11-letter words containing l, i, t, o, e, s
- sclerotized — (especially of the cuticle of an arthropod) hardened by the presence of substances other than chitin, as by scleroproteins, waxes, or calcium salts.
- seasonality — the state or quality of being seasonal or dependent on the seasons: the seasonality of Halloween costumes.
- secretional — of or relating to secretion
- selectorial — of or relating to selections or selectors
- 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.
- semimonthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
- sensational — producing or designed to produce a startling effect, strong reaction, intense interest, etc., especially by exaggerated, superficial, or lurid elements: a sensational novel.
- 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.
- serrulation — serrulate condition or form.
- servitorial — of or pertaining to a servitor
- 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.
- 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.
- silverpoint — a technique of drawing with a silver stylus on specially prepared paper.
- single knot — overhand knot.
- single-foot — rack3 (def 1).
- single-shot — (of a firearm) requiring loading before each shot; not having or using a cartridge magazine.
- 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.
- skittle out — to dismiss (batsmen) quickly
- sleep on it — contemplate sth overnight
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- splint bone — one of the rudimentary, splintlike metacarpal or metatarsal bones of the horse or some allied animal, one on each side of the back of each cannon bone.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- st.-emilion — a dry claret wine from the parish of St.-Émilion in the Bordeaux region of France.
- steatolysis — the digestive process whereby fats are emulsified and then hydrolysed to fatty acids and glycerine
- stellionate — any crime of unspecified class that involves fraud, especially one that involves the selling of the same property to different people.
- stenohaline — (of an aquatic organism) unable to withstand wide variation in salinity of the surrounding water.
- stereoblind — lacking the ability to see in three dimensions through both eyes
- stereocilia — any of the long, flexible microvilli that superficially resemble cilia and occur as a brush border or series of tufts on the surface of various epithelial tissues.
- stilbestrol — a nonsteroidal synthetic estrogen, C 18 H 20 O 2 , used in medicine chiefly in the treatment of menopausal symptoms and in animal feeds for chemical caponization: formerly used during pregnancy for the prevention of miscarriage but discontinued owing to its association with an increased risk of vaginal and cervical cancers in women having had fetal exposure. Abbreviation: DES.
- stobie pole — a steel and concrete pole for supporting electricity wires
- stone-blind — completely blind.