11-letter words containing si
- blue ensign — an ensign having the Union Jack on a blue background at the upper corner of the vertical edge alongside the hoist: flown by Royal Navy auxiliary vessels, and, with some extra distinguishing mark or insignia, by certain yacht clubs
- boeremusiek — a variety of light music associated with the culture of the Afrikaners
- bourgeoisie — In Marxist theory, the bourgeoisie are the middle-class people who own most of the wealth in a capitalist system.
- bournebasic — A BASIC interpreter. comp.sources.misc archives volume 1.
- brankursine — a bear's-breech, a type of acanthus plant
- brisingamen — the magic necklace worn by Freya.
- bromidrosis — the production of foul-smelling perspiration
- brownnosing — If you accuse someone of brownnosing, you are saying in a rather offensive way that they are agreeing with someone important in order to get their support.
- brucellosis — an infectious disease of cattle, goats, dogs, and pigs, caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella and transmittable to humans (e.g. by drinking contaminated milk): symptoms include fever, chills, and severe headache
- brush aside — If you brush aside or brush away an idea, remark, or feeling, you refuse to consider it because you think it is not important or useful, even though it may be.
- bursiculate — resembling a pouch
- businessman — A businessman is a man who works in business.
- businessmen — a man regularly employed in business, especially a white-collar worker, executive, or owner.
- busy signal — If you try to make a telephone call and get a busy signal, it means that you cannot make the call because the line is already being used by someone else.
- byelorussia — Official name Belarus. Formerly White Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. a republic in E Europe, N of Ukraine: formerly a part of the Soviet Union. 80,154 sq. mi. (207,600 sq. km). Capital: Minsk.
- cablevision — cable television.
- cacogenesis — (medicine) A morbid, monstrous, or pathological growth or product; an abnormality in structure; a monstrosity.
- calc-sinter — travertine
- candidiasis — a common fungal infection caused by yeast (genus Candida, esp. C. albicans) that thrives on any moist, cutaneous area of the body, esp. on mucous membranes, between toes, under diapers, etc.: can develop into serious internal and chronic conditions
- carbon sink — areas of vegetation, esp forests, and the phytoplankton-rich seas that absorb the carbon dioxide produced by the burning of fossil fuels
- caressingly — In a caressing manner; soothingly.
- caressively — caressingly
- carousingly — in a carousing manner
- carsickness — a feeling of nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, as a result of the motion of the car in which one is traveling.
- casimir iii — known as the Great. 1310–70, king of Poland (1333–70)
- casing nail — a nail having a small, conical head, slenderer than a common nail of the same length, used for laying floors, fastening matchboarding, and other work in which the head may remain visible.
- casing shoe — A casing shoe is the bottom of the casing string, including the cement around it.
- cassia bark — the cinnamon-like bark of this tree, used as a spice
- cassiodorus — Flavius Magnus Aurelius (ˈfleɪvɪəs ˈmæɡnəs ɔːˈriːlɪəs). ?490–?585 ad, Roman statesman, writer, and monk; author of Variae, a collection of official documents written for the Ostrogoths
- cassiterite — a black or brown mineral, found in igneous rocks and hydrothermal veins. It is a source of tin. Composition: tin oxide. Formula: SnO2. Crystal structure: tetragonal
- catachresis — the incorrect use of words, as luxuriant for luxurious
- catagenesis — the retrogressive evolution of a species. Compare anagenesis (def 1).
- catch basin — a pit in a drainage system in which matter that might otherwise block a sewer is collected so that it may periodically be removed
- catechising — Present participle of catechise.
- cell fusion — the merging of two or more cells into a single cell.
- cenesthesia — the mass of undifferentiated sensations that make one aware of the body and its condition, as in the feeling of well-being or illness
- cenogenesis — the development of structures in the embryonic or larval stage of an organism that are adaptive and do not appear in the evolutionary history of its group
- ceratopsian — resembling or belonging to the Ceratopsia, a suborder of herbivorous dinosaurs characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns, and neck frills
- cerebroside — any glycolipid in which N-acyl sphingosine is combined with glucose or galactose: occurs in the myelin sheaths of nerves
- chart music — songs that feature in the music charts
- chemosmosis — chemical action between substances that are separated by a semipermeable membrane
- chindonesia — China, India, and Indonesia: seen collectively as the most important developing economies with the best growth markets for investors
- cholestasis — the medical condition characterized by the inability of bile to pass normally out of the liver due to blockage or impairment
- ciscaucasia — the part of Caucasia north of the Caucasus Mountains
- cladoptosis — the annual shedding of twigs or branches instead of leaves, as in certain cypresses.
- classic car — a car that is more than twenty-five years old
- classic-ada — (language) An object-oriented extension to Ada, said to be like Smalltalk. It is implemented as an Ada preprocessor.
- classically — Someone who has been classically trained in something such as art, music, or ballet has learned the traditional skills and methods of that subject.
- classicisms — Plural form of classicism.
- classicists — Plural form of classicist.