11-letter words containing l, i, s, c
- scissorlike — like scissors; moving, operating, or crossing in a manner suggesting the blades of scissors.
- 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.
- scopolamine — a colorless, syrupy, water-soluble alkaloid, C 1 7 H 2 1 NO 4 , obtained from certain plants of the nightshade family, used chiefly as a sedative and mydriatic and to alleviate the symptoms of motion sickness.
- scopophilia — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
- scopophilic — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
- scorchingly — in a scorching manner
- scorpionfly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
- scotophilic — living and flourishing in darkness.
- scrawlingly — in a scrawling manner
- screamingly — If you say that something is, for example, screamingly funny or screamingly boring, you mean that it is extremely funny or extremely boring.
- scripholder — a person who owns a scrip or scrips
- scripophile — a person who practices scripophily.
- scripophily — the collecting by hobbyists of old stock certificates and bonds that have no intrinsic value other than their aesthetic appeal or relative rarity.
- script girl — a female secretarial assistant to the director of a motion picture.
- scriptorial — of or relating to a scriptorium
- scrobicular — of or relating to the smooth areas on a sea urchin surrounding its nodules
- sculpturing — the act of sculpturing or carving
- searchingly — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- searchlight — a device, usually consisting of a light and reflector, for throwing a beam of light in any direction.
- second lien — a lien subordinate to a previous or preferred lien.
- second line — a jaunty, syncopated rhythm in 2/4 time, often used in the rhythm and blues and jazz of New Orleans
- secondarily — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- secretarial — noting, of, or pertaining to a secretary or a secretary's skills and work: a secretarial school.
- secretional — of or relating to secretion
- secretively — having or showing a disposition to secrecy; reticent: He seems secretive about his new job.
- secularized — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
- seductively — tending to seduce; enticing; beguiling; captivating: a seductive smile.
- selectively — having the function or power of selecting; making a selection.
- selectivity — the state or quality of being selective.
- selectorial — of or relating to selections or selectors
- self-acting — acting by itself; automatic.
- self-deceit — the act or fact of deceiving oneself.
- semi-circle — A semi-circle is one half of a circle, or something having the shape of half a circle.
- semi-closed — having or forming a boundary or barrier: He was blocked by a closed door. The house had a closed porch.
- semifluidic — of the nature of a semifluid; partially fluidic
- semiplastic — imperfectly plastic; in a state between rigidity and plasticity.
- sericulture — the raising of silk worms for the production of raw silk.
- 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
- seychellois — a native or inhabitant of Seychelles.
- shellacking — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- sickle cell — an abnormal red blood cell having an elongated, crescentlike shape due to the presence of an abnormal hemoglobin.
- side glance — a look sideways at someone or something
- side-glance — a glance directed to the side; an oblique or sideways look: a side-glance of displeasure at her interrupter.
- siecle d'or — the period of the reign of Louis XIV of France.
- silicon fen — an area of Cambridgeshire, esp around the city of Cambridge, in which industries associated with information technology are concentrated