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11-letter words containing s, i, n, c, e

  • skin effect — the phenomenon in which an alternating current tends to concentrate in the outer layer of a conductor, caused by the self-induction of the conductor and resulting in increased resistance.
  • skin-search — strip-search.
  • slickenside — a rock surface that has become more or less polished and striated by slippage along a fault plane.
  • slit trench — a narrow trench for one or more persons for protection against enemy fire and fragmentation bombs.
  • snail-paced — slow of pace or motion, like a snail; sluggish.
  • snake juice — any strong alcoholic drink, esp when home-made
  • snickersnee — a knife, especially one used as a weapon.
  • 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.
  • snitch line — a direct telephone or other communications link set up to allow people to report neighbours, colleagues, etc suspected of wrongdoing
  • soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
  • somatogenic — developing from somatic cells.
  • spacefaring — space travel
  • spec cint92 — (benchmark)   A benchmark suite from SPEC, which contains six benchmarks in C performing integer computations. They can be used to estimate the performance of CPU, memory system, and compiler code generation. The individual programs are Logic Design (2x), Interpreter, Data Compression, Spreadsheet. The approximate size of the suite is 85500 lines of source code without comments. The benchmark suite can be used either for speed measurement, resulting in SPEC ratios, or for throughput measurement, resulting in SPEC rates
  • speculating — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
  • 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.
  • spinachlike — resembling or characteristic of spinach
  • spite fence — a wall or fence erected solely to annoy one's neighbor or lower the value of his or her property.
  • spruce pine — a tall coniferous tree, Pinus glabra, of the southeastern U.S., having smooth, gray bark and needles in bundles of two.
  • square inch — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one inch on each side; 6.452 square centimeters. 2 , sq. in. Abbreviation: in.
  • st. vincent — Saint, died a.d. 304, Spanish martyr: patron saint of winegrowers.
  • starchiness — of, relating to, or of the nature of starch.
  • static line — a line attached to a parachute pack and to a cable in an aircraft for the purpose of automatically opening the parachute after it is dropped.
  • stencilling — a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
  • 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
  • stenohygric — able to withstand only a narrow range of humidity
  • stepdancing — a dance emphasizing footwork or certain steps instead of other bodily gestures or movement
  • stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
  • stiffnecked — having a stiff neck; having torticollis.
  • stockinette — Also, stockinet. a stretchy, machine-knitted fabric used for making undergarments, infants' wear, etc.
  • stone china — hard earthenware containing china stone.
  • stringpiece — a long, usually horizontal piece of timber, beam, etc., for strengthening, connecting, or supporting a framework.
  • suballiance — a suborder or subdivision of an alliance
  • subdecision — a decision secondary to a main decision
  • subeconomic — pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities.
  • subindicate — to indirectly indicate or hint
  • subjunctive — (in English and certain other languages) noting or pertaining to a mood or mode of the verb that may be used for subjective, doubtful, hypothetical, or grammatically subordinate statements or questions, as the mood of be in if this be treason. Compare imperative (def 3), indicative (def 2).
  • sublicensee — a person, company, etc., to whom a sublicense is granted.
  • subsistence — the state or fact of subsisting.
  • sufficiency — the state or fact of being sufficient; adequacy.
  • superceding — supersede.
  • superinduce — to bring in or induce as an added feature, circumstance, etc.; superimpose.
  • superinfect — to infect further with an additional infection
  • supersonics — the branch of science that deals with supersonic phenomena.
  • surgicenter — a surgical facility, not based in a hospital, where minor surgery is performed on an outpatient basis.
  • swing space — a temporary working environment, used esp while renovations are being carried out
  • switch cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
  • switched on — turned-on (def 1).
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