11-letter words containing c, e, l, b, s
- 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-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.
- suballiance — a suborder or subdivision of an alliance
- subcellular — contained within a cell.
- subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
- subcultured — Bacteriology. to cultivate (a bacterial strain) again on a new medium.
- subjectable — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
- subjectless — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
- sublicensee — a person, company, etc., to whom a sublicense is granted.
- subliteracy — below average literacy
- submetallic — somewhat or imperfectly metallic.
- submolecule — a part of a molecule
- 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
- supper club — a nightclub, especially a small, luxurious one.
- susceptible — admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
- suspectable — that could be suspected
- suspectible — to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.
- 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.
- swage block — an iron block containing holes and grooves of various sizes, used for heading bolts and shaping objects not easily worked on an anvil.
- swashbuckle — to work, behave, or perform as a swashbuckler.
- switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
- swivelblock — a block that supports a swivel
- syllabicate — to syllabify.
- tabernacles — any place or house of worship, especially one designed for a large congregation.
- tuberculose — tuberculate.
- tuberculous — tubercular.
- unaccusable — not able to be accused or blamed
- unchoosable — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- uncrossable — a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, used to execute persons in ancient times.
- uncrushable — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- unexcusable — to regard or judge with forgiveness or indulgence; pardon or forgive; overlook (a fault, error, etc.): Excuse his bad manners.
- unscrambler — a person or thing that unscrambles.
- unscrutable — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- unshockable — not able to be shocked
- usucaptible — able to be taken possession of
- verbalistic — a person skilled in the use of words.
- vitrescible — capable of being formed into or of becoming glass; vitrifiable.
- welsh black — a breed of black cattle originally from N Wales that are bred for both meat and milk
- xenoblastic — a crystal that forms in metamorphic rock and gets its outline from neighboring crystals.