11-letter words containing s, o, d, a, i
- sapphic ode — Horatian ode.
- sarcodinian — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- sarcoidosis — a disease of unknown cause, characterized by granulomatous tubercles of the skin, lymph nodes, lungs, eyes, and other structures.
- sardonicism — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- sash window — A sash window is a window which consists of two frames placed one above the other. The window can be opened by sliding one frame over the other.
- sauropsidan — relating to the Sauropsida or animals belonging to the Sauriodea group in Huxley's classification
- scaffolding — a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
- scarabaeoid — resembling a scarab.
- schizopodal — pertaining to a split-foot or appendage
- scorpaenoid — resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.
- secondarily — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- seditionary — of or relating to sedition; seditious.
- seminomadic — belonging or relating to an ethnic group or people who migrate seasonally and cultivate crops during periods of settlement
- shock radio — broadcasting by a commercial radio station whose humor includes tasteless jokes, sexual innuendo, and ethnic insults.
- shorthaired — (of an animal) having hair that is short and lies close to the body.
- shroud-laid — noting a fiber rope of four strands laid right-handed with or without a heart.
- sideropenia — a lack of iron in the body
- sigmoidally — in the form of a sigmoid
- snowblading — the activity or sport of skiing with short skis (snowblades) and no poles
- social fund — (in Britain) a social security fund from which loans or payments may be made to people in cases of extreme need
- sod disease — a disease of poultry characterized by blisters and scabs on the feet and legs
- soda siphon — fizzy water dispenser
- sodomitical — anal or oral copulation with a member of the opposite sex.
- soldier ant — a type of ant that has a disproportionately large head
- solid angle — an angle formed by three or more planes intersecting in a common point or formed at the vertex of a cone.
- solid-state — designating or pertaining to electronic devices, as transistors or crystals, that can control current without the use of moving parts, heated filaments, or vacuum gaps.
- solidarnosc — a Polish organization of independent trade unions founded in 1980: outlawed by the government of Poland in 1982.
- somaticized — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- somatomedin — any of various liver hormones that enhance the activity of a variety of other hormones, as somatotropin.
- sorbic acid — a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 8 O 2 , slightly soluble in water, soluble in many organic solvents: used as a preservative in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and food.
- sound-alike — a person or thing that resembles another in sound
- spinal cord — the cord of nerve tissue extending through the spinal canal of the spinal column.
- spodomantic — relating to spodomancy
- sporadicity — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- springboard — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- stadiometer — an instrument that measures the length of curves, dashes, etc, by running a toothed wheel along them
- staminodium — a sterile or abortive stamen.
- standoffish — somewhat aloof or reserved; cold and unfriendly.
- steam radio — radio, seen as old-fashioned in comparison with television
- stenocardia — angina pectoris, a contraction of the heart or its vessels due to a lack of oxygen, causing severe chest pain
- storm drain — rainwater drainage hole or gutter
- stringboard — a board or facing covering the ends of the steps in a staircase.
- stromateoid — resembling or related to the Stromateidae.
- studio flat — a flat with one main room
- subaudition — an act or instance of understanding or mentally supplying something not expressed.
- subdiaconal — of or relating to a subdeacon.
- subdominant — Music. the fourth tone of a diatonic scale, next below the dominant.
- subordinacy — a subordinate person or thing.
- subordinary — any of several heraldic bearings of secondary importance to the ordinary, such as the lozenge, the orle, and the fret
- subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.