11-letter words containing r, o, s, t, c
- stockkeeper — a person responsible for inventorying and monitoring stock levels
- stonecutter — a person who cuts or carves stone.
- stony coral — a true coral consisting of numerous anthozoan polyps embedded in the calcareous material that they secrete.
- stop chorus — a solo during which the rhythm section plays only the first beat of each phrase of music
- storm cloud — raincloud before storm
- storm force — (on the Beaufort scale) force 10 0r 11
- storm track — the path followed by the center of a cyclonic storm.
- storm watch — watch (def 20).
- stratocracy — government by the military.
- straw color — a pale yellow similar to the color of straw.
- stretch out — lie down, sprawl
- stroboscope — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- strumectomy — excision of part or all of a goiter.
- sub-product — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
- sub-project — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- subcategory — a subordinate category or a division of a category.
- subcontract — a contract by which one agrees to render services or to provide materials necessary for the performance of another contract.
- subcontrary — one of two propositions that can both be true but cannot both be false.
- subcortical — situated beneath the cortex.
- subdirector — an assistant or secondary director
- subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- substractor — a person who subtracts or takes away
- subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
- subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
- sucket fork — a utensil for sweetmeats of the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries, having fork tines at one end and a spoon bowl at the other end of a common stem.
- sugarcoated — to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
- superoctave — an organ stop two octaves above the standard pitch
- support act — a band or entertainer not topping the bill
- supracostal — above the rib
- surf scoter — a large, North American scoter, Melanitta perspicillata, the adult male of which is black with two white patches on the head.
- sweatercoat — a coat knitted like a bulky sweater.
- switch over — If you switch over when you are watching television, you change to another channel.
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- synchrotron — a type of cyclotron consisting of magnetic sections alternately spaced with sections in which particles are electrostatically accelerated.
- tachysterol — an isomer of ergosterol, C28H44O, formed during the production of calciferol by the irradiation of ergosterol
- terpsichore — Classical Mythology. the Muse of dancing and choral song.
- terricolous — living on or in the ground.
- terroristic — a person, usually a member of a group, who uses or advocates terrorism.
- tetracoccus — a spherical bacterium occurring in square groups of four.
- the cornish — the natives or inhabitants of Cornwall
- the tropics — that part of the earth's surface between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn; the Torrid Zone
- thermionics — the branch of physics that deals with thermionic phenomena.
- thermoscope — a device that indicates a change in temperature, esp one that does not measure the actual temperature
- thrasonical — boastful; vainglorious.
- tischendorf — Lobegott Friedrich Konstantin von [loh-buh-gawt free-drikh kawn-stahn-teen fuh n] /ˈloʊ bəˌgɔt ˈfri drɪx ˌkɔn stɑnˈtin fən/ (Show IPA), 1815–74, German Biblical critic.
- torpescence — the state or quality of being torpescent or torpid
- torticollis — a condition in which the neck is twisted and the head inclined to one side, caused by spasmodic contraction of the muscles of the neck.
- touchscreen — a touch-sensitive display screen on a computer or other electronic device: touching different portions of the screen with a finger or stylus will cause the device to take actions determined by a computer program.
- tourist car — a railroad sleeping car, usually having seats that can be converted into berths.
- touristical — of, relating to, or typical of tourists or tourism: She embarked on her itinerary with high touristic fervor.