11-letter words containing t, e, l, a, n, i
- reverential — of the nature of or characterized by reverence; reverent: reverential awe.
- riefenstahl — Leni [ley-nee] /ˈleɪ ni/ (Show IPA), 1902–2003, German film director.
- right angle — the angle formed by two radii of a circle that are drawn to the extremities of an arc equal to one quarter of the circle; the angle formed by two perpendicular lines that intersect; an angle of 90°.
- ring-tailed — having the tail ringed with alternating colors, as a raccoon.
- ripple-tank — a shallow container of water in which waves are produced by vibrating an object in the water, used to observe or demonstrate wave phenomena.
- role strain — the stress or strain experienced by an individual when incompatible behavior, expectations, or obligations are associated with a single social role.
- saint felix — Saint, died a.d. 530, pope 526–530.
- salinometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of salt in a solution.
- saltishness — the condition of being saltish
- samuel ting — Samuel C(hao) C(hung) [chou choo ng] /tʃaʊ tʃʊŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1936, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- scatterling — a person with no fixed home; a wanderer; a vagabond
- scintillate — to emit sparks.
- sealed unit — a hard disk that is permanently sealed to prevent damage to the read/write head
- seasonality — the state or quality of being seasonal or dependent on the seasons: the seasonality of Halloween costumes.
- secretional — of or relating to secretion
- self-acting — acting by itself; automatic.
- self-hating — harbouring feelings of self-hatred
- seminatural — partly natural and partly cultivated
- sempiternal — everlasting; eternal.
- senate bill — a proposed new law introduced for debate before the upper chamber of the legislature in, for example, the US, Canada, Australia, etc
- sensational — producing or designed to produce a startling effect, strong reaction, intense interest, etc., especially by exaggerated, superficial, or lurid elements: a sensational novel.
- sentimental — expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.
- septivalent — having a valence of seven; heptavalent.
- serrulation — serrulate condition or form.
- sertularian — a type of hydroid that forms stiff, feathery colonies in which the cups holding the zooids are sessile.
- shinplaster — a plaster for the shin or leg.
- sillimanite — a mineral, aluminum silicate, Al 2 SiO 5 , occurring in the form of long, slender, and often fibrous crystals.
- silvestrian — of or relating to woodland
- single malt — a type of whisky that is made at a single distillery and from one type of malted grain
- single tape — a ribbon of material, usually with a plastic base, coated on one side (single tape) or both sides (double tape) with a substance containing iron oxide, to make it sensitive to impulses from an electromagnet: used to record sound, images, data, etc.
- single-malt — (of whiskey, especially Scotch) made from unblended malt whiskey distilled at one distillery.
- 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.
- singulative — a grammatical form or construction that expresses a singular entity or indicates that an individual is singled out from a group, especially as opposed to a collective noun, as snowflake as opposed to snow.
- sir stanley — Arthur Penrhyn [pen-rin] /ˈpɛn rɪn/ (Show IPA), (Dean Stanley) 1815–81, English clergyman and author.
- soldier ant — a type of ant that has a disproportionately large head
- 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.
- spinsterial — relating to a spinster
- stalin peak — former name of Communism Peak.
- stateliness — majestic; imposing in magnificence, elegance, etc.: a stately home.
- 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.
- steelmaking — the manufacture of steel.
- stellionate — any crime of unspecified class that involves fraud, especially one that involves the selling of the same property to different people.
- stenohaline — (of an aquatic organism) unable to withstand wide variation in salinity of the surrounding water.
- stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
- strand line — a shoreline, especially one from which the sea or a lake has receded.
- streamingly — in a streaming manner
- streamlined — streamlined.
- streamliner — something that is streamlined, especially a locomotive or passenger train.