11-letter words containing t, o, l, i, c
- 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
- 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.
- scotophilic — living and flourishing in darkness.
- scriptorial — of or relating to a scriptorium
- secretional — of or relating to secretion
- selectorial — of or relating to selections or selectors
- silk cotton — the silky covering of the seeds of certain tropical trees of the bombax family, used for stuffing cushions, pillows, etc.
- slit pocket — a pocket on the underside of a garment, reached through a vertical opening
- slot racing — the activity of racing slot cars.
- slow-acting — working or acting slowly, not immediately
- slow-twitch — of or relating to muscle fiber that contracts relatively slowly and is resistant to fatigue (distinguished from fast-twitch).
- sociability — the act or an instance of being sociable.
- social unit — a person or a group of persons, as a family, functioning as a unit in society.
- socialistic — of or relating to socialists or socialism.
- sociologist — the science or study of the origin, development, organization, and functioning of human society; the science of the fundamental laws of social relations, institutions, etc.
- sodomitical — anal or oral copulation with a member of the opposite sex.
- soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
- solicitudes — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
- solipsistic — of or characterized by solipsism, or the theory that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist: Her treatment philosophy dealt with madness as a complete, self-contained, solipsistic world that sane people are not able to enter.
- somatically — of the body; bodily; physical.
- sophistical — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- spasmolytic — of or noting spasmolysis.
- speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- spiculation — formation into spicules.
- spondylitic — inflammation of the vertebrae.
- 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.
- stick float — a float attached at the top and bottom to the line
- stock split — the act or result of splitting stock
- stock-still — completely still; motionless.
- stockpiling — the activity of acquiring and storing a large quantity of something
- subcortical — situated beneath the cortex.
- subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
- syllogistic — of or relating to a syllogism.
- symbolistic — a person who uses symbols or symbolism.
- tail covert — any of the feathers concealing the bases of a bird's tail feathers.
- taurocholic — of or derived from taurocholic acid.
- taxonomical — the science or technique of classification.
- technicolor — (often lowercase) flamboyant or lurid, as in color, meaning, or detail.
- technologic — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
- technophile — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
- technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
- telescoping — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
- telescopist — someone who is adept with a telescope
- telescopium — an inconspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere, close to Sagittarius and Ara
- telocentric — of or relating to any chromosome or chromatid whose centromere is positioned at its end, creating one chromosome arm. Compare acentric (def 2), acrocentric, metacentric (def 2).
- telodynamic — pertaining to the transmission of mechanical power over considerable distances, as by means of endless cables on pulleys.
- tenaciously — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
- tense logic — the study of the logical properties of tense operators, and of the logical relations between sentences having tense, by means of consideration of appropriate formal systems