11-letter words containing t, y, s
- seductively — tending to seduce; enticing; beguiling; captivating: a seductive smile.
- seed oyster — a very young oyster, especially one used in the cultivating and transplanting of an oyster bed.
- seismometry — the study of the measurement of earthquakes using a seismometer
- seismonasty — a nastic movement in response to shock, esp the rapid folding of the leaflets of the sensitive plant due to changes in turgor pressure caused by vibration
- selectively — having the function or power of selecting; making a selection.
- selectivity — the state or quality of being selective.
- self-safety — the state of being safe; freedom from the occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss.
- self-styled — styled, called, or considered by oneself as specified: a self-styled leader.
- semimonthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
- sensibility — capacity for sensation or feeling; responsiveness or susceptibility to sensory stimuli.
- sensitively — endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses.
- sensitivity — the state or quality of being sensitive; sensitiveness.
- sentry duty — the duty of serving as a sentry
- serendipity — an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.
- serotherapy — therapy by means of injections of a serum obtained especially from an immune animal.
- set eyes on — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- seventh-day — designating certain Christian denominations that make Saturday their chief day of rest and religious observance: Seventh-Day Adventists.
- seventy-one — a cardinal number, 70 plus 1.
- seventy-six — a cardinal number, 70 plus 6.
- seventy-two — a cardinal number, 70 plus 2.
- sex therapy — treatment of sexual disorders that have psychological causes, employing psychiatric counseling, behavior modification, and education.
- shaft alley — an enclosure on a ship for housing a propeller shaft and a walk for oilers.
- shaftesbury — Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of, 1621–83, English statesman.
- shameworthy — deserving shame; denoting something a person ought to be ashamed of
- shanty town — ghetto, slum
- sheriffalty — shrievalty.
- shifty-eyed — having the appearance of being dishonest, esp as signified by a lack of eye contact
- short jenny — an in-off into a middle pocket
- short money — (in Britain) the annual payment made to Opposition parties in the House of Commons to help them pay for certain services necessary to the carrying out of their parliamentary duties; established in 1975
- short story — a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words.
- sight rhyme — agreement in spelling, but not in sound, of the ends of words or of lines of verse, as in have, grave.
- sightworthy — worth seeing
- silly putty — a rubbery substance of silicone oil and boric acid, used as a plaything: it stretches, snaps apart into pieces, bounces, shapes easily, etc.
- singability — to utter words or sounds in succession with musical modulations of the voice; vocalize melodically.
- singularity — the state, fact, or quality of being singular.
- sinisterity — left-handedness
- sir anthony — Sir Anthony, Van Dyck, Sir Anthony.
- sir stanley — Arthur Penrhyn [pen-rin] /ˈpɛn rɪn/ (Show IPA), (Dean Stanley) 1815–81, English clergyman and author.
- sister city — Sister cities are cities in different countries that have formally established a special relationship with each other involving, for example, cultural and sports events.
- sixteenthly — in sixteenth place
- sixty-eight — a cardinal number, 60 plus 8.
- sixty-fifth — next after the sixty-fourth; being the ordinal number for 65.
- sixty-first — next after the sixtieth; being the ordinal number for 61.
- sixty-ninth — next after the sixty-eighth; being the ordinal number for 69.
- sixty-seven — a cardinal number, 60 plus 7.
- sixty-sixth — next after the sixty-fifth; being the ordinal number for 66.
- sixty-third — next after the sixty-second; being the ordinal number for 63.
- sixty-three — a cardinal number, 60 plus 3.
- skeptically — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
- skyrocketed — a rocket firework that ascends into the air and explodes at a height, usually in a brilliant array of sparks of one or more colors.