11-letter words containing s, c, i, r, e
- sennacherib — died 681 b.c, king of Assyria 705–681.
- sericterium — a silk-producing gland in a silkworm
- sericulture — the raising of silk worms for the production of raw silk.
- serigraphic — of or pertaining to serigraphy
- serological — the science dealing with the immunological properties and actions of serum.
- serpentinic — of, relating to, or containing the mineral serpentine
- service ace — ace (def 3a).
- service bus — a public bus with a regular route
- service cap — a saucer-shaped uniform cap with a visor, standard in the U.S. Army and Air Force.
- service dog — a dog trained to assist a person with a disability that is not related to vision or hearing.
- serviceable — capable of or being of service; useful.
- serviceless — not providing service; useless
- share price — cost of financial stocks
- sheriffwick — shrievalty.
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- shipwrecked — the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
- shirtjacket — a jacket styled like a shirt
- shit-scared — very scared
- shitkickers — an unsophisticated farmer, cowboy, or other rural person; country person.
- sideroscope — an apparatus for detecting splinters of iron or steel in the eye.
- sidetracked — any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
- siecle d'or — the period of the reign of Louis XIV of France.
- sightscreen — a white screen set in line with the wicket as an aid to the batsman in seeing the ball when it is bowled.
- silk-screen — Silk-screen printing is a method of printing patterns onto cloth by forcing paint or dyes through silk or similar material.
- silver disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 60 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 200 000 copies
- silverchair — Australian rock group (formed 1994): comprising Daniel Johns (born 1979; vocals, guitar), Ben Gillies (born 1979, drums) and Chris Joannou (born 1979, bass guitar); their albums include Frogstomp (1995) and Young Modern (2007)
- simpliciter — simply
- sincereness — free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest: a sincere apology.
- sincerities — freedom from deceit, hypocrisy, or duplicity; probity in intention or in communicating; earnestness.
- 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.
- sir michael — Sir Michael (Kemp) 1905–98, British composer.
- sister city — Sister cities are cities in different countries that have formally established a special relationship with each other involving, for example, cultural and sports events.
- skillcentre — an institution providing vocational training or retraining for employed or unemployed people
- skin cancer — melanoma: malignant tumour
- skin-search — strip-search.
- skip tracer — an investigator whose job is to locate missing persons, especially debtors.
- slit trench — a narrow trench for one or more persons for protection against enemy fire and fragmentation bombs.
- snickersnee — a knife, especially one used as a weapon.
- 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
- sniperscope — a snooperscope designed for attaching to a rifle or carbine.
- 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.
- sockdoliger — a conclusive argument; a hard blow
- sothic year — the fixed year of the ancient Egyptians, determined by the heliacal rising of Sirius, and equivalent to 365 days.
- spacefaring — space travel
- specializer — a person who specializes in something
- spectrality — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
- speechifier — to make a speech or speeches; harangue.
- spermatoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.