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