11-letter words containing c, r, a, n, s, t
- sandculture — the hydroponic cultivation of plants in sand.
- santa clara — a city in central Cuba.
- sauk centre — a town in central Minnesota: model for town in Sinclair Lewis's novel Main Street.
- scarf joint — a joint in which two timbers or other structural members are fitted together with long end laps of various forms and held in place with bolts, straps, keys, fishplates, etc., to resist tension or compression.
- scarlatinal — scarlet fever.
- scatter pin — a woman's small ornamental pin, usually worn with other similar pins on a dress, suit jacket, etc.
- scatter-gun — a shotgun
- scatterling — a person with no fixed home; a wanderer; a vagabond
- scent spray — perfume that comes in an aerosol bottle
- scharnhorst — Gerhard Johann David von [gair-hahrt yoh-hahn dah-veet fuh n] /ˈgɛər hɑrt ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈdɑ vit fən/ (Show IPA), 1755–1813, Prussian general.
- screencraft — the skills and talent involved in writing or making a movie
- second-rate — of lesser or minor quality, importance, or the like: a second-rate poet.
- secretional — of or relating to secretion
- shortchange — to give less than the correct change to.
- 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.
- slot racing — the activity of racing slot cars.
- st. francis — Saint Francis (Francisco Javier"the Apostle of the Indies") 1506–52, Spanish Jesuit missionary, especially in India and Japan.
- starchiness — of, relating to, or of the nature of starch.
- start codon — a codon that starts the synthesis of a protein molecule.
- stem canker — a disease of plants characterized by cankers on the stems and twigs and caused by any of several fungi.
- stench trap — a trap in a sewer that by means of a water seal prevents the upward passage of foul-smelling gases
- stenocardia — angina pectoris, a contraction of the heart or its vessels due to a lack of oxygen, causing severe chest pain
- stony coral — a true coral consisting of numerous anthozoan polyps embedded in the calcareous material that they secrete.
- stump ranch — (in British Columbia) an undeveloped ranch in the bush where animals graze among the stumps of felled trees
- subcontract — a contract by which one agrees to render services or to provide materials necessary for the performance of another contract.
- subcontrary — one of two propositions that can both be true but cannot both be false.
- subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
- superjacent — lying above or upon something else.
- surfcasting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- tabernacles — any place or house of worship, especially one designed for a large congregation.
- thrasonical — boastful; vainglorious.
- train crash — a type of accident involving one or more trains
- transaction — the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
- transarctic — across or beyond the arctic.
- transcalent — permitting the passage of heat.
- transceiver — a transmitter and receiver combined in one unit.
- transcended — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
- transcriber — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- transductor — a magnetic device that amplifies electronic signals
- transecting — to cut across; dissect transversely.
- transection — to cut across; dissect transversely.
- transgenics — (used with a singular verb) the branch of biology concerned with the transfer of genes to other species.
- translocate — to move or transfer from one place to another; cause to change location; displace; dislocate.
- translucent — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
- transmanche — describing the region between Kent and Nord Pas de Calais
- transpierce — to pierce through; penetrate; pass through.
- transracial — involving or between two or more racial groups: transracial adoptions.
- transuranic — any element having an atomic number greater than 92, the atomic number of uranium. All such elements are radioactive and can be synthesized by bombarding a heavy element with a light particle or element. See also transactinide element.
- ultrasonics — the branch of science that deals with the effects of sound waves above human perception.