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11-letter words containing l, i, s, c

  • sub-fascial — a band or fillet, as for binding the hair.
  • subacromial — the outward end of the spine of the scapula or shoulder blade.
  • suballiance — a suborder or subdivision of an alliance
  • subcardinal — (of veins) next to the cardinal veins
  • subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
  • subclassify — to arrange in subclasses.
  • subclinical — pertaining to an early stage of a disease; having no noticeable clinical symptoms.
  • subcortical — situated beneath the cortex.
  • subcritical — Physics. pertaining to a state, value, or quantity that is less than critical, especially to a mass of radioactive material.
  • subdiaconal — of or relating to a subdeacon.
  • subjudicial — pertaining to judgment in courts of justice or to the administration of justice: judicial proceedings; the judicial system.
  • sublicensee — a person, company, etc., to whom a sublicense is granted.
  • subliteracy — below average literacy
  • submetallic — somewhat or imperfectly metallic.
  • subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
  • subvertical — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
  • subvocalize — to form (words) silently by moving the lips or other vocal organs without vocalization
  • sucker list — a list of names and addresses of persons considered by a business, charity organization, etc., to be likely purchasers or donors.
  • suicidology — the study of the causes and prevention of suicide.
  • 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.
  • supplicavit — a mandatory writ formerly issued from the King's Bench or Court of Chancery
  • susceptible — admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
  • suspectible — to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.
  • suspicional — of or relating to suspicion, especially morbid or insane suspicions.
  • suzie cobol — /soo'zee koh'bol/ 1. (IBM, probably from Frank Zappa's "Suzy Creamcheese") A coder straight out of training school who knows everything except the value of comments in plain English. Also (fashionable among personkind wishing to avoid accusations of sexism) "Sammy Cobol" or (in some non-IBM circles) "Cobol Charlie". 2. (proposed) Meta-name for any code grinder, analogous to J. Random Hacker.
  • switch plug — a plug, as for an electric iron, equipped with an on-off switch.
  • switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
  • swivelblock — a block that supports a swivel
  • syllabicate — to syllabify.
  • syllabicity — the state of being syllabic; the ability to form a syllable.
  • syllogistic — of or relating to a syllogism.
  • sylvic acid — abietic acid.
  • symbolistic — a person who uses symbols or symbolism.
  • symmetrical — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
  • syndicalism — a form or development of trade unionism, originating in France, that aims at the possession of the means of production and distribution, and ultimately at the control of society, by federated bodies of industrial workers, and that seeks to realize its purposes through general strikes, terrorism, sabotage, etc.
  • synodically — by the authority of a synod
  • synonymical — a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language, as happy, joyful, elated. A dictionary of synonyms and antonyms (or opposites), such as Thesaurus.com, is called a thesaurus.
  • syntactical — of or relating to syntax: syntactic errors in English; the syntactic rules for computer source code.
  • 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
  • telearchics — the remote control of electronic devices
  • 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.
  • telescopist — someone who is adept with a telescope
  • telescopium — an inconspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere, close to Sagittarius and Ara
  • telesthetic — sensation or perception received at a distance without the normal operation of the recognized sense organs.
  • 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
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