11-letter words containing l, i, s, t, e
- secretional — of or relating to secretion
- secretively — having or showing a disposition to secrecy; reticent: He seems secretive about his new job.
- 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.
- self-hating — harbouring feelings of self-hatred
- self-ignite — to ignite without spark or flame.
- 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.
- self-weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
- semimonthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
- seminatural — partly natural and partly cultivated
- semipalmate — partially or imperfectly palmate, as a bird's foot; half-webbed.
- semiplastic — imperfectly plastic; in a state between rigidity and plasticity.
- semitrailer — Also called semi. a detachable trailer for hauling freight, with wheels at the rear end, the forward end being supported by the rear of a truck tractor when attached. Compare full trailer.
- sempiternal — everlasting; eternal.
- senate bill — a proposed new law introduced for debate before the upper chamber of the legislature in, for example, the US, Canada, Australia, etc
- sensational — producing or designed to produce a startling effect, strong reaction, intense interest, etc., especially by exaggerated, superficial, or lurid elements: a sensational novel.
- sensibility — capacity for sensation or feeling; responsiveness or susceptibility to sensory stimuli.
- sensitively — endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses.
- sentimental — expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.
- septemviral — of or relating to septemvirs or a septemvirate.
- septifragal — (of a capsule) dehiscing by breaking away from the partitions but remaining attached to the common axis; dehiscing at the valves or backs of the carpels but leaving the septa intact.
- septivalent — having a valence of seven; heptavalent.
- 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.
- sericulture — the raising of silk worms for the production of raw silk.
- serpentlike — resembling a serpent
- serrulation — serrulate condition or form.
- sertularian — a type of hydroid that forms stiff, feathery colonies in which the cups holding the zooids are sessile.
- servitorial — of or pertaining to a servitor
- sesquialter — in the ratio of 3:2
- settle with — to pay a debt or bill to
- sex-limited — (of a gene character) expressed in one sex only.
- sheriffalty — shrievalty.
- shift lever — the lever mounted on the steering column or floor of a vehicle that enables the driver to shift gears.
- shinplaster — a plaster for the shin or leg.
- shirtsleeve — not wearing a jacket; informally dressed: a shirt-sleeve mob.
- 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.
- shuttlewise — in the manner of a shuttle (i.e. back and forth)
- 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 thread — thread that is manufactured from silk
- silk-tassel — any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Garrya, of the western U.S., having evergreen foliage and flowers in pendulous catkins.
- sillimanite — a mineral, aluminum silicate, Al 2 SiO 5 , occurring in the form of long, slender, and often fibrous crystals.
- silver beet — a variety of beet, Beta vulgaris cicla, having large firm green leaves: staple cooked green vegetable in Australia and New Zealand
- silver gilt — an ornamental coating of silver, silver leaf, or a silver-colored substance.