12-letter words containing a, e, d, i, l
- reward claim — a claim granted to a miner who discovered gold in a new area
- rhode island — US state
- rideau canal — a waterway in SE Ontario, Canada, connecting the Ottawa Riverin Ottawa to Lake Ontario in Kingston. 125 miles (202 km) long.
- right-angled — A right-angled triangle has one angle that is a right angle.
- rijksdaalder — a cupronickel or silver coin of the Netherlands, equal to 2½ guilders.
- ripe old age — advanced age
- road haulier — a person who owns or works for a road haulage company; a trucker
- ruling grade — the steepest grade on a given stretch of track, which determines the maximum tonnage that can be hauled in a train having a given horsepower at a stated minimum speed.
- rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
- saddle joint — (on a sill, coping, or the like) a vertical joint raised above the level of the washes on each side.
- saddle point — a point at which a function of two variables has partial derivatives equal to zero but at which the function has neither a maximum nor a minimum value.
- sailing date — the date that a ship or boat departs on a sailing voyage
- salamandrine — any tailed amphibian of the order Caudata, having a soft, moist, scaleless skin, typically aquatic as a larva and semiterrestrial as an adult: several species are endangered.
- salicylamide — a compound of ammonia and gualtheria oil
- sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
- scalar field — a region with a number assigned at each point.
- scheme-linda — A Scheme interface to Linda written by Ulf Dahlen of University of Edinburgh in 1990. It runs on the Computing Surface and the Symmetry.
- sedge family — the plant family Cyperaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, often found in wet areas, having solid stems, narrow, grasslike leaves with closed sheaths, spikes of very small flowers set in a scalelike bract, and a dry, flattened, convex fruit, and including the bulrush, chufa, cotton grass, papyrus, and umbrella plant.
- sedimentable — capable of forming sediment
- see daylight — the light of day: At the end of the tunnel they could see daylight.
- seed capital — small sum invested in new business
- selenic acid — a crystalline, water-soluble, strong, corrosive, dibasic acid, H 2 SeO 4 , resembling sulfuric acid.
- self-damning — causing incrimination: damning evidence.
- self-dealing — financial transaction conducted on a personal, nonbusinesslike basis, as lending or borrowing of corporate money by a director.
- self-disdain — to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
- self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
- semi-invalid — a person who is partially disabled or somewhat infirm
- serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
- 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.
- shield match — a cricket match for the Sheffield Shield
- shirt-tailed — (of a garment) having a shirt-tail
- sialadenitis — inflammation of one or more of the salivary glands.
- sidereal day — the interval between two successive passages of the vernal equinox over the meridian, being about four minutes shorter than a mean solar day.
- silver medal — a medal, traditionally of silver or silver in color, awarded to a person or team finishing second in a competition, meet, or tournament.
- single modal — modal (def 3).
- six-year-old — being six years in age
- slave driver — an overseer of slaves.
- slave-driver — an overseer of slaves.
- sliced bread — bread: sold pre-sliced
- slide guitar — bottleneck (def 3).
- 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.
- sliding seat — a rower's seat that rides on wheels in metal tracks fastened to the boat's frame, allowing the seat to slide back and forth, thereby tapping the rower's leg strength to maximize the stroke.
- slim disease — a form of AIDS common in Africa, marked by emaciation and fever.
- small-minded — selfish, petty, or narrow-minded.
- snail darter — a tan, striped, snail-eating perch, Percina tanasi, 3 inches (7.5 cm) long, occurring only in the Tennessee River: a threatened species.
- 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