11-letter words containing i, t, s, l, o
- stimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stipulation — a condition, demand, or promise in an agreement or contract.
- stipuliform — shaped like a stipule.
- stobie pole — a steel and concrete pole for supporting electricity wires
- stock split — the act or result of splitting stock
- stock-still — completely still; motionless.
- stockpiling — the activity of acquiring and storing a large quantity of something
- stone-blind — completely blind.
- storability — capable of being stored for considerable time without loss of freshness or usability.
- strombolian — relating to or denoting a type of volcanic eruption characterized by repeated fountaining or jetting of fluid lava into the air
- strongyloid — of or relating to a strongyle
- studio flat — a flat with one main room
- styliferous — having a style (part of the female organ of a plant)
- stylization — to design in or cause to conform to a particular style, as of representation or treatment in art; conventionalize.
- stylopodium — a glandular disk or expansion surmounting the ovary and supporting the styles in plants of the parsley family.
- sub-optimal — being below an optimal level or standard.
- subcortical — situated beneath the cortex.
- sublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- sublittoral — of or relating to the biogeographic region of the ocean bottom between the littoral and bathyal zones, from the low water line to the edge of the continental shelf, or to a depth of approximately 660 feet (200 meters).
- subluxation — a partial dislocation, as of a joint; sprain.
- subnational — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
- subrational — less than or almost rational.
- subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
- sulfonation — the process of attaching the sulfonic acid group, –SO 3 H, directly to carbon in an organic compound.
- sulfuration — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur, the fumes of burning sulfur, etc.
- superpolite — extremely polite
- swallowtail — the tail of a swallow or a deeply forked tail like that of a swallow.
- syllogistic — of or relating to a syllogism.
- symbolistic — a person who uses symbols or symbolism.
- tautologism — the use of tautology.
- technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
- teetotalism — the principle or practice of total abstinence from intoxicating drink.
- teleologist — the doctrine that final causes exist.
- telephonist — a telephone switchboard operator.
- 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.
- telescopist — someone who is adept with a telescope
- telescopium — an inconspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere, close to Sagittarius and Ara
- telesterion — (in ancient Greece) a building in which religious mysteries were celebrated.
- tenaciously — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
- 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
- tensionally — in a tensional manner
- tensionless — the act of stretching or straining.
- terricolous — living on or in the ground.
- testimonial — a written declaration certifying to a person's character, conduct, or qualifications, or to the value, excellence, etc., of a thing; a letter or written statement of recommendation.
- thermolysis — Physiology. the dispersion of heat from the body.
- thiosulfate — a salt or ester of thiosulfuric acid.
- thistledown — the mature, silky pappus of a thistle.
- thomasville — a city in S Georgia.
- thrasonical — boastful; vainglorious.
- tin soldier — a miniature toy soldier of cast metal, usually of lead.