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11-letter words containing s, e, c, k, l

  • schrecklich — frightful or horrible
  • scissorlike — like scissors; moving, operating, or crossing in a manner suggesting the blades of scissors.
  • seneca lake — a lake in W New York: one of the Finger Lakes. 35 miles (56 km) long.
  • shacklebone — the wrist
  • shell shock — battle fatigue.
  • shellacking — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
  • sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
  • shuttlecock — Also called shuttle. the object that is struck back and forth in badminton and battledore, consisting of a feathered cork head and a plastic crown.
  • sickle cell — an abnormal red blood cell having an elongated, crescentlike shape due to the presence of an abnormal hemoglobin.
  • silk-screen — Silk-screen printing is a method of printing patterns onto cloth by forcing paint or dyes through silk or similar material.
  • simnel cake — any of several kinds of rich fruitcake covered with almond paste.
  • singlestick — a short, heavy stick.
  • 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.
  • skillcentre — an institution providing vocational training or retraining for employed or unemployed people
  • slack water — a period when a body of water is between tides.
  • slack-baked — improperly baked.
  • slack-jawed — having the mouth open, especially as an indication of astonishment, bewilderment, etc.
  • slacken off — If something slackens off, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
  • slate black — a slightly purplish black.
  • slickenside — a rock surface that has become more or less polished and striated by slippage along a fault plane.
  • slit pocket — a pocket on the underside of a garment, reached through a vertical opening
  • slop bucket — slop pail.
  • slow cooker — an electric cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid for cooking meats, casseroles, etc., for several hours at relatively low temperatures, usually around 200° F (93.3° C).
  • smart aleck — an obnoxiously conceited person.
  • snack table — a small portable folding table used for an individual serving.
  • sockdolager — something unusually large, heavy, etc.
  • sockdoliger — a conclusive argument; a hard blow
  • sockdologer — a decisive blow or remark
  • spacewalker — a person who manoeuvres in space while outside but attached to a spacecraft
  • spell check — to process (a document) with a spell checker; check the spelling of.
  • spell-check — to process (a document) with a spell checker; check the spelling of.
  • spinachlike — resembling or characteristic of spinach
  • steeplejack — a person who climbs steeples, towers, or the like, to build or repair them.
  • stick style — a style in mid-Victorian American wooden architecture characterized by the use of vertical board siding with battens or grids of boards over horizontal siding to express the framing beneath.
  • stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
  • stickleader — a person assigned to check the appearance or condition of each person in a stick
  • stickleback — any of the small, pugnacious, spiny-backed fishes of the family Gasterosteidae, inhabiting northern fresh waters and sea inlets, the male of which builds and guards the nest.
  • stock clerk — a worker in a stockroom who is in charge of the materials and goods stored there.
  • stock level — the quantity or number of goods or raw materials kept on the premises of a shop or business
  • stockholder — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
  • sucker list — a list of names and addresses of persons considered by a business, charity organization, etc., to be likely purchasers or donors.
  • super-slick — very well-executed or presented
  • swage block — an iron block containing holes and grooves of various sizes, used for heading bolts and shaping objects not easily worked on an anvil.
  • swashbuckle — to work, behave, or perform as a swashbuckler.
  • swivelblock — a block that supports a swivel
  • travel-sick — nauseated from riding in a moving vehicle
  • unshockable — not able to be shocked
  • wages clerk — a worker in an office who calculates staff wages
  • wall socket — socket (def 2b).
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