11-letter words containing s, t, r, i, c, l
- peristaltic — of, relating to, or resembling peristalsis.
- piscatorial — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- plastic art — an art, as sculpture, in which forms are carved or modeled.
- plasticizer — any of a group of substances that are used in plastics or other materials to impart viscosity, flexibility, softness, or other properties to the finished product.
- plasticware — knives, forks, spoons, cups, etc., made of plastic: a picnic hamper with plasticware for six.
- pluralistic — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
- polycrotism — a polycrotic condition
- post-racial — characterized by the absence of racial discord, discrimination, or prejudice previously or historically present: post-racial politics; the post-racial era.
- postcranial — located posterior to the head.
- postpyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- protocolist — a person who drafts protocols
- putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- pyroclastic — composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic.
- racialistic — Of or pertaining to racism or racists.
- radiculitis — inflammation of a spinal nerve root.
- ratio scale — a scale of measurement of data which permits the comparison of differences of values; a scale having a fixed zero value. The distances travelled by a projectile, for instance, are measured on a ratio scale since it makes sense to talk of one projectile travelling twice as far as another
- rectiserial — arranged in straight rows
- reflections — thoughts, esp careful or long-considered ones
- reselection — an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
- rickettsial — any member of the genus Rickettsia, comprising rod-shaped to coccoid microorganisms that resemble bacteria but can be as small as a large virus and reproduce only inside a living cell, parasitic in fleas, ticks, lice, and mites and transmitted by bite to vertebrate hosts, including humans, causing such severe diseases as typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
- ritualistic — adherence to or insistence on ritual.
- rumbustical — rumbustious
- saint clair — Arthur, 1736–1818, American Revolutionary War general, born in Scotland: 1st governor of the Northwest Territory, 1787–1802.
- sarcastical — of, relating to, or characterized by sarcasm: a sarcastic reply.
- satirically — of, pertaining to, containing, or characterized by satire: satirical novels.
- scarlatinal — scarlet fever.
- scatterling — a person with no fixed home; a wanderer; a vagabond
- school trip — educational outing
- schorlomite — a mineral that is black in colour and belongs to the garnet group
- scissortail — Also called scissortailed flycatcher [siz-er-teyld] /ˈsɪz ərˌteɪld/ (Show IPA). a flycatcher, Muscivora forficatus, of the southern U.S., Mexico, and Central America, having a long, deeply forked tail.
- sclerotitis — scleritis.
- sclerotized — (especially of the cuticle of an arthropod) hardened by the presence of substances other than chitin, as by scleroproteins, waxes, or calcium salts.
- script girl — a female secretarial assistant to the director of a motion picture.
- scriptorial — of or relating to a scriptorium
- sculpturing — the act of sculpturing or carving
- searchlight — a device, usually consisting of a light and reflector, for throwing a beam of light in any direction.
- secretarial — noting, of, or pertaining to a secretary or a secretary's skills and work: a secretarial school.
- secretional — of or relating to secretion
- secretively — having or showing a disposition to secrecy; reticent: He seems secretive about his new job.
- selectorial — of or relating to selections or selectors
- sericulture — the raising of silk worms for the production of raw silk.
- simpliciter — simply
- 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.
- skillcentre — an institution providing vocational training or retraining for employed or unemployed people
- slit trench — a narrow trench for one or more persons for protection against enemy fire and fragmentation bombs.
- slot racing — the activity of racing slot cars.
- spectrality — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
- stereocilia — any of the long, flexible microvilli that superficially resemble cilia and occur as a brush border or series of tufts on the surface of various epithelial tissues.