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11-letter words containing s, c, o, n

  • sipunculoid — a member of the group Sipunculoidea
  • skin colour — the colour of a person's skin, ie Black, White, etc
  • slacken off — If something slackens off, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
  • slot racing — the activity of racing slot cars.
  • slow-acting — working or acting slowly, not immediately
  • smokescreen — If something that you do or say is a smokescreen, it is intended to hide the truth about your activities or intentions.
  • smoking car — smoker (def 2a).
  • snap course — an academic course that can be passed with a minimum of effort.
  • 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.
  • snow cannon — a device used to create and project artificial snow for skiing
  • snow chains — device that gives tyres extra grip
  • snow-capped — A snow-capped mountain is covered with snow at the top.
  • social fund — (in Britain) a social security fund from which loans or payments may be made to people in cases of extreme need
  • social unit — a person or a group of persons, as a family, functioning as a unit in society.
  • socializing — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
  • socinianism — the teachings of Faustus Socinus (1539-1604), It. rationalistic religious reformer, denying the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, etc., and holding that salvation is attained solely by practicing the virtues exemplified by Christ
  • sock lining — a thin piece of material, as leather, that is laid on top of the insole of a shoe, boot, or other footwear.
  • soft centre — a chocolate that has a soft filling
  • soft launch — the launch of a website in stages, with regular updating
  • soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
  • solanaceous — belonging to the Solanaceae, the nightshade family of plants.
  • 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.
  • solidarnosc — a Polish organization of independent trade unions founded in 1980: outlawed by the government of Poland in 1982.
  • somatogenic — developing from somatic cells.
  • somatotonic — a person who has a somatotonic personality
  • sonderclass — a special class of small racing yachts, restricted as to size, sail area, cost, etc.
  • sonofabitch — an abusive term of address or of description
  • sound block — a small block of wood for rapping with a gavel.
  • sound check — an on-the-spot rehearsal by a band before a gig to enable the sound engineer to set up the mixer
  • sound truck — a truck carrying a loudspeaker from which speeches, music, etc., are broadcast, as for advertising, campaigning, or the like.
  • speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • speedcoding — (language)   A pseudocode interpreter for mathematics on IBM 701 and IBM 650 written by John Backus in 1953.
  • spent force — If you refer to someone who used to be powerful as a spent force, you mean that they no longer have any power or influence.
  • sperm count — the number of spermatozoa in an amount of semen, used as an indication of a man's fertility
  • spiculation — formation into spicules.
  • spin doctor — Slang. a press agent skilled at spin control.
  • spinal cord — the cord of nerve tissue extending through the spinal canal of the spinal column.
  • splenectomy — excision or removal of the spleen.
  • spodomantic — relating to spodomancy
  • spondulicks — money; cash.
  • spondylitic — inflammation of the vertebrae.
  • sponge cake — a light, sweet cake made with a comparatively large proportion of eggs but no shortening.
  • spring lock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
  • start codon — a codon that starts the synthesis of a protein molecule.
  • stench bomb — a small bomb made to emit a foul smell on exploding.
  • stenobathic — of or relating to marine or freshwater life that can tolerate only limited changes in depth (opposed to eurybathic).
  • stenocardia — angina pectoris, a contraction of the heart or its vessels due to a lack of oxygen, causing severe chest pain
  • stenochrome — a printed design made using stenochromy
  • stenochromy — the art of printing designs made of more than one colour using a single impression
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