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11-letter words containing o, r, e, s, t, i

  • satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • schorlomite — a mineral that is black in colour and belongs to the garnet group
  • sclerotitis — scleritis.
  • sclerotized — (especially of the cuticle of an arthropod) hardened by the presence of substances other than chitin, as by scleroproteins, waxes, or calcium salts.
  • screw joint — a type of joint that is fastened by means of screws
  • second-tier — not in the first rank
  • secretional — of or relating to secretion
  • seditionary — of or relating to sedition; seditious.
  • segregation — the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: gender segregation in some fundamentalist religions.
  • seismometer — a seismograph equipped for measuring the direction, intensity, and duration of earthquakes by measuring the actual movement of the ground.
  • seismometry — the study of the measurement of earthquakes using a seismometer
  • 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.
  • senatorship — the office or position of a senator
  • septentrion — Obsolete. the north.
  • septiferous — in possession of a septum or partition
  • 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
  • sesostris i — 20th century bc, king of Egypt of the 12th dynasty. He conquered Nubia and brought ancient Egypt to the height of its prosperity. The funerary complex at Lisht was built during his reign
  • set fire to — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
  • set on fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
  • sex tourism — a vacation to a destination that has no restrictions on sexual services or activities, as prostitution.
  • shergottite — a type of igneous rock or meteorite thought to originate on Mars
  • sherrington — Sir Charles Scott, 1861–1952, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1932.
  • shoe-string — a shoelace.
  • 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.
  • short-timer — a person, as a soldier, who has a short period of time left to serve on a tour of duty.
  • shorthaired — (of an animal) having hair that is short and lies close to the body.
  • shortweight — to give less than the weight charged for: The firm is accused of shortweighting grain.
  • shower unit — fitted shower
  • signatories — having signed, or joined in signing, a document: the signatory powers to a treaty.
  • silverpoint — a technique of drawing with a silver stylus on specially prepared paper.
  • simon peter — Peter (def 1).
  • sinistrorse — (from a point of view at the center of the spiral) rising spirally in a counterclockwise manner, as a stem (opposed to dextrorse).
  • six-pointer — a football match between two teams in similar positions in the league table, considered as being worth six points as it not only gains the winning team three points but denies three points to the losing team
  • six-shooter — a revolver from which six shots can be fired without reloading.
  • 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.
  • slot aerial — a transmitting aerial in which the radiating elements are open slots in a surrounding metal sheet
  • snickometer — a device, which uses sound waves recorded by the stump microphone, employed by TV commentators to determine whether or not a batsman has made contact with the ball
  • soccer city — a large football stadium in South Africa, in the Soweto area of Johannesburg; headquarters of the South African Football Association
  • sociometric — the measurement of attitudes of social acceptance or rejection through expressed preferences among members of a social grouping.
  • solarimeter — an instrument for measuring solar radiation.
  • soldier ant — a type of ant that has a disproportionately large head
  • somewhither — to some unspecified place; somewhere.
  • sophistries — Sophistries are clever arguments that sound convincing but are in fact false.
  • soteriology — the doctrine of salvation through Jesus Christ.
  • sothic year — the fixed year of the ancient Egyptians, determined by the heliacal rising of Sirius, and equivalent to 365 days.
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