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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
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