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11-letter words containing i, n, s, e, c, t

  • snitch line — a direct telephone or other communications link set up to allow people to report neighbours, colleagues, etc suspected of wrongdoing
  • soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
  • somatogenic — developing from somatic cells.
  • spec cint92 — (benchmark)   A benchmark suite from SPEC, which contains six benchmarks in C performing integer computations. They can be used to estimate the performance of CPU, memory system, and compiler code generation. The individual programs are Logic Design (2x), Interpreter, Data Compression, Spreadsheet. The approximate size of the suite is 85500 lines of source code without comments. The benchmark suite can be used either for speed measurement, resulting in SPEC ratios, or for throughput measurement, resulting in SPEC rates
  • 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.
  • spite fence — a wall or fence erected solely to annoy one's neighbor or lower the value of his or her property.
  • st. vincent — Saint, died a.d. 304, Spanish martyr: patron saint of winegrowers.
  • starchiness — of, relating to, or of the nature of starch.
  • 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.
  • stencilling — a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
  • stenobathic — of or relating to marine or freshwater life that can tolerate only limited changes in depth (opposed to eurybathic).
  • stenocardia — angina pectoris, a contraction of the heart or its vessels due to a lack of oxygen, causing severe chest pain
  • stenohygric — able to withstand only a narrow range of humidity
  • stepdancing — a dance emphasizing footwork or certain steps instead of other bodily gestures or movement
  • stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
  • stiffnecked — having a stiff neck; having torticollis.
  • stockinette — Also, stockinet. a stretchy, machine-knitted fabric used for making undergarments, infants' wear, etc.
  • stone china — hard earthenware containing china stone.
  • stringpiece — a long, usually horizontal piece of timber, beam, etc., for strengthening, connecting, or supporting a framework.
  • subindicate — to indirectly indicate or hint
  • subjunctive — (in English and certain other languages) noting or pertaining to a mood or mode of the verb that may be used for subjective, doubtful, hypothetical, or grammatically subordinate statements or questions, as the mood of be in if this be treason. Compare imperative (def 3), indicative (def 2).
  • subsistence — the state or fact of subsisting.
  • superinfect — to infect further with an additional infection
  • surgicenter — a surgical facility, not based in a hospital, where minor surgery is performed on an outpatient basis.
  • switch cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
  • switched on — turned-on (def 1).
  • switched-on — turned-on (def 1).
  • synanthetic — relating to synanthesis
  • syncopative — relating to syncopation
  • synergistic — pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling synergy: a synergistic effect.
  • synesthetic — a sensation produced in one modality when a stimulus is applied to another modality, as when the hearing of a certain sound induces the visualization of a certain color.
  • synthetical — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
  • technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
  • telescience — the investigation of remotely controlled scientific experiments
  • telescoping — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
  • tenaciously — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
  • tennis camp — a camp that people go to in order to play and be taught tennis
  • tense logic — the study of the logical properties of tense operators, and of the logical relations between sentences having tense, by means of consideration of appropriate formal systems
  • tent circus — a circus performed in tents rather than in an arena.
  • tent stitch — a short, slanting stitch used in embroidery. Compare gros point (def 1), petit point (def 1).
  • the cornish — the natives or inhabitants of Cornwall
  • thermionics — the branch of physics that deals with thermionic phenomena.
  • tischendorf — Lobegott Friedrich Konstantin von [loh-buh-gawt free-drikh kawn-stahn-teen fuh n] /ˈloʊ bəˌgɔt ˈfri drɪx ˌkɔn stɑnˈtin fən/ (Show IPA), 1815–74, German Biblical critic.
  • toxic noise — environmental noise which can damage your hearing, for example in an industrial workplace, at a music concert, etc
  • transceiver — a transmitter and receiver combined in one unit.
  • transcriber — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
  • 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.
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