11-letter words containing l, o, s, c
- skin colour — the colour of a person's skin, ie Black, White, etc
- slacken off — If something slackens off, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
- slave coast — the coast of W equatorial Africa, between the Benin and Volta rivers: a center of slavery traffic 16th–19th centuries.
- slit pocket — a pocket on the underside of a garment, reached through a vertical opening
- slop bucket — slop pail.
- slot racing — the activity of racing slot cars.
- slow cooker — an electric cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid for cooking meats, casseroles, etc., for several hours at relatively low temperatures, usually around 200° F (93.3° C).
- slow-acting — working or acting slowly, not immediately
- slow-twitch — of or relating to muscle fiber that contracts relatively slowly and is resistant to fatigue (distinguished from fast-twitch).
- sociability — the act or an instance of being sociable.
- social club — A social club is a club where members go in order to meet each other and enjoy leisure activities.
- social evil — prostitution.
- social fund — (in Britain) a social security fund from which loans or payments may be made to people in cases of extreme need
- social life — leisure time spent with other people
- social unit — a person or a group of persons, as a family, functioning as a unit in society.
- social wasp — any of several wasps, as the hornets or yellowjackets, that live together in a community.
- social work — organized work directed toward the betterment of social conditions in the community, as by seeking to improve the condition of the poor, to promote the welfare of children, etc.
- socialistic — of or relating to socialists or socialism.
- socializing — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- sociologese — the recondite writing characteristic of sociology and sociologists
- sociologism — an explanation, expression, concept, etc., characteristic of sociology, especially when lacking reference to other disciplines concerned with human development.
- sociologist — the science or study of the origin, development, organization, and functioning of human society; the science of the fundamental laws of social relations, institutions, etc.
- sociosexual — of or relating to relationships between persons that involve sexuality.
- sock cymbal — high-hat
- sock lining — a thin piece of material, as leather, that is laid on top of the insole of a shoe, boot, or other footwear.
- sockdolager — something unusually large, heavy, etc.
- sockdoliger — a conclusive argument; a hard blow
- sockdologer — a decisive blow or remark
- sodomitical — anal or oral copulation with a member of the opposite sex.
- soft launch — the launch of a website in stages, with regular updating
- soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
- solanaceous — belonging to the Solanaceae, the nightshade family of plants.
- solar cells — a photovoltaic cell that converts sunlight directly into electricity.
- solar cycle — the variation of sunspots, prominences, flares, and other solar activity through an 11-year cycle.
- sole-source — designating a company contracted, without competition, to be the sole supplier of a product or service, as a firm having an exclusive contract for certain military technology.
- solenocytes — a type of long, narrow, flagellated cell that functions in excretion of nitrogenous wastes and occurs in a variety of organisms, including certain annelids and mollusks.
- solicitudes — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
- solidarnosc — a Polish organization of independent trade unions founded in 1980: outlawed by the government of Poland in 1982.
- solipsistic — of or characterized by solipsism, or the theory that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist: Her treatment philosophy dealt with madness as a complete, self-contained, solipsistic world that sane people are not able to enter.
- somatically — of the body; bodily; physical.
- sonderclass — a special class of small racing yachts, restricted as to size, sail area, cost, etc.
- sophistical — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- sound block — a small block of wood for rapping with a gavel.
- spasmolytic — of or noting spasmolysis.
- specialogue — a mail-order catalogue aimed at a specific group of customers
- spectrology — the study of ghosts, phantoms, or apparitions.
- speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- speculatory — a place suitable for observation
- spiculation — formation into spicules.
- spinal cord — the cord of nerve tissue extending through the spinal canal of the spinal column.