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

  • splenectomy — excision or removal of the spleen.
  • spondulicks — money; cash.
  • spondylitic — inflammation of the vertebrae.
  • spring lock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
  • statcoulomb — the electrostatic unit of a quantity of electricity, equivalent to 3.3356 × 10 −10 coulomb and equal to the quantity of charge transferred in one second across a conductor in which there is a constant current of one statampere.
  • 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.
  • stick float — a float attached at the top and bottom to the line
  • stock clerk — a worker in a stockroom who is in charge of the materials and goods stored there.
  • stock level — the quantity or number of goods or raw materials kept on the premises of a shop or business
  • stock split — the act or result of splitting stock
  • stock-still — completely still; motionless.
  • stockholder — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
  • stockpiling — the activity of acquiring and storing a large quantity of something
  • stomachless — lacking or not having a stomach
  • stone canal — (in certain echinoderms) a tube lined with calcareous deposits, connecting the madreporite with a circular canal around the mouth.
  • stony coral — a true coral consisting of numerous anthozoan polyps embedded in the calcareous material that they secrete.
  • storm cloud — raincloud before storm
  • straw color — a pale yellow similar to the color of straw.
  • subacromial — the outward end of the spine of the scapula or shoulder blade.
  • subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
  • subchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
  • subcolumnar — almost or imperfectly columnar.
  • subcortical — situated beneath the cortex.
  • subdiaconal — of or relating to a subdeacon.
  • submolecule — a part of a molecule
  • subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
  • subvocalize — to form (words) silently by moving the lips or other vocal organs without vocalization
  • suicidology — the study of the causes and prevention of suicide.
  • superschool — a large school
  • supracostal — above the rib
  • 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.
  • swage block — an iron block containing holes and grooves of various sizes, used for heading bolts and shaping objects not easily worked on an anvil.
  • swivelblock — a block that supports a swivel
  • syllogistic — of or relating to a syllogism.
  • symbolistic — a person who uses symbols or symbolism.
  • synodically — by the authority of a synod
  • synoecology — the science of relationships between species
  • 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.
  • tachysterol — an isomer of ergosterol, C28H44O, formed during the production of calciferol by the irradiation of ergosterol
  • technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
  • 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
  • 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
  • terricolous — living on or in the ground.
  • the schools — the medieval Schoolmen collectively
  • thrasonical — boastful; vainglorious.
  • tom collins — a tall drink containing gin, lemon or lime juice, and carbonated water, sweetened and served with ice.
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