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11-letter words containing t, o, s, i, c

  • stereoptics — the branch of stereoscopy that is concerned with optics
  • stereotaxic — of, relating to, or based on three-dimensional studies of the brain, especially as an adjunct to brain surgery.
  • stereotomic — the technique of cutting solids, as stones, to specified forms and dimensions.
  • stereotypic — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
  • stichometry — the practice of writing a prose text in lines, often of slightly differing lengths, that correspond to units of sense and indicate phrasal rhythms.
  • stick float — a float attached at the top and bottom to the line
  • stick it to — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
  • stock split — the act or result of splitting stock
  • stock-still — completely still; motionless.
  • stockinette — Also, stockinet. a stretchy, machine-knitted fabric used for making undergarments, infants' wear, etc.
  • stockpiling — the activity of acquiring and storing a large quantity of something
  • stocktaking — the examination or counting over of materials or goods on hand, as in a stockroom or store.
  • stone china — hard earthenware containing china stone.
  • sub-society — an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
  • subcortical — situated beneath the cortex.
  • subdirector — an assistant or secondary director
  • subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
  • subjunction — an act of subjoining.
  • subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
  • subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
  • suction cup — a cup-shaped object of rubber, glass, plastic, etc., which, by producing a partial vacuum, can be made to adhere to or draw something to a surface.
  • suffocation — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
  • suscitation — the act of suscitating
  • switch over — If you switch over when you are watching television, you change to another channel.
  • switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
  • switched on — turned-on (def 1).
  • switched-on — turned-on (def 1).
  • sycophantic — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • syllogistic — of or relating to a syllogism.
  • symbolistic — a person who uses symbols or symbolism.
  • symptomatic — pertaining to a symptom or symptoms.
  • syncopation — Music. a shifting of the normal accent, usually by stressing the normally unaccented beats.
  • syncopative — relating to syncopation
  • syndication — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
  • synonymatic — relating to, or made up of, synonyms
  • synoptistic — relating to the work of a synoptist
  • tchaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), or Pëtr Ilich [Russian pyawtr ee-lyeech] /Russian ˈpyɔtr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1840–93, Russian composer.
  • 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
  • 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
  • terpsichore — Classical Mythology. the Muse of dancing and choral song.
  • terricolous — living on or in the ground.
  • terroristic — a person, usually a member of a group, who uses or advocates terrorism.
  • the cornish — the natives or inhabitants of Cornwall
  • the tropics — that part of the earth's surface between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn; the Torrid Zone
  • theomachist — a person who battles against the gods or resists the will of the gods
  • thermionics — the branch of physics that deals with thermionic phenomena.
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