11-Letter Words Starting with S

Feeding or growing upon decaying anomal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes.

Adjective (-ic)

Commentating on ancient literature

AQUATIC an organism living in or near water

CLASSIC a work of established excellence

NOMADIC pertaining to a {nomad=n}

SHAMANIST An adherent of Shamanism.

England's type of government

Relating to the study of group relationships

SOCIOPATH

SOLIPSIST

See antispasmodic .

Of or pertaining to a spherulite; characterized by the presence of spherulites.

""SPHINCTER A muscle which surrounds, and by its contraction tends to close, a natural opening; as, the sphincter of the bladder. as, the sphincter of the bladder.""

Concerning the occult.

An instrument for measuring the volume of air entering and leaving the lungs.

""SPOROPHYTE In plants exhibiting alternation of generations, the generation which bears asexual spores; -- opposed to gametophyte. It is not clearly differentiated in the life cycle of the lower plants.gametophyte. It is not clearly differentiated in the life cycle of the lower plants.""

""STALACTITE A pendent cone or cylinder of calcium carbonate resembling an icicle in form and mode of attachment. Stalactites are found depending from the roof or sides of caverns, and are produced by deposition from waters which have percolated through, and partially dissolved, the overlying limestone rocks.""

""STALAGMITE A deposit more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed by calcareous water dropping on the floors of caverns; hence, a similar deposit of other material.""

Of or pertaining to staurolite; resembling or containing staurolite.

""Body, Human""

STENOBATH

""A method in neurosurgery and neurological research for locating points within the brain using an external, three-dimensional frame of reference usually based on the Cartesian coordinate system.""

Like a stock image

Conventional

SPECIFIC a remedy intended for a particular disease

Obsequious City chap son sacked

Servile - like a crawler

Obsequious and silly chap isn't coy

Logically drawing a conclusion from premises

SYMBOLIST One who employs symbols.

Likeable; sensitively designed

Showing fellow-feeling

Kindly ear to lend

Indicative (of a disease?)

Indicative, typical

Indicating disease

""SYNECDOCHE A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc. sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a <i>man</i>), the name of the material for the thing made, etc.""

Cooperative, in a way

Working together to greater effect

One who sees smells or hears colors

SYNTAGMA a syntactic element