11-letter words containing t, o, r, s, i
- rope stitch — (in embroidery) a stitch formed from the entwining of stitches.
- rose-tinted — excessively optimistic
- rousseauist — the doctrines or principles of Jean Jacques Rousseau or his adherents.
- routineness — a customary or regular course of procedure.
- rumbustious — rambunctious.
- ruminations — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- rustication — Also called rustic work. Architecture. any of various forms of ashlar so dressed and tooled that the visible faces are raised above or otherwise contrasted with the horizontal and usually the vertical joints.
- saburration — the use of heated sand in healing
- sailor suit — naval uniform
- saint croix — Also called Santa Cruz. a U.S. island in the N Lesser Antilles: the largest of the Virgin Islands. 82 sq. mi. (212 sq. km).
- salinometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of salt in a solution.
- saltatorial — pertaining to saltation.
- sanctioneer — a person who advocates the imposition of sanctions
- saprobiotic — saprobic
- sapropelite — a foul-smelling mud
- saprophytic — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- sarcocystis — a member of the species of parasite Sarcocystis
- sartorially — of or relating to tailors or their trade: sartorial workmanship.
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- scarf joint — a joint in which two timbers or other structural members are fitted together with long end laps of various forms and held in place with bolts, straps, keys, fishplates, etc., to resist tension or compression.
- 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.
- scots-irish — Scotch-Irish
- screw joint — a type of joint that is fastened by means of screws
- scriptorial — of or relating to a scriptorium
- scriptorium — a room, as in a monastery, library, or other institution, where manuscripts are stored, read, or copied.
- scrumptious — very pleasing, especially to the senses; delectable; splendid: a scrumptious casserole; a scrumptious satin gown.
- second-tier — not in the first rank
- secretional — of or relating to secretion
- seditionary — of or relating to sedition; seditious.
- segregation — the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: gender segregation in some fundamentalist religions.
- seismometer — a seismograph equipped for measuring the direction, intensity, and duration of earthquakes by measuring the actual movement of the ground.
- seismometry — the study of the measurement of earthquakes using a seismometer
- selectorial — of or relating to selections or selectors
- self-profit — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- senatorship — the office or position of a senator
- septentrion — Obsolete. the north.
- septiferous — in possession of a septum or partition
- serial port — A serial port on a computer is a place where you can connect the computer to a device such as a modem or a mouse.
- serrulation — serrulate condition or form.
- servitorial — of or pertaining to a servitor
- sesostris i — 20th century bc, king of Egypt of the 12th dynasty. He conquered Nubia and brought ancient Egypt to the height of its prosperity. The funerary complex at Lisht was built during his reign
- set fire to — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- set on fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- sex tourism — a vacation to a destination that has no restrictions on sexual services or activities, as prostitution.
- shergottite — a type of igneous rock or meteorite thought to originate on Mars
- sherrington — Sir Charles Scott, 1861–1952, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1932.