11-letter words containing c, e, r, a, i
- ruridecanal — relating to a rural dean
- sabrmetrics — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
- sacred ibis — an African ibis, Threskiornis aethiopica, having a black, naked head and neck and white and black plumage, venerated by the ancient Egyptians.
- sacred nine — the Muses.
- sacred site — a place of great significance
- sacred writ — Scripture.
- sanctioneer — a person who advocates the imposition of sanctions
- sanctuarize — to give sanctuary to
- scapigerous — having a scape or leafless stalk
- scar tissue — connective tissue that has contracted and become dense and fibrous.
- scarabaeist — a person who studies the beetle family Scarabaeidae
- scarabaeoid — resembling a scarab.
- scatter pin — a woman's small ornamental pin, usually worn with other similar pins on a dress, suit jacket, etc.
- scatterling — a person with no fixed home; a wanderer; a vagabond
- schmierkase — cottage cheese.
- schwarmerei — excessive enthusiasm or sentimentality.
- scorpaenoid — resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.
- scrappiness — made up of scraps or of odds and ends; fragmentary; disconnected.
- screamingly — If you say that something is, for example, screamingly funny or screamingly boring, you mean that it is extremely funny or extremely boring.
- scsi target — (hardware) A SCSI device that executes a command from a SCSI initiator to perform some task. Typically the target is a SCSI peripheral device but the host adapter can also be a target.
- scuba diver — sb who dives underwater
- searchingly — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- searchlight — a device, usually consisting of a light and reflector, for throwing a beam of light in any direction.
- secondarily — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- secretarial — noting, of, or pertaining to a secretary or a secretary's skills and work: a secretarial school.
- secretariat — the officials or office entrusted with administrative duties, maintaining records, and overseeing or performing secretarial duties, especially for an international organization: the secretariat of the United Nations.
- secretional — of or relating to secretion
- secularized — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
- sedan chair — an enclosed vehicle for one person, borne on poles by two bearers and common during the 17th and 18th centuries.
- selectorial — of or relating to selections or selectors
- sennacherib — died 681 b.c, king of Assyria 705–681.
- serigraphic — of or pertaining to serigraphy
- serological — the science dealing with the immunological properties and actions of serum.
- service ace — ace (def 3a).
- service cap — a saucer-shaped uniform cap with a visor, standard in the U.S. Army and Air Force.
- serviceable — capable of or being of service; useful.
- share price — cost of financial stocks
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- shirtjacket — a jacket styled like a shirt
- shit-scared — very scared
- sidetracked — any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
- silverchair — Australian rock group (formed 1994): comprising Daniel Johns (born 1979; vocals, guitar), Ben Gillies (born 1979, drums) and Chris Joannou (born 1979, bass guitar); their albums include Frogstomp (1995) and Young Modern (2007)
- 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.
- sir michael — Sir Michael (Kemp) 1905–98, British composer.
- skin cancer — melanoma: malignant tumour
- skin-search — strip-search.
- skip tracer — an investigator whose job is to locate missing persons, especially debtors.
- sothic year — the fixed year of the ancient Egyptians, determined by the heliacal rising of Sirius, and equivalent to 365 days.
- spacefaring — space travel
- specializer — a person who specializes in something