12-letter words containing a, l, g, e, s, i
- selling race — a claiming race at the end of which the winning horse is offered for sale.
- selling rate — the rate at which a bank is willing to sell foreign currency
- semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
- semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
- semiological — the study of signs and symbols; semiotics.
- servant girl — a girl or woman employed as a servant who performs household duties
- sewing table — a worktable for holding sewing materials, often supplied with a bag or pouch for needlework.
- 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.
- signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
- simple sugar — monosaccharide.
- singableness — the quality of being singable
- single cream — dairy product: thin or light cream
- single modal — modal (def 3).
- single track — a single pair of lines so that trains can travel in only one direction at a time
- single-party — of or relating to a form of government in which only a single political party constitutes the government
- single-payer — noting or relating to a healthcare or health insurance system in which the government or a publicly owned and regulated agency pays all medical costs from a single fund.
- single-phase — noting or pertaining to a circuit having an alternating current with one phase or with phases differing by 180°.
- single-space — to type (copy) on each line space.
- single-track — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
- slant height — (of a right circular cone) the distance from the vertex to any point on the circumference of the base.
- sleeping bag — a warmly lined or padded body-length bag, usually waterproof and with a closure, in which one or two persons can sleep, especially outdoors, as when camping.
- sleeping car — a railroad car fitted with berths, compartments, bedrooms, or drawing rooms for passengers to sleep in.
- sleepwalking — an act of sleepwalking; somnambulation.
- slide guitar — bottleneck (def 3).
- 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.
- sloganeering — Sloganeering is the use of slogans by people such as politicians or advertising agencies.
- small magpie — an unrelated micro, Eurrhypara hortulata
- smoke signal — If someone such as a politician or businessman sends out smoke signals, they give an indication of their views and intentions. This indication is often not clear and needs to be worked out.
- space flight — journey into outer space
- specialising — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
- speedballing — the practice of taking cocaine and heroin together intravenously
- spring-clean — to subject (a place) to a spring-cleaning.
- stageability — a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- staggeringly — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
- steel guitar — an acoustic, handheld guitar having a metal resonator and producing a wailing, variable sound.
- stigmasterol — a crystalline, water-insoluble steroid, C 2 9 H 4 8 O, present in soybeans or calabar beans, used chiefly as a raw material in the manufacture of progesterone.
- stonewalling — the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.
- streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- sugar glider — a gliding possum, Petaurus breviceps, inhabiting open forests of New Guinea, Tasmania, and Australia.
- superglacial — on the surface of a glacier.
- sweater girl — a young woman with a shapely bosom, especially one who wears tight sweaters.
- swine plague — hemorrhagic septicemia of hogs, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella suiseptica, characterized by an accompanying infection of pneumonia.
- synergically — in a synergic manner
- tell against — If a feature or characteristic tells against someone, it spoils their chance of success when they are being considered for something, for example a job.
- thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
- tragicalness — the quality or state of being tragic
- unassignable — not able to be transferred
- undersealing — the process of applying a coating of underseal to a motor vehicle