11-letter words containing s, i, n, c, e
- screen grid — a grid placed between the anode and the control electrode in a vacuum tube, usually maintained at a fixed positive potential.
- screenwrite — (language) A columnar format third generation programming language similar in layout to assembler and used for transaction processing, solely on the Honeywell Bull TPS6 database/transaction management system on their Level 6 DPS6 minicomputers running under the GCOS6 operating system. In the UK it was mainly used by local authorities and the Ministry of Defense. Being proprietary technology, its popularity waned with the introduction of open systems standards, relational databases and fourth generation languages but it is believed that some systems made it through Y2K.
- screw joint — a type of joint that is fastened by means of screws
- scrimshoner — a person who makes scrimshaw
- scruffiness — the state of being unkempt or shabby
- scrutinised — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- scrutinized — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- scrutinizer — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- sea captain — the master of a seagoing vessel.
- searchingly — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- seasickness — nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, resulting from the rocking or swaying motion of a vessel in which one is traveling at sea.
- second city — Chicago, Ill.
- second lien — a lien subordinate to a previous or preferred lien.
- second line — a jaunty, syncopated rhythm in 2/4 time, often used in the rhythm and blues and jazz of New Orleans
- second unit — an additional crew on a film production, usually used at a second location for filming crowd scenes, exteriors, and other shots that do not require the principal actors.
- second wind — the return of ease in breathing after exhaustion caused by continued physical exertion, as in running.
- second-tier — not in the first rank
- secondarily — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- secretional — of or relating to secretion
- section off — If an area is sectioned off, it is separated by a wall, fence, or other barrier from the surrounding area.
- secure unit — A secure unit is a building or part of a building where dangerous prisoners or violent psychiatric patients are kept.
- sedan chair — an enclosed vehicle for one person, borne on poles by two bearers and common during the 17th and 18th centuries.
- self-acting — acting by itself; automatic.
- semanticist — Linguistics. the study of meaning. the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form.
- seminomadic — belonging or relating to an ethnic group or people who migrate seasonally and cultivate crops during periods of settlement
- semiotician — the study of signs and symbols as elements of communicative behavior; the analysis of systems of communication, as language, gestures, or clothing.
- senectitude — the last stage of life; old age.
- sennacherib — died 681 b.c, king of Assyria 705–681.
- septic tank — a tank in which solid organic sewage is decomposed and purified by anaerobic bacteria.
- serpentinic — of, relating to, or containing the mineral serpentine
- 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.
- sickishness — the state of being sickish
- side glance — a look sideways at someone or something
- side-glance — a glance directed to the side; an oblique or sideways look: a side-glance of displeasure at her interrupter.
- sienkiewicz — Henryk [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1846–1916, Polish novelist: Nobel prize 1905.
- sightscreen — a white screen set in line with the wicket as an aid to the batsman in seeing the ball when it is bowled.
- significate — something signified
- silicon fen — an area of Cambridgeshire, esp around the city of Cambridge, in which industries associated with information technology are concentrated
- siliconized — (of a material) having silicone added.
- silk-screen — Silk-screen printing is a method of printing patterns onto cloth by forcing paint or dyes through silk or similar material.
- simethicone — an active ingredient in many antacid preparations that causes small mucus-entrapped air bubbles in the intestines to coalesce into larger bubbles that are more easily passed.
- simnel cake — any of several kinds of rich fruitcake covered with almond paste.
- 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.
- 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.
- sketchiness — like a sketch; giving only outlines or essentials. Synonyms: cursory, rough, meager, crude.
- skillcentre — an institution providing vocational training or retraining for employed or unemployed people
- skin cancer — melanoma: malignant tumour