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12-letter words containing a, n, i, s, o

  • shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
  • shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
  • shopping bag — a strong, usually paper or plastic, bag with handles, used to carry purchases or belongings.
  • short-acting — (of a drug) quickly effective, but requiring regularly repeated doses for long-term treatment, being rapidly absorbed, distributed in the body, and excreted
  • sierra leone — an independent republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 27,925 sq. mi. (72,326 sq. km). Capital: Freetown.
  • sigma baryon — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
  • signal board — a board for displaying electrically transmitted signals and indicating their source.
  • signal corps — a branch of the army responsible for military communications, meteorological studies, and related work.
  • signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
  • significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
  • silly season — a time of year, usually in midsummer or during a holiday period, characterized by exaggerated news stories, frivolous entertainments, outlandish publicity stunts, etc.: The new movie reminds us that the silly season is here.
  • simplon pass — a pass over the Lepontine Alps in S Switzerland, between Brig (Switzerland) and Iselle (Italy). Height: 2009 m (6590 ft)
  • simultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
  • sinanthropus — the genus to which Peking man was formerly assigned.
  • sindonophany — the periodic exhibiting to the public of the shroud that the body of Christ is thought to have been wrapped in
  • sine qua non — an indispensable condition; requisite.
  • single modal — modal (def 3).
  • sinification — to Sinicize.
  • sinistration — the quality or state of being left-handed.
  • sino-tibetan — a family of languages including especially Burmese, Tibetan, and the various local languages and dialects whose speakers share literary Chinese as their standard language.
  • 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).
  • situationism — the theory that behavior is chiefly response to immediate situations.
  • situationist — the theory that behavior is chiefly response to immediate situations.
  • 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.
  • sloganeering — Sloganeering is the use of slogans by people such as politicians or advertising agencies.
  • slot machine — a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom.
  • slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
  • small alison — a rare compact annual, Alyssum alyssoides, having small yellow flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • smallholding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
  • 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.
  • smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
  • smoking lamp — formerly, a lamp aboard ship for lighting pipes, now used figuratively to indicate when smoking is or is not allowed: The smoking lamp is lit.
  • snapshotting — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
  • 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.
  • sofa surfing — (of a homeless person) the practice of staying temporarily with various friends and relatives while attempting to find permanent accommodation
  • soft landing — space vehicle
  • solicitation — the act of soliciting.
  • solitariness — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
  • solonization — the formation of solonetzic soil
  • somaticizing — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
  • somatization — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
  • somatostatin — a polypeptide hormone, produced in the brain and pancreas, that inhibits secretion of somatotropin from the hypothalamus and inhibits insulin production by the pancreas.
  • somatotensic — (of certain plants that are eaten as food) restoring equilibrium
  • somatotropin — a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, that stimulates growth in humans.
  • somnambulism — sleepwalking.
  • somnambulist — sleepwalking.
  • somnifacient — causing or inducing sleep.
  • sorbefacient — inducing absorption
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