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11-letter words containing d, i, o, e, s

  • shorthaired — (of an animal) having hair that is short and lies close to the body.
  • shroud-line — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
  • sideropenia — a lack of iron in the body
  • siderophile — (of a cell or tissue) having an affinity for iron.
  • sideroscope — an apparatus for detecting splinters of iron or steel in the eye.
  • siecle d'or — the period of the reign of Louis XIV of France.
  • sign-posted — a post bearing a sign that gives information or guidance.
  • silhouetted — a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a cutout or configurational drawing, uniformly filled in with black, especially a black-paper, miniature cutout of the outlines of a person's face in profile.
  • siliconized — (of a material) having silicone added.
  • simmer down — to cook or cook in a liquid at or just below the boiling point.
  • single bond — a chemical linkage consisting of one covalent bond between two atoms of a molecule, represented in chemical formulas by one line or two vertical dots, as C–H or C:H.
  • slime mould — any of various simple spore-producing organisms typically found as slimy masses on rotting vegetation, where they engulf food particles by amoeboid movements. Formerly regarded as fungi, they are now classified as protoctists of the phyla Myxomycota (true, or cellular slime moulds) or Acrasiomycota (plasmodial slime moulds)
  • slow-witted — mentally slow or dull; slow in comprehension and thinking.
  • smoke-dried — to dry or cure (meat or other food) using smoke.
  • smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
  • sniffer dog — a dog trained to find illegal drugs or explosives by smell.
  • snow bridge — a mass of snow bridging a crevasse, sometimes affording a risky way across it
  • sockdoliger — a conclusive argument; a hard blow
  • sod disease — a disease of poultry characterized by blisters and scabs on the feet and legs
  • sodium-free — (of food) containing less than 5 mg of sodium per serving
  • soft-boiled — to boil (an egg) just long enough for the yolk and white to partially solidify, usually three or four minutes.
  • soft-finned — having fins supported by articulated rays rather than by spines, as a malacopterygian.
  • soil binder — a plant that prevents or inhibits erosion by providing a ground cover and forming a dense network of roots that hold the soil.
  • soldier ant — a type of ant that has a disproportionately large head
  • soldier fly — any of several flies of the family Stratiomyidae, characterized by brightly colored abdominal stripes.
  • soldierfish — any of several squirrelfishes of the family Holocentridae.
  • soldierlike — resembling a soldier
  • soldiership — a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
  • solicitudes — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
  • solid angle — an angle formed by three or more planes intersecting in a common point or formed at the vertex of a cone.
  • solid model — A solid model is a representation of a solid (= not liquid or gas) object produced by a computer and used in simulation.
  • solid-state — designating or pertaining to electronic devices, as transistors or crystals, that can control current without the use of moving parts, heated filaments, or vacuum gaps.
  • somaticized — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
  • somatomedin — any of various liver hormones that enhance the activity of a variety of other hormones, as somatotropin.
  • sound mixer — sb who records film sound
  • sound-alike — a person or thing that resembles another in sound
  • soured milk — milk that has been deliberately soured by fermentation or by adding acids such as lemon juice or vinegar, to be used in cooking
  • southbridge — a town in S Massachusetts.
  • speedcoding — (language)   A pseudocode interpreter for mathematics on IBM 701 and IBM 650 written by John Backus in 1953.
  • spheroidize — to turn or be turned into spheroids
  • spider hole — a foxhole with a camouflaged lid or cover in which a sniper hides
  • spinsterdom — the state of being a spinster
  • splodginess — the state of being splodgy
  • stadiometer — an instrument that measures the length of curves, dashes, etc, by running a toothed wheel along them
  • steam radio — radio, seen as old-fashioned in comparison with television
  • stenocardia — angina pectoris, a contraction of the heart or its vessels due to a lack of oxygen, causing severe chest pain
  • stereoblind — lacking the ability to see in three dimensions through both eyes
  • stevedoring — the act or practice of loading or unloading a ship, ship's cargo, etc
  • stone-blind — completely blind.
  • stourbridge — an industrial town in W central England, in Dudley unitary authority, West Midlands. Pop: 55 480 (2001)
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