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11-letter words containing c, l, a, s, e, t

  • self-acting — acting by itself; automatic.
  • semiplastic — imperfectly plastic; in a state between rigidity and plasticity.
  • shade cloth — a covering made of cloth or plastic, especially one used to control the amount of sunlight to which plants are exposed.
  • 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.
  • skeptically — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
  • slack water — a period when a body of water is between tides.
  • slag cement — a cement composed of about 80 percent granulated slag and about 20 percent hydrated lime.
  • slate black — a slightly purplish black.
  • slave coast — the coast of W equatorial Africa, between the Benin and Volta rivers: a center of slavery traffic 16th–19th centuries.
  • smart aleck — an obnoxiously conceited person.
  • snack table — a small portable folding table used for an individual serving.
  • spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
  • special act — a legislative act that applies only to specific persons or to a specific area.
  • specialties — a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.
  • spectacular — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
  • spectrality — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
  • specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
  • speculating — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
  • speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • speculatist — a person who speculates
  • speculative — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
  • speculatory — a place suitable for observation
  • st. charles — a city in E Missouri, on the Missouri River.
  • stalactited — having or containing stalactites
  • stalactites — a deposit, usually of calcium carbonate, shaped like an icicle, hanging from the roof of a cave or the like, and formed by the dripping of percolating calcareous water.
  • stanley cup — a trophy emblematic since 1926 of the championship of the National Hockey League, composed of Canadian and U.S. professional teams.
  • static line — a line attached to a parachute pack and to a cable in an aircraft for the purpose of automatically opening the parachute after it is dropped.
  • staunchless — not able to be stanched
  • steel-faced — having the front or outer surfaces covered with or characterized by steel.
  • steeplejack — a person who climbs steeples, towers, or the like, to build or repair them.
  • stereocilia — any of the long, flexible microvilli that superficially resemble cilia and occur as a brush border or series of tufts on the surface of various epithelial tissues.
  • stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
  • stickleader — a person assigned to check the appearance or condition of each person in a stick
  • stickleback — any of the small, pugnacious, spiny-backed fishes of the family Gasterosteidae, inhabiting northern fresh waters and sea inlets, the male of which builds and guards the nest.
  • stomachless — lacking or not having a stomach
  • stone canal — (in certain echinoderms) a tube lined with calcareous deposits, connecting the madreporite with a circular canal around the mouth.
  • strait-lace — to bind, confine, or restrain with or as if with laces.
  • strategical — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
  • strathclyde — a region in SW Scotland. 5300 sq. mi. (13,727 sq. km).
  • 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.
  • subjectable — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
  • subliteracy — below average literacy
  • submetallic — somewhat or imperfectly metallic.
  • subvertical — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
  • suspectable — that could be suspected
  • switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
  • syllabicate — to syllabify.
  • symmetrical — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
  • synthetical — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
  • tabernacles — any place or house of worship, especially one designed for a large congregation.
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