11-letter words containing l, y, t, e
- safety film — Photography. a film having a nonflammable base of triacetate cellulose.
- safety lamp — a miner's lamp in which the flame is protected by wire gauze to prevent the immediate ignition of explosive gases.
- safety lock — a lock designed to prevent picking.
- saleability — subject to or suitable for sale; readily sold: The books were sent back by the store in salable condition.
- sand myrtle — an evergreen shrub, Leiophyllum buxifolium, of the heath family, native to the eastern U.S., having simple, leathery leaves and clusters of white or pink flowers.
- scatteredly — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
- scientology — the philosophy of the Church of Scientology, a nondenominational movement founded in the US in the 1950s, which emphasizes self-knowledge as a means of realizing full spiritual potential
- sclerectomy — excision of part of the sclera.
- seasonality — the state or quality of being seasonal or dependent on the seasons: the seasonality of Halloween costumes.
- 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.
- self-safety — the state of being safe; freedom from the occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss.
- self-styled — styled, called, or considered by oneself as specified: a self-styled leader.
- semimonthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
- sensibility — capacity for sensation or feeling; responsiveness or susceptibility to sensory stimuli.
- sensitively — endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses.
- shaft alley — an enclosure on a ship for housing a propeller shaft and a walk for oilers.
- sheriffalty — shrievalty.
- sir stanley — Arthur Penrhyn [pen-rin] /ˈpɛn rɪn/ (Show IPA), (Dean Stanley) 1815–81, English clergyman and author.
- sixteenthly — in sixteenth place
- skeptically — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
- slant rhyme — rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
- 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.
- soteriology — the doctrine of salvation through Jesus Christ.
- sovietology — Kremlinology.
- spectrality — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- spectrology — the study of ghosts, phantoms, or apparitions.
- specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
- speculatory — a place suitable for observation
- splenectomy — excision or removal of the spleen.
- stanley cup — a trophy emblematic since 1926 of the championship of the National Hockey League, composed of Canadian and U.S. professional teams.
- steadfastly — fixed in direction; steadily directed: a steadfast gaze.
- steatolysis — the digestive process whereby fats are emulsified and then hydrolysed to fatty acids and glycerine
- steely-eyed — having a hard, fierce expression
- stick style — a style in mid-Victorian American wooden architecture characterized by the use of vertical board siding with battens or grids of boards over horizontal siding to express the framing beneath.
- stop volley — a softly hit volley that barely falls over the net and cannot be reached for a return.
- storyteller — a person who tells or writes stories or anecdotes.
- strathclyde — a region in SW Scotland. 5300 sq. mi. (13,727 sq. km).
- streamingly — in a streaming manner
- streetology — knowledge of how to get along in an urban neighborhood; street smarts.
- strenuously — characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc.: a strenuous afternoon of hunting.
- stringently — rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe: stringent laws.
- stroke play — medal play.
- study leave — sabbatical
- style sheet — a listing of the rules of usage in style employed by a publishing house or in a publishing project. Compare stylebook (def 1).
- styliferous — having a style (part of the female organ of a plant)
- sublethally — in a sublethal manner
- subliteracy — below average literacy