11-letter words containing as
- screen wash — a fluid that is squirted onto a car windscreen to clean it
- seasickness — nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, resulting from the rocking or swaying motion of a vessel in which one is traveling at sea.
- seasonality — the state or quality of being seasonal or dependent on the seasons: the seasonality of Halloween costumes.
- second base — the second in order of the bases from home plate.
- 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
- semasiology — semantics, especially the study of semantic change.
- semiplastic — imperfectly plastic; in a state between rigidity and plasticity.
- shabbas goy — a gentile who performs tasks for Jews in the home or synagogue on the Sabbath or on a holy day that are forbidden Jews on such occasions, as turning on the lights or heat.
- shadow mask — a perforated metal sheet mounted close to the phosphor-dotted screen in some colour television tubes. The holes are positioned so that each of the three electron beams strikes the correct phosphor dot producing the required colour mixture in the image
- shastracara — an action in accordance with the principles of the shastras.
- sheet glass — glass in sheet form produced by drawing or by the cylinder glass process.
- shinplaster — a plaster for the shin or leg.
- shipka pass — a mountain pass in central Bulgaria, in the Balkan Mountains. 4375 feet (1335 meters) high.
- silk-tassel — any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Garrya, of the western U.S., having evergreen foliage and flowers in pendulous catkins.
- silver bass — white bass.
- simvastatin — a statin, C 25 H 38 O 5, used in the prevention and treatment of heart disease.
- sky compass — a device for taking a bearing by means of polarized sunlight when the sun is invisible.
- slave coast — the coast of W equatorial Africa, between the Benin and Volta rivers: a center of slavery traffic 16th–19th centuries.
- slimnastics — exercises to help someone lose or control weight.
- smash-mouth — designating or of a style of football characterized by rough, aggressive play and, typically, strong offensive rushing
- smokechaser — a person who fights forest fires, especially one with lightweight equipment.
- smorgasbord — a buffet meal of various hot and cold hors d'oeuvres, salads, casserole dishes, meats, cheeses, etc.
- social wasp — any of several wasps, as the hornets or yellowjackets, that live together in a community.
- sod disease — a disease of poultry characterized by blisters and scabs on the feet and legs
- solemn mass — High Mass.
- somatoplasm — the cytoplasm of a somatic cell, especially as distinguished from germ plasm.
- sonderclass — a special class of small racing yachts, restricted as to size, sail area, cost, etc.
- soothfastly — in a soothfast manner
- southeaster — a wind or storm from the southeast.
- spasmolysis — the relaxation or relief of muscle spasm.
- spasmolytic — of or noting spasmolysis.
- spastically — Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by spasm, especially tonic spasm.
- spatterdash — a long gaiter to protect the trousers or stockings, as from mud while riding.
- speakeasies — a saloon or nightclub selling alcoholic beverages illegally, especially during Prohibition.
- spear grass — any of various grasses, as a meadow grass or a bent grass, having lance-shaped leaves or floral spikes.
- spheroplast — a Gram-negative bacterial cell with a cell wall that has been altered or is partly missing, resulting in a spherical shape.
- spider wasp — any of certain wasps, especially of the family Pompilidae, that provision their nests with paralyzed spiders.
- spiroplasma — any of numerous bacteria of the genus Spiroplasma that have no cell walls or flagella and are parasitic in plants and arthropods.
- splashboard — a board, guard, or screen to protect from splashing, as a dashboard of a vehicle or a guard placed over a wheel to intercept water, dirt, etc.
- splashproof — resistant to splashing
- split-phase — pertaining to or noting a current in one of two parallel circuits that have a single-phase current source but unequal impedances and that produce currents of different phase.
- squassation — a form of strappado in which the victim, with arms bound behind and feet heavily weighted, was jerked up and down at the end of a rope passed under the arms.
- stallmaster — a master of the horse, in charge of the horses belonging to a monarch or similar
- stand aside — move to let sb past
- stasimorphy — structural modification by arrested development
- steadfastly — fixed in direction; steadily directed: a steadfast gaze.
- stentmaster — a person who determines the amount of tax owed by the denizens of a town or parish
- stonewashed — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
- storm glass — a sealed tube containing a solution supposed to change in appearance according to the weather
- string bass — double bass.