12-letter words containing a, c, o, e, n, s
- postaccident — occurring after an accident
- praxinoscope — a toy in which a sequence of images, depicted on the inner surface of a cylinder and reflected in a series of mirrors, gives the illusion of motion as the cylinder rotates
- precancerous — showing pathological changes that may be preliminary to malignancy.
- precessional — the act or fact of preceding; precedence.
- proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
- processional — of, relating to, or characteristic of a procession.
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
- quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
- ramentaceous — resembling or covered with ramenta.
- recessionary — of, relating to, or causing recession, especially economic recession: recessionary market pressures.
- recompensate — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- reconsecrate — to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.
- reconvalesce — to convalesce again
- remonstrance — an act or instance of remonstrating.
- renovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels of the kidneys.
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- rock jasmine — any of several alpine plants belonging to the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having tufted leaves often in basal rosettes, and umbels of pink, red, purple, or white flowers.
- roncesvalles — a village in N Spain, in the Pyrenees: defeat of part of Charlemagne's army and the death of Roland a.d.
- rose campion — a plant, Lychnis coronaria, of the pink family, having reddish purple flowers, and leaves covered with whitish down.
- safe conduct — If you are given safe conduct, the authorities officially allow you to travel somewhere, guaranteeing that you will not be arrested or harmed while doing so.
- safe-conduct — a document authorizing safe passage through a region, especially in time of war.
- saffron rice — a dish made from white rice and flavoured with the spice saffron
- sanctionable — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sans-culotte — (in the French Revolution) a revolutionary of the poorer class: originally a term of contempt applied by the aristocrats but later adopted as a popular name by the revolutionaries.
- santalaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Santalaceae, a family of semiparasitic plants of Australia and Malaysia including sandalwood and quandong
- sapindaceous — belonging to the Sapindaceae, the soapberry family of plants.
- sarcoadenoma — adenosarcoma.
- scapegoating — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- scatteration — the act of scattering.
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- schopenhauer — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
- scitamineous — of or relating to the Scitimanae order of plants, which includes the ginger and banana plants
- screen actor — a film actor
- screw around — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- scutellation — a scutellate state or formation; a scaly covering, as on a bird's foot.
- sea crossing — a journey by sea from one coast to another
- sea scorpion — scorpionfish.
- season creep — the gradual changing in the length of the seasons, as demonstrated by earlier flowering of plants, etc, thought by many to be caused by climate change
- second grade — school year: age 7-8
- second-class — of a secondary class or quality.
- section gang — a group of workers who take care of a section of railroad track.
- section hand — a person who works on a section gang.
- section mark — section (def 16).
- sectionalism — excessive regard for sectional or local interests; regional or local spirit, prejudice, etc.
- sectionalize — to render sectional.
- seismonastic — of or relating to seismonasty
- self-command — self-control.
- semi-nomadic — of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads.
- semi-organic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
- semicolonial — partly colonial