11-letter words containing i, t, s, l, o
- saltimbocca — veal and ham wrapped together and sautéed in butter, often seasoned with sage.
- salting out — the addition of salt to a mixture to precipitate proteins, soaps, and other simple organic compounds.
- salting-out — Salting-out is the effect when adding a salt to a solvent containing an organic solute reduces the solubility of that solute.
- salutations — the act of saluting.
- salvational — the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
- sapropelite — a foul-smelling mud
- sartorially — of or relating to tailors or their trade: sartorial workmanship.
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- school time — the period of the day or year when children are at school
- school trip — educational outing
- schorlomite — a mineral that is black in colour and belongs to the garnet group
- scientology — the philosophy of the Church of Scientology, a nondenominational movement founded in the US in the 1950s, which emphasizes self-knowledge as a means of realizing full spiritual potential
- scissortail — Also called scissortailed flycatcher [siz-er-teyld] /ˈsɪz ərˌteɪld/ (Show IPA). a flycatcher, Muscivora forficatus, of the southern U.S., Mexico, and Central America, having a long, deeply forked tail.
- sclerotitis — scleritis.
- sclerotized — (especially of the cuticle of an arthropod) hardened by the presence of substances other than chitin, as by scleroproteins, waxes, or calcium salts.
- scotophilic — living and flourishing in darkness.
- scriptorial — of or relating to a scriptorium
- seasonality — the state or quality of being seasonal or dependent on the seasons: the seasonality of Halloween costumes.
- secretional — of or relating to secretion
- selectorial — of or relating to selections or selectors
- self-profit — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- semimonthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
- sensational — producing or designed to produce a startling effect, strong reaction, intense interest, etc., especially by exaggerated, superficial, or lurid elements: a sensational novel.
- serial port — A serial port on a computer is a place where you can connect the computer to a device such as a modem or a mouse.
- serrulation — serrulate condition or form.
- servitorial — of or pertaining to a servitor
- shoplifting — to steal (merchandise) as a shoplifter.
- short field — the area of the infield between third base and second, covered by the shortstop.
- short title — an abridged listing in a catalog or bibliography, giving only such essential information as the author's name and the book's title, publisher, and date and place of publication.
- short-lived — living or lasting only a little while.
- sigillation — the act of sealing
- silent vote — the vote of persons who have not previously expressed or made evident a preference.
- 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.
- silk cotton — the silky covering of the seeds of certain tropical trees of the bombax family, used for stuffing cushions, pillows, etc.
- silverpoint — a technique of drawing with a silver stylus on specially prepared paper.
- single knot — overhand knot.
- single-foot — rack3 (def 1).
- single-shot — (of a firearm) requiring loading before each shot; not having or using a cartridge magazine.
- situational — manner of being situated; location or position with reference to environment: The situation of the house allowed for a beautiful view.
- skatemobile — a scooterlike vehicle built of boxes, boards, or the like, and mounted on skate wheels.
- skeletonize — to reduce to a skeleton, outline, or framework.
- skittle out — to dismiss (batsmen) quickly
- sleep on it — contemplate sth overnight
- slipperwort — any of several tropical American plants belonging to the genus Calceolaria, of the figwort family, having opposite or whorled leaves and slipper-shaped flowers.
- slit pocket — a pocket on the underside of a garment, reached through a vertical opening
- slog it out — If two or more people slog it out, they work very hard to try to be the one who is successful or who has their ideas and wishes accepted.
- slot aerial — a transmitting aerial in which the radiating elements are open slots in a surrounding metal sheet
- slot racing — the activity of racing slot cars.
- slow motion — cinema: slower than in reality
- slow-acting — working or acting slowly, not immediately