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11-letter words containing c, h, i, t, s

  • sixth chord — an inversion of a triad in which the second note (next above the root) is in the bass.
  • sketchiness — like a sketch; giving only outlines or essentials. Synonyms: cursory, rough, meager, crude.
  • slip stitch — a sewing stitch for securing hems, etc, in which only two or three threads of the material are caught up by the needle each time, so that the stitches are nearly invisible from the right side
  • slip-stitch — a loose stitch taken between two layers of fabric, as on a facing or hem, so as to be invisible on the right side or outside surface, used in stoating.
  • slit trench — a narrow trench for one or more persons for protection against enemy fire and fragmentation bombs.
  • slow-twitch — of or relating to muscle fiber that contracts relatively slowly and is resistant to fatigue (distinguished from fast-twitch).
  • snatchingly — in a snatching manner
  • snitch line — a direct telephone or other communications link set up to allow people to report neighbours, colleagues, etc suspected of wrongdoing
  • sociopathic — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
  • sonofabitch — an abusive term of address or of description
  • sophistical — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
  • sothic year — the fixed year of the ancient Egyptians, determined by the heliacal rising of Sirius, and equivalent to 365 days.
  • spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
  • sphragistic — of or relating to seals or signet rings.
  • spirochaete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
  • starchiness — of, relating to, or of the nature of starch.
  • starchitect — a well-known and well-paid architect noted for his or her landmark buildings
  • static head — Static head is the pressure resulting from a column of liquid acting under gravity.
  • stenobathic — of or relating to marine or freshwater life that can tolerate only limited changes in depth (opposed to eurybathic).
  • stenohygric — able to withstand only a narrow range of humidity
  • stichometry — the practice of writing a prose text in lines, often of slightly differing lengths, that correspond to units of sense and indicate phrasal rhythms.
  • stick shift — a manually operated transmission for an automotive vehicle, with the shift lever set either in the floor or on the steering column.
  • stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
  • stitchcraft — needlework or embroidery
  • stone china — hard earthenware containing china stone.
  • straichtest — straightest
  • subjectship — the state of being a subject or citizen
  • sweet birch — a North American tree, Betula lenta, having smooth, blackish bark and twigs that are a source of methyl salicylate.
  • switch cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
  • switch over — If you switch over when you are watching television, you change to another channel.
  • switch plug — a plug, as for an electric iron, equipped with an on-off switch.
  • switch yard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
  • switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
  • switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
  • switched on — turned-on (def 1).
  • switched-on — turned-on (def 1).
  • switchgrass — a North American prairie grass
  • sycophantic — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • sympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
  • synanthetic — relating to synanthesis
  • synesthetic — a sensation produced in one modality when a stimulus is applied to another modality, as when the hearing of a certain sound induces the visualization of a certain color.
  • synthetical — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
  • tachyphasia — a communication disorder characterized by excessively rapid or voluble speech
  • tchaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), or Pëtr Ilich [Russian pyawtr ee-lyeech] /Russian ˈpyɔtr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1840–93, Russian composer.
  • teachership — a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession; instructor.
  • technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
  • telearchics — the remote control of electronic devices
  • telesthetic — sensation or perception received at a distance without the normal operation of the recognized sense organs.
  • tent stitch — a short, slanting stitch used in embroidery. Compare gros point (def 1), petit point (def 1).
  • terpsichore — Classical Mythology. the Muse of dancing and choral song.
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