
- snail-paced — slow of pace or motion, like a snail; sluggish.
- snake juice — any strong alcoholic drink, esp when home-made
- snatchingly — in a snatching manner
- snow chains — device that gives tyres extra grip
- social fund — (in Britain) a social security fund from which loans or payments may be made to people in cases of extreme need
- social unit — a person or a group of persons, as a family, functioning as a unit in society.
- socializing — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- socinianism — the teachings of Faustus Socinus (1539-1604), It. rationalistic religious reformer, denying the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, etc., and holding that salvation is attained solely by practicing the virtues exemplified by Christ
- solidarnosc — a Polish organization of independent trade unions founded in 1980: outlawed by the government of Poland in 1982.
- somatogenic — developing from somatic cells.
- somatotonic — a person who has a somatotonic personality
- sonofabitch — an abusive term of address or of description