11-letter words that end in it
- hightail it — to go away or leave rapidly: Last we saw of him, he was hightailing down the street.
- holy spirit — the spirit of God.
- in the shit — in trouble
- infield hit — a base hit that does not reach the outfield.
- irondequoit — a city in W New York.
- jack rabbit — any of various large hares of western North America, having very long hind legs and long ears.
- jack-rabbit — any of various large hares of western North America, having very long hind legs and long ears.
- lees summit — a town in W Missouri.
- lie in wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
- living unit — a dwelling intended for use by one household.
- lounge suit — a man's suit appropriate for informal occasions.
- lunar orbit — path or movement of the moon around the earth
- microcredit — the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- mobile unit — a vehicle supplied with the basic equipment or materials necessary for a particular purpose, as for televising on location or being used as an x-ray or inoculation clinic.
- monkey suit — a tuxedo or full-dress suit.
- nor circuit — Computers. a circuit that is energized only when none of its inputs are energized.
- not circuit — Computers. a circuit that is energized when its input is not.
- out with it — a command to make something known immediately, without missing any details
- overexploit — to use (natural resources etc) excessively, causing a reduction
- palk strait — a strait in the Bay of Bengal between SE India and N Sri Lanka, to the N of Adam's Bridge. 40–85 miles (64–137 km) wide.
- paratransit — public or group transportation, as by automobile, van, or minibus, organized to relieve the congestion of mass transportation.
- passion pit — a drive-in movie theater.
- pay a visit — go to the toilet
- polar orbit — a spacecraft orbit that passes over, or close to, the geographic poles of the earth or some other celestial body.
- policy unit — a body of political advisors to the British Prime Minister
- price limit — the maximum that somebody is prepared to pay for something
- quantum bit — the fundamental unit of information in a quantum computer, capable of existing in two states, 0 or 1, simultaneously or at a different time.
- quite a bit — a small piece or quantity of anything: a bit of string.
- ribbed-knit — rib-knit (def 2).
- rion strait — Lepanto (def 3).
- roche limit — the minimum distance below which a moon orbiting a celestial body would be disrupted by tidal forces or below which a moon would not have formed.
- rock rabbit — rock hyrax.
- sacred writ — Scripture.
- safari suit — a suit consisting of a bush jacket and matching trousers.
- sailor suit — naval uniform
- scratch hit — a batted ball, usually poorly hit, barely enabling the batter to reach base safely: a scratch hit off the end of the bat.
- sea biscuit — ship biscuit; hardtack.
- sealed unit — a hard disk that is permanently sealed to prevent damage to the read/write head
- second unit — an additional crew on a film production, usually used at a second location for filming crowd scenes, exteriors, and other shots that do not require the principal actors.
- secure unit — A secure unit is a building or part of a building where dangerous prisoners or violent psychiatric patients are kept.
- seepage pit — a pit that is lined with a porous, mortarless masonry wall in which effluent from a septic tank is collected for gradual seepage into the ground, sometimes used as a substitute for a drainfield.
- self-deceit — the act or fact of deceiving oneself.
- 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.
- shake on it — to shake hands in agreement, reconciliation, etc
- shower unit — fitted shower
- single-knit — a fabric made on warp knit.
- sleep on it — contemplate sth overnight
- sliding fit — a fit that enables one part to be inserted into another by sliding or pushing, rather than by hammering
- social unit — a person or a group of persons, as a family, functioning as a unit in society.
- speed limit — the maximum speed at which a vehicle is legally permitted to travel, as within a specific area, on a certain road, or under given conditions.