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11-letter words starting with s

  • scsi target — (hardware)   A SCSI device that executes a command from a SCSI initiator to perform some task. Typically the target is a SCSI peripheral device but the host adapter can also be a target.
  • scuba diver — sb who dives underwater
  • scuff marks — marks made by scuffing
  • scuffle hoe — a hoe with a flat blade, pushed back and forth through the surface soil, as to weed
  • sculduddery — obscene behavior; lewdness.
  • sculduggery — skulduggery.
  • sculpturing — the act of sculpturing or carving
  • scuppernong — a silvery amber-green variety of muscadine grape.
  • scutellated — shaped like a platter; covered with scutella
  • scuttlebutt — Nautical. an open cask of drinking water. a drinking fountain for use by the crew of a vessel.
  • scuzzbucket — Also called scuzzball [skuhz-bawl] /ˈskʌzˌbɔl/ (Show IPA), scuzzbucket [skuhz-buhk-it] /ˈskʌzˌbʌk ɪt/ (Show IPA). a dirty, grimy, sordid, or repulsive person or thing.
  • scyphistoma — a stage in the life cycle of a jellyfish or other scyphozoan when it is fixed in place and reproduces asexually to produce free-swimming medusas.
  • sdeignfully — disdainfully
  • sea anemone — any sedentary marine animal of the phylum Coelenterata, having a columnar body and one or more circles of tentacles surrounding the mouth.
  • sea bathing — the activity of swimming in the sea
  • sea biscuit — ship biscuit; hardtack.
  • sea blubber — a large jellyfish, Cyanea capillata.
  • sea cabbage — a brown alga, Hedophyllum sessile, of the North Pacific, characterized by a compact mass of fronds resembling a cabbage.
  • sea captain — the master of a seagoing vessel.
  • sea feather — any of several anthozoans of the order Gorgonacea, in which the colony assumes a featherlike shape.
  • sea islands — a chain of islands in the Atlantic off the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
  • sea lamprey — a parasitic marine lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, that spawns in fresh water along both Atlantic coasts and in the Great Lakes, where it is responsible for losses of economically valuable fish.
  • sea leather — the skin of sharks, porpoises, dogfishes, etc., prepared and used for the same purposes as ordinary leather.
  • sea lettuce — any seaweed of the genus Ulva, having large leaflike blades.
  • sea of azov — a shallow arm of the Black Sea, to which it is connected by the Kerch Strait: almost entirely landlocked; fed chiefly by the River Don. Area: about 37 500 sq km (14 500 sq miles)
  • sea scallop — Also called giant scallop. a large scallop, Pecten magellanicus, of deep waters off the Atlantic coast of North America.
  • sea serpent — an enormous, imaginary, snakelike or dragonlike marine animal.
  • sea swallow — any of several terns, especially Sterna hirundo.
  • sea-poacher — poacher1 (def 2).
  • sealed book — something beyond understanding and therefore unknown.
  • sealed move — the last move before an adjournment, which is written down by the player making it, sealed in an envelope, and kept secret from his opponent until play is resumed
  • sealed road — route surfaced for use by traffic
  • sealed unit — a hard disk that is permanently sealed to prevent damage to the read/write head
  • sealed-beam — a headlight in which the reflector and lens are hermetically sealed together with the filament in a single unit.
  • sealing wax — a resinous preparation, soft when heated, used for sealing letters, documents, etc.
  • seam bowler — a fast bowler who makes the ball bounce on its seam so that it will change direction
  • seamstressy — needlework
  • search term — Computers. a word or other term used to electronically retrieve data, Web pages, or other information from files, databases, etc.: When you search the shopping website, ads relating to your search terms will appear along with your search results.
  • searchingly — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
  • searchlight — a device, usually consisting of a light and reflector, for throwing a beam of light in any direction.
  • 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.
  • secchi disk — an opaque, white or black-and-white disk used to measure the cloudiness or turbidity of ocean water by the point at which it is no longer visible from the surface.
  • second base — the second in order of the bases from home plate.
  • second best — the next to the best in performance, achievement, craftsmanship, etc.
  • second city — Chicago, Ill.
  • second hand — the hand that indicates the seconds on a clock or watch.
  • second home — an additional residence, as at the shore or in the country, where one goes on weekends, vacations, and the like.
  • second lien — a lien subordinate to a previous or preferred lien.
  • second line — a jaunty, syncopated rhythm in 2/4 time, often used in the rhythm and blues and jazz of New Orleans
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