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12-letter words containing a, r, t, i, c

  • scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
  • scratchbuilt — describing something which has been constructed by scratchbuilding
  • scratchingly — in a scratching manner, with a scratching action
  • scratchpad i — (language)   A general-purpose language originally for interactive symbolic mathematics by Richard Jenks, Barry Trager, Stephen M. Watt and Robert S. Sutor of IBM Research, ca 1971. It features abstract parametrised data types, multiple inheritance and polymorphism. There were implementations for VM/CMS and AIX.
  • scripturally — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or in accordance with sacred writings, especially the Scriptures.
  • scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
  • scrutability — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
  • scsi adaptor — (hardware)   (Or "host adaptor") A device that communicates between a computer and its SCSI peripherals. The SCSI adaptor is usually assigned SCSI ID 7. It is often a separate card that is connected to the computer's bus (e.g. PCI, ISA, PCMCIA) though increasinly, SCSI adaptors are built in to the motherboard. Apart from being cheaper, busses like PCI are too slow to keep up with the newer SCSI standards like Ultra SCSI and Ultra-Wide SCSI. There are several varieties of SCSI (and their connectors) and an adaptor will not support them all. The performance of SCSI devices is limited by the speed of the SCSI adaptor and its connection to the computer. An adaptor that plugs into a parallel port is unlikely to be as fast as one incorporated into a motherboard. Fast adaptors use DMA or bus mastering. Some SCSI adaptors include a BIOS to allow PCs to boot from a SCSI hard disk, if their own BIOS supports it. Note that it is not a "SCSI controller" - it does not control the devices, and "SCSI interface" is redundant - the "I" of "SCSI" stands for "interface".
  • secobarbital — a white, odorless, slightly bitter powder, C 1 2 H 1 8 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative and hypnotic.
  • sectarianism — sectarian spirit or tendencies; excessive devotion to a particular sect, especially in religion.
  • sectarianize — to make sectarian.
  • section mark — section (def 16).
  • security van — an armoured van used to transport money or other valuables
  • semiabstract — of or relating to art or sculpture which is abstract but in which the subject can still be recognized
  • semitropical — subtropical.
  • separatrices — something that divides or separates, as the line between light and dark areas on a partially illuminated surface.
  • seroreaction — any reaction occurring in serum.
  • service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
  • shirt jacket — a shirtlike jacket.
  • 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
  • significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
  • silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
  • single track — a single pair of lines so that trains can travel in only one direction at a time
  • 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.
  • sitka spruce — a spruce, Picea sitchensis, of western North America, having long, silvery-white needles, grown as an ornamental.
  • skirt chaser — a womanizer.
  • skirt-chaser — a womanizer.
  • smart cookie — intelligent or sharp-witted person
  • socratically — of or relating to Socrates or his philosophy, followers, etc., or to the Socratic method.
  • solidaristic — relating to solidarism
  • sorbefacient — inducing absorption
  • sorosilicate — any of the silicates in which each silicate tetrahedron shares one of its four oxygen atoms with a neighboring tetrahedron, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being two to seven.
  • south africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town.
  • space writer — a journalist or copywriter paid according to a space rate. Also called space man. Compare stringer (def 6).
  • sparcstation — (computer)   A family of workstations from Sun Microsystems based on the SPARC architecture. Models include the SPARCStation 1, 1+, SLC, SPARCStation ELC, IPX, SPARCStation 5, SPARCStation 10 and SPARCStation 20.
  • special sort — a character, such as an accented letter, that is not a usual member of any font
  • special term — the sitting of a court for the trial of a special case.
  • spectatorial — a person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer.
  • speculatrice — a female speculator
  • spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
  • spermaticide — spermicide.
  • spermatocide — spermicide.
  • sphericality — the state of being a sphere
  • sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
  • sphragistics — the scientific study of seals or signet rings.
  • spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
  • spring catch — a catch for an interior or cabinet door that has a bolt operated by a spring.
  • stalactiform — resembling or shaped like a stalactite.
  • static water — water collected and stored in reservoirs, tanks, etc., as for urban use.
  • stearic acid — a colorless, waxlike, sparingly water-soluble, odorless solid, C 1 8 H 3 6 O 2 , the most common fatty acid, occurring as the glyceride in tallow and other animal fats and in some animal oils: used chiefly in the manufacture of soaps, stearates, candles, cosmetics, and in medicine in suppositories and pill coatings.
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