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11-letter words containing i, r, e, c, l

  • serological — the science dealing with the immunological properties and actions of serum.
  • serviceable — capable of or being of service; useful.
  • serviceless — not providing service; useless
  • sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
  • siecle d'or — the period of the reign of Louis XIV of France.
  • silk-screen — Silk-screen printing is a method of printing patterns onto cloth by forcing paint or dyes through silk or similar material.
  • silver disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 60 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 200 000 copies
  • 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)
  • simpliciter — simply
  • 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.
  • skillcentre — an institution providing vocational training or retraining for employed or unemployed people
  • slit trench — a narrow trench for one or more persons for protection against enemy fire and fragmentation bombs.
  • sockdoliger — a conclusive argument; a hard blow
  • specializer — a person who specializes in something
  • spectrality — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
  • specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
  • spermicidal — that kills sperm
  • 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.
  • stickleader — a person assigned to check the appearance or condition of each person in a stick
  • 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.
  • subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
  • subliteracy — below average literacy
  • subvertical — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
  • sucker list — a list of names and addresses of persons considered by a business, charity organization, etc., to be likely purchasers or donors.
  • super-slick — very well-executed or presented
  • supercilium — the fillet above the cyma of a cornice.
  • superficial — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
  • symmetrical — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
  • tail covert — any of the feathers concealing the bases of a bird's tail feathers.
  • technicolor — (often lowercase) flamboyant or lurid, as in color, meaning, or detail.
  • telearchics — the remote control of electronic devices
  • telegraphic — of or relating to the telegraph.
  • telocentric — of or relating to any chromosome or chromatid whose centromere is positioned at its end, creating one chromosome arm. Compare acentric (def 2), acrocentric, metacentric (def 2).
  • term policy — a policy whose period of coverage is in excess of one year, usually paying a reduced premium rate, as in fire insurance.
  • terricolous — living on or in the ground.
  • tetracyclic — (of a compound) containing four rings in its molecular structure
  • theatricals — of or relating to the theater or dramatic presentations: theatrical performances.
  • theoretical — given to, forming, or dealing with theories; speculative.
  • thermically — in a thermic manner
  • thermocline — a layer of water in an ocean or certain lakes, where the temperature gradient is greater than that of the warmer layer above and the colder layer below.
  • thersitical — scurrilous; foulmouthed; grossly abusive.
  • tidal force — the gravitational pull exerted by a celestial body that raises the tides on another body within the gravitational field, dependent on the varying distance between the bodies.
  • title track — The title track on a CD, record, or tape is a song or piece of music that has the same title as the CD, record, or tape.
  • toe-curling — If you describe something as toe-curling, you mean that it makes you feel very embarrassed.
  • trafficable — that can be traveled upon: a trafficable road.
  • trailer car — a second flatcar used for transporting an object or objects of excessive weight or length.
  • travel-sick — nauseated from riding in a moving vehicle
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