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

  • osteoclasts — Plural form of osteoclast.
  • outbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbalance.
  • palmatisect — (of leaves) having palmate veins and lobes split almost to the base of the blade.
  • parcel post — (in the U.S. Postal Service) nonpreferential mail consisting of packages and parcels, weighing one pound or more sent at fourth-class rates. Compare fourth class.
  • patsy cline — Patsy (Virginia Patterson Hensley) 1932–63, U.S. country singer.
  • peace talks — negotiations aimed at ending conflict
  • pearlescent — having an iridescent luster resembling that of pearl; nacreous: healthy skin with a pearlescent glow.
  • pentecostal — of or relating to Pentecost, a Christian festival commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles.
  • peristaltic — of, relating to, or resembling peristalsis.
  • plasticated — covered with a layer of plastic
  • plasticizer — any of a group of substances that are used in plastics or other materials to impart viscosity, flexibility, softness, or other properties to the finished product.
  • plasticware — knives, forks, spoons, cups, etc., made of plastic: a picnic hamper with plasticware for six.
  • postal code — British. postcode.
  • ratio scale — a scale of measurement of data which permits the comparison of differences of values; a scale having a fixed zero value. The distances travelled by a projectile, for instance, are measured on a ratio scale since it makes sense to talk of one projectile travelling twice as far as another
  • re-escalate — to escalate again
  • recalescent — a brightening exhibited by cooling iron as latent heat of transformation is liberated.
  • rectiserial — arranged in straight rows
  • respectable — worthy of respect or esteem; estimable; worthy: a respectable citizen.
  • respectably — worthy of respect or esteem; estimable; worthy: a respectable citizen.
  • rickettsial — any member of the genus Rickettsia, comprising rod-shaped to coccoid microorganisms that resemble bacteria but can be as small as a large virus and reproduce only inside a living cell, parasitic in fleas, ticks, lice, and mites and transmitted by bite to vertebrate hosts, including humans, causing such severe diseases as typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
  • sacramental — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
  • saddlecloth — Horse Racing. a cloth placed over the saddle of a racehorse bearing the horse's number.
  • safety lock — a lock designed to prevent picking.
  • sales pitch — promotional talk
  • salt cellar — a shaker or dish for salt.
  • salt-cellar — a shaker or dish for salt.
  • saltchucker — a saltwater angler
  • sand castle — a small castlelike structure made of wet sand, as by children at a beach.
  • sand-castle — a small castlelike structure made of wet sand, as by children at a beach.
  • sandculture — the hydroponic cultivation of plants in sand.
  • sansculotte — (originally) a revolutionary of the poorer class
  • santa tecla — a city in SW El Salvador, just SW of San Salvador.
  • scarlet cup — a small, fleshy, saucer-shaped fungus, Sarcoscypha coccinea, of the family Sarcoscyphaceae, marked by a scarlet inner surface and white exterior, seen on fallen branches in the spring.
  • scarlet hat — a cardinal's hat
  • scatteredly — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
  • scatterling — a person with no fixed home; a wanderer; a vagabond
  • scent gland — any of various specialized skin glands, occurring in many kinds of animals, that emit an odor commonly functioning as a social or sexual signal or a defensive weapon.
  • schecklaton — a gilded leather used for embroidering jacks
  • schematical — based on a scheme or structured arrangement
  • scintillate — to emit sparks.
  • scrap metal — discarded metal
  • scratchless — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
  • screw plate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
  • scutellated — shaped like a platter; covered with scutella
  • sea lettuce — any seaweed of the genus Ulva, having large leaflike blades.
  • searchlight — a device, usually consisting of a light and reflector, for throwing a beam of light in any direction.
  • secretarial — noting, of, or pertaining to a secretary or a secretary's skills and work: a secretarial school.
  • secretional — of or relating to secretion
  • selectorate — a body of people responsible for making a selection, esp members of a political party who select candidates for an election
  • selectorial — of or relating to selections or selectors
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