11-letter words containing l, i, s, t, e
- silver star — a bronze star with a small silver star at the center, awarded to a soldier who has been cited in orders for gallantry in action, when the citation does not warrant the award of a Medal of Honor or the Distinguished Service Cross.
- silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
- silver-gilt — an ornamental coating of silver, silver leaf, or a silver-colored substance.
- silverpoint — a technique of drawing with a silver stylus on specially prepared paper.
- silversmith — a person whose occupation is making and repairing articles of silver.
- silvester i — Saint, died a.d. 335, pope 314–335.
- silvestrian — of or relating to woodland
- simple time — a metre in music in which each beat or part divides equally into two
- simpliciter — simply
- single knot — overhand knot.
- single malt — a type of whisky that is made at a single distillery and from one type of malted grain
- single tape — a ribbon of material, usually with a plastic base, coated on one side (single tape) or both sides (double tape) with a substance containing iron oxide, to make it sensitive to impulses from an electromagnet: used to record sound, images, data, etc.
- single-foot — rack3 (def 1).
- single-knit — a fabric made on warp knit.
- single-malt — (of whiskey, especially Scotch) made from unblended malt whiskey distilled at one distillery.
- single-shot — (of a firearm) requiring loading before each shot; not having or using a cartridge magazine.
- single-step — to perform a single instruction on (a program), generally under the control of a debug program
- singlestick — a short, heavy stick.
- singletrack — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
- singulative — a grammatical form or construction that expresses a singular entity or indicates that an individual is singled out from a group, especially as opposed to a collective noun, as snowflake as opposed to snow.
- sir stanley — Arthur Penrhyn [pen-rin] /ˈpɛn rɪn/ (Show IPA), (Dean Stanley) 1815–81, English clergyman and author.
- sixteenthly — in sixteenth place
- 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.
- skeptically — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
- skillcentre — an institution providing vocational training or retraining for employed or unemployed people
- skittle out — to dismiss (batsmen) quickly
- sleep on it — contemplate sth overnight
- sleep tight — Sleep well
- slipperette — a disposable slipper, often of paper, as for wear during a long airplane or train trip.
- 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
- slit trench — a narrow trench for one or more persons for protection against enemy fire and fragmentation bombs.
- slot aerial — a transmitting aerial in which the radiating elements are open slots in a surrounding metal sheet
- slow-witted — mentally slow or dull; slow in comprehension and thinking.
- small white — a small white butterfly, Artogeia rapae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
- snitch line — a direct telephone or other communications link set up to allow people to report neighbours, colleagues, etc suspected of wrongdoing
- soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
- soft-boiled — to boil (an egg) just long enough for the yolk and white to partially solidify, usually three or four minutes.
- solarimeter — an instrument for measuring solar radiation.
- soldier ant — a type of ant that has a disproportionately large head
- solicitudes — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
- solid-state — designating or pertaining to electronic devices, as transistors or crystals, that can control current without the use of moving parts, heated filaments, or vacuum gaps.
- some little — rather extensive; fairly full
- soteriology — the doctrine of salvation through Jesus Christ.
- soul sister — a black female, especially a fellow black female.
- sovietology — Kremlinology.
- sow thistle — any composite plant belonging to the genus Sonchus, especially S. oleraceus, a weed having thistlelike leaves, yellow flowers, and a milky juice.
- spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
- special act — a legislative act that applies only to specific persons or to a specific area.