12-letter words containing a, s, c, e, i
- seismic wave — a wave of energy that is generated by an earthquake or other earth vibration and that travels within the earth or along its surface.
- seismonastic — of or relating to seismonasty
- selenic acid — a crystalline, water-soluble, strong, corrosive, dibasic acid, H 2 SeO 4 , resembling sulfuric acid.
- self-finance — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- selling race — a claiming race at the end of which the winning horse is offered for sale.
- semantic web — an extension of the World Wide Web in which data is structured and XML-tagged on the basis of its meaning or content, so that computers can process and integrate the information without human intervention: the semantic Web acting as a global database or huge brain.
- semantically — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- semi-nomadic — of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads.
- semi-organic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
- semiabstract — of or relating to art or sculpture which is abstract but in which the subject can still be recognized
- semiattached — partially attached; semidetached.
- semicircular — Also called semicircumference [sem-ee-ser-kuhm-fer-uh ns, -fruh ns, sem-ahy-] /ˌsɛm i sərˈkʌm fər əns, -frəns, ˌsɛm aɪ-/ (Show IPA). half of a circle; the arc from one end of a diameter to the other.
- semicolonial — partly colonial
- semicomatose — a light coma from which a person can be roused.
- semidetached — partly detached.
- semimetallic — partially metallic; of the nature of a semi-metal
- semimonastic — somewhat monastic; monastic in certain respects
- semimystical — somewhat mystical; having a mystical quality to a partial degree
- semiofficial — having some degree of official authority.
- semiological — the study of signs and symbols; semiotics.
- semitropical — subtropical.
- send packing — to dismiss peremptorily
- sensualistic — of or pertaining to the philosophical position of sensualism
- separatrices — something that divides or separates, as the line between light and dark areas on a partially illuminated surface.
- septuplicate — a group, series, or set of seven identical copies (usually preceded by in).
- seraphically — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- serial comma — a comma used after the next-to-last item in a series of three or more items when the next-to-last and last items are separated by a conjunction. In the series A, B, C, or D, the comma after C is the series comma.
- seroreaction — any reaction occurring in serum.
- service area — motorway facilities
- service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
- service game — a game in which a particular tennis player is the one who serves
- service mark — a proprietary term, such as Blue Cross and Blue Shield, American Express, or Planned Parenthood, that is registered with the Patent and Trademark Office. Abbreviation: SM.
- service road — frontage road.
- servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- sextuplicate — a group, series, or set of six identical copies: The application is to be submitted in sextuplicate.
- shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
- shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
- shield match — a cricket match for the Sheffield Shield
- shirt jacket — a shirtlike jacket.
- shrimp sauce — a sauce made from shrimps
- sign a check — When you sign a check , you write your name on it in a special space in order to validate it.
- significance — importance; consequence: the significance of the new treaty.
- single cream — dairy product: thin or light cream
- single track — a single pair of lines so that trains can travel in only one direction at a time
- 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.
- sir lawrence — Sir Lawrence Alma-, Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence.
- sitka spruce — a spruce, Picea sitchensis, of western North America, having long, silvery-white needles, grown as an ornamental.
- sivapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene primates of Asia that resemble the modern orangutan.
- skirt chaser — a womanizer.