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

  • serviceable — capable of or being of service; useful.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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)
  • 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.
  • sir michael — Sir Michael (Kemp) 1905–98, British composer.
  • skeptically — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
  • smiley face — a digital icon, a sequence of keyboard symbols, or a handwritten or printed equivalent, that serves to represent a facial expression, as :‐) for a smiling face or ;‐) for a winking face. Compare emoticon.
  • snail-paced — slow of pace or motion, like a snail; sluggish.
  • social evil — prostitution.
  • social life — leisure time spent with other people
  • sociosexual — of or relating to relationships between persons that involve sexuality.
  • 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.
  • specialised — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
  • specialises — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
  • specialized — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
  • specializer — a person who specializes in something
  • specialogue — a mail-order catalogue aimed at a specific group of customers
  • specialties — a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.
  • specifiable — that can be specified.
  • 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.
  • spermicidal — that kills sperm
  • spinachlike — resembling or characteristic of spinach
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • suballiance — a suborder or subdivision of an alliance
  • 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.
  • subvocalize — to form (words) silently by moving the lips or other vocal organs without vocalization
  • superficial — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
  • 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.
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