12-letter words containing a, d, i, s, o
- shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
- shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- short radius — the perpendicular distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a side
- short-haired — having short hair
- siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
- signal board — a board for displaying electrically transmitted signals and indicating their source.
- sindonophany — the periodic exhibiting to the public of the shroud that the body of Christ is thought to have been wrapped in
- single modal — modal (def 3).
- sinusoidally — Mathematics. of or relating to a sinusoid.
- sir sandford — Mount, a mountain in SE British Columbia, Canada, in the Selkirk Mountains. 11,590 feet (3533 meters).
- six-yard box — On a football pitch, the six-yard box is the rectangular area marked in front of the goal.
- six-year-old — being six years in age
- slide-action — (of a rifle or shotgun) having a lever that when slid back and forth ejects the empty case and cocks and reloads the piece.
- smallholding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
- sniff around — dog: try to pick up scent
- snowboarding — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
- social media — websites and other online means of communication that are used by large groups of people to share information and to develop social and professional contacts: Many businesses are utilizing social media to generate sales.
- social order — structure or hierarchy of society
- soda biscuit — a biscuit having soda and sour milk or buttermilk as leavening agents.
- sodium amide — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, flammable powder, NaNH 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of sodium cyanide and in organic synthesis.
- soft landing — space vehicle
- solar radius — the unit, equivalent to the radius of the sun, in which the radii of stars and other celestial objects are given.
- soldier crab — a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers
- solidaristic — relating to solidarism
- sorting yard — sorting tracks.
- sounion head — the tip of the Attica peninsula, E central Greece: site of ancient temple ruins.
- south island — the largest island of New Zealand. 58,093 sq. mi. (150,460 sq. km).
- span loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- spermatocide — spermicide.
- spermatozoid — a motile male gamete produced in an antheridium.
- spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
- spit-roasted — cooked on a spit
- sporadically — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- spotted tail — (Sinte-galeshka) 1833?–81, Brulé Sioux leader.
- stand in for — to substitute for
- stand-offish — If you say that someone is stand-offish, you mean that they behave in a formal and rather unfriendly way.
- station days — days on which ceremonies are held in station churches
- steady-going — steadfast; faithful; unchanging: steady-going service to the cause of justice.
- stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stride piano — a style of jazz piano playing in which the right hand plays the melody while the left hand plays a single bass note or octave on the strong beat and a chord on the weak beat, developed in Harlem during the 1920s, partly from ragtime piano playing.
- studio glass — art glass produced by an independent artisan in the studio.
- subabdominal — below or beneath the abdomen
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subordinator — a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause, as when in They were glad when I finished.
- sudoriparous — producing or secreting sweat.
- sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections