11-letter words containing s, c, e, a, t
- siamese cat — one of a breed of slender, short-haired cats, raised originally in Siam, having a fawn or grayish body with extremities of a darker shade of the same color.
- sidetracked — any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
- significate — something signified
- singletrack — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
- skeptically — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
- skip tracer — an investigator whose job is to locate missing persons, especially debtors.
- slack water — a period when a body of water is between tides.
- slag cement — a cement composed of about 80 percent granulated slag and about 20 percent hydrated lime.
- slate black — a slightly purplish black.
- slave coast — the coast of W equatorial Africa, between the Benin and Volta rivers: a center of slavery traffic 16th–19th centuries.
- smart aleck — an obnoxiously conceited person.
- snack table — a small portable folding table used for an individual serving.
- somaticized — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- somatogenic — developing from somatic cells.
- sothic year — the fixed year of the ancient Egyptians, determined by the heliacal rising of Sirius, and equivalent to 365 days.
- space cadet — a person who appears to be in his or her own world or out of touch with reality.
- space stage — a stage set, often limited to an arrangement of ramps and platforms, in which actors and set pieces are spotlighted against the bare background of a dark or black cyclorama.
- spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
- spathaceous — of the nature of or resembling a spathe.
- spatterdock — any of various water lilies of the genus Nuphar, having globular yellow flowers and growing in lakes or sluggish streams, especially N. advena, of the eastern U.S.
- special act — a legislative act that applies only to specific persons or to a specific area.
- specialties — a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.
- specificate — a thing which is specified
- spectacular — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- spectrality — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- spectrogram — a representation or photograph of a spectrum.
- specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
- speculating — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- speculatist — a person who speculates
- speculative — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
- speculatory — a place suitable for observation
- speechcraft — the art of rhetoric
- spermatheca — a small sac or cavity in female or hermaphroditic invertebrates used to store sperm for fertilizing eggs, as in the queen bee.
- spermatoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- spirit cave — an archaeological site in Thailand that has produced evidence of very early plant domestication in Southeast Asia, dated c7000 b.c.
- spirochaete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- sprite crab — ghost crab.
- st. charles — a city in E Missouri, on the Missouri River.
- stactometer — stalagmometer.
- stage brace — a brace for supporting upright pieces of theatrical scenery.
- stage screw — a large, tapered screw fitted with a handle, used to secure braces for scenery to the floor of a stage.
- stagestruck — obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.
- stake truck — a truck or trailer with a stake body, as for hauling farm animals or feed bags.
- stalactited — having or containing stalactites
- stalactites — a deposit, usually of calcium carbonate, shaped like an icicle, hanging from the roof of a cave or the like, and formed by the dripping of percolating calcareous water.
- stanley cup — a trophy emblematic since 1926 of the championship of the National Hockey League, composed of Canadian and U.S. professional teams.
- starchiness — of, relating to, or of the nature of starch.
- starchitect — a well-known and well-paid architect noted for his or her landmark buildings
- state coach — a horse-drawn coach used by royalty on state occasions