11-letter words containing s, o, e, y
- scenography — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- sceuophylax — a keeper of sacred vessels
- schizophyte — any of the Schizophyta, a group of organisms comprising the schizomycetes and the schizophyceous algae, characterized by a simple structure and reproduction by simple fission or spores.
- school year — the months of the year during which school is open and attendance at school is required.
- scientology — the philosophy of the Church of Scientology, a nondenominational movement founded in the US in the 1950s, which emphasizes self-knowledge as a means of realizing full spiritual potential
- sclerectomy — excision of part of the sclera.
- sclerocauly — the feature of having a hard, dry stem
- sclerophyll — Also, sclerophyllous [skleer-uh-fil-uh s] /ˌsklɪər əˈfɪl əs/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or exhibiting sclerophylly.
- scoundrelly — having the character of a scoundrel; unscrupulous; villainous.
- seasonality — the state or quality of being seasonal or dependent on the seasons: the seasonality of Halloween costumes.
- second city — Chicago, Ill.
- secondarily — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- seditionary — of or relating to sedition; seditious.
- seed oyster — a very young oyster, especially one used in the cultivating and transplanting of an oyster bed.
- seismometry — the study of the measurement of earthquakes using a seismometer
- seismonasty — a nastic movement in response to shock, esp the rapid folding of the leaflets of the sensitive plant due to changes in turgor pressure caused by vibration
- self-parody — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- semasiology — semantics, especially the study of semantic change.
- semimonthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
- senior year — final year of school or college
- sensorially — with respect to sensation; in a sensorial way
- serotherapy — therapy by means of injections of a serum obtained especially from an immune animal.
- set eyes on — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- seventy-one — a cardinal number, 70 plus 1.
- seventy-two — a cardinal number, 70 plus 2.
- seychellois — a native or inhabitant of Seychelles.
- shameworthy — deserving shame; denoting something a person ought to be ashamed of
- shoofly pie — an open pie filled with a sweet crumb and molasses mixture and baked.
- short jenny — an in-off into a middle pocket
- short money — (in Britain) the annual payment made to Opposition parties in the House of Commons to help them pay for certain services necessary to the carrying out of their parliamentary duties; established in 1975
- silly money — an absurdly large or, less commonly, small amount of money
- skyrocketed — a rocket firework that ascends into the air and explodes at a height, usually in a brilliant array of sparks of one or more colors.
- smart money — money invested or wagered by experienced investors or bettors.
- smokelessly — in a smokeless manner, without smoke
- smokerlyzer — a device for estimating the amount of carbon monoxide in the breath: used in testing whether or not people, esp schoolchildren, have been smoking
- smokey bear — an officer or officers of a state highway patrol.
- smoky river — a river in W central Alberta, Canada, flowing N to the Peace River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- snowy egret — a white egret, Egretta thula, of the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere: formerly hunted in great numbers for its plumes, the species is now protected and has recovered.
- snowy river — a river in SE Australia, rising in SE New South Wales: waters diverted through a system of dams and tunnels across the watershed into the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers for hydroelectric power and to provide water for irrigation. Length: 426 km (265 miles)
- soccer city — a large football stadium in South Africa, in the Soweto area of Johannesburg; headquarters of the South African Football Association
- soft hyphen — a hyphen that is used only in breaking a word at the end of a line of text.
- solar cycle — the variation of sunspots, prominences, flares, and other solar activity through an 11-year cycle.
- soldier fly — any of several flies of the family Stratiomyidae, characterized by brightly colored abdominal stripes.
- solenocytes — a type of long, narrow, flagellated cell that functions in excretion of nitrogenous wastes and occurs in a variety of organisms, including certain annelids and mollusks.
- solenoglyph — any poisonous snake of the viper family with hollow, paired, erectile fangs
- soteriology — the doctrine of salvation through Jesus Christ.
- sothic year — the fixed year of the ancient Egyptians, determined by the heliacal rising of Sirius, and equivalent to 365 days.
- sour cherry — a cherry, Prunus cerasus, characterized by gray bark and the spreading habit of its branches.
- south yemen — Yemen (def 3).
- sovereignly — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.