11-letter words containing s, e, r, o, a, c
- scleroderma — a disease in which connective tissue anywhere in the body becomes hardened and rigid.
- scolopendra — a member of a genus of centipedes belonging to the Scolopendridae family
- scorpaenoid — resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.
- scoutmaster — the leader or officer in charge of a band of scouts.
- sea-poacher — poacher1 (def 2).
- second-rate — of lesser or minor quality, importance, or the like: a second-rate poet.
- secondarily — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- secretional — of or relating to secretion
- selectorate — a body of people responsible for making a selection, esp members of a political party who select candidates for an election
- selectorial — of or relating to selections or selectors
- serbo-croat — Serbo-Croat is one of the languages spoken in the former Yugoslavia.
- serological — the science dealing with the immunological properties and actions of serum.
- shcherbakov — a former name (1946–57) of Andropov.
- shear force — Shear force is force that makes one surface of a substance move over another parallel surface.
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- shortchange — to give less than the correct change to.
- smokechaser — a person who fights forest fires, especially one with lightweight equipment.
- snap course — an academic course that can be passed with a minimum of effort.
- sockdolager — something unusually large, heavy, etc.
- solar cells — a photovoltaic cell that converts sunlight directly into electricity.
- solar cycle — the variation of sunspots, prominences, flares, and other solar activity through an 11-year cycle.
- sonderclass — a special class of small racing yachts, restricted as to size, sail area, cost, etc.
- sothic year — the fixed year of the ancient Egyptians, determined by the heliacal rising of Sirius, and equivalent to 365 days.
- space group — a set of symmetry elements that brings a periodic arrangement of points on a Bravais space lattice to its original position.
- space opera — a television or radio drama or motion picture that is a science-fiction adventure story.
- space probe — Aerospace. an unmanned spacecraft designed to explore the solar system and transmit data back to earth.
- 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.
- spectrogram — a representation or photograph of a spectrum.
- speculatory — a place suitable for observation
- spermatoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- 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.
- stactometer — stalagmometer.
- stauroscope — an optical instrument for studying the crystal structure of minerals under polarized light
- stenocardia — angina pectoris, a contraction of the heart or its vessels due to a lack of oxygen, causing severe chest pain
- stereobatic — relating to or resembling a stereobate
- stereocilia — any of the long, flexible microvilli that superficially resemble cilia and occur as a brush border or series of tufts on the surface of various epithelial tissues.
- stereotaxic — of, relating to, or based on three-dimensional studies of the brain, especially as an adjunct to brain surgery.
- subcategory — a subordinate category or a division of a category.
- subdeaconry — the position or office of a subdeacon
- sugarcoated — to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
- superoctave — an organ stop two octaves above the standard pitch
- sweatercoat — a coat knitted like a bulky sweater.
- sword dance — any of various dances, usually performed by men, in which swords are ceremonially flourished or are laid on the ground and danced around.
- tachysterol — an isomer of ergosterol, C28H44O, formed during the production of calciferol by the irradiation of ergosterol
- tetracoccus — a spherical bacterium occurring in square groups of four.
- track shoes — light running shoes fitted with steel spikes for better grip
- tract house — a house forming part of a real-estate development, usually having a plan and appearance common to some or all of the houses in the development.
- transection — to cut across; dissect transversely.
- translocate — to move or transfer from one place to another; cause to change location; displace; dislocate.
- treacherous — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.