11-letter words containing s, t, a, e, l
- salt shaker — a container for salt with a perforated top to allow the salt to be shaken out.
- salt-cellar — a shaker or dish for salt.
- saltchucker — a saltwater angler
- saltirewise — in the direction or manner of a saltire.
- saltishness — the condition of being saltish
- sample rate — (digital signal processing) The number of times an analog signal is measured (sampled) per second. The unit of sample rate is "samples per second". This is often expressed in kiloHertz (kHz). For example, "CD quality" sound has a sample rate of 44 kHz. Compare data rate. See Nyquist frequency.
- samuel ting — Samuel C(hao) C(hung) [chou choo ng] /tʃaʊ tʃʊŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1936, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- sand castle — a small castlelike structure made of wet sand, as by children at a beach.
- sand myrtle — an evergreen shrub, Leiophyllum buxifolium, of the heath family, native to the eastern U.S., having simple, leathery leaves and clusters of white or pink flowers.
- sand-castle — a small castlelike structure made of wet sand, as by children at a beach.
- sandculture — the hydroponic cultivation of plants in sand.
- sansculotte — (originally) a revolutionary of the poorer class
- santa tecla — a city in SW El Salvador, just SW of San Salvador.
- sapropelite — a foul-smelling mud
- satellitise — to bring satellite(s) into use in (meteorology, broadcasting, etc)
- satellitium — a group of three or more planets lying in one sign of the zodiac
- satellitize — to introduce satellite technology into (meteorology, broadcasting, etc)
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- satirizable — able to be satirized or ridiculed
- satisfiable — to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to: The hearty meal satisfied him.
- scarlet cup — a small, fleshy, saucer-shaped fungus, Sarcoscypha coccinea, of the family Sarcoscyphaceae, marked by a scarlet inner surface and white exterior, seen on fallen branches in the spring.
- scarlet hat — a cardinal's hat
- scatteredly — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
- scatterling — a person with no fixed home; a wanderer; a vagabond
- scent gland — any of various specialized skin glands, occurring in many kinds of animals, that emit an odor commonly functioning as a social or sexual signal or a defensive weapon.
- schecklaton — a gilded leather used for embroidering jacks
- schematical — based on a scheme or structured arrangement
- scintillate — to emit sparks.
- scrap metal — discarded metal
- scratchless — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- screw plate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
- scutellated — shaped like a platter; covered with scutella
- sea leather — the skin of sharks, porpoises, dogfishes, etc., prepared and used for the same purposes as ordinary leather.
- sea lettuce — any seaweed of the genus Ulva, having large leaflike blades.
- sealed unit — a hard disk that is permanently sealed to prevent damage to the read/write head
- searchlight — a device, usually consisting of a light and reflector, for throwing a beam of light in any direction.
- seasonality — the state or quality of being seasonal or dependent on the seasons: the seasonality of Halloween costumes.
- secretarial — noting, of, or pertaining to a secretary or a secretary's skills and work: a secretarial school.
- 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
- self-acting — acting by itself; automatic.
- self-hating — harbouring feelings of self-hatred
- self-hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- self-safety — the state of being safe; freedom from the occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss.
- self-taught — taught to oneself or by oneself to be (as indicated) without the aid of a formal education: self-taught typing; a self-taught typist.
- seminatural — partly natural and partly cultivated
- semipalmate — partially or imperfectly palmate, as a bird's foot; half-webbed.
- semiplastic — imperfectly plastic; in a state between rigidity and plasticity.
- semitrailer — Also called semi. a detachable trailer for hauling freight, with wheels at the rear end, the forward end being supported by the rear of a truck tractor when attached. Compare full trailer.