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

  • safe-conduct — a document authorizing safe passage through a region, especially in time of war.
  • sago pudding — a sweet pudding made with sago and milk
  • salmon trout — a European trout, Salmo trutta.
  • salutational — relating to salutation
  • salutatorian — (in some U.S. schools and colleges) the student ranking second highest in the graduating class, who delivers the salutatory at commencement.
  • samurai bond — a bond issued in Japan and denominated in yen, available for purchase by nonresidents of Japan
  • sandrocottus — Greek name of Chandragupta.
  • sanguicolous — living in the blood, as a parasite.
  • sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
  • sanguinolent — of or relating to blood.
  • sanguivorous — feeding on blood, as a bat or insect.
  • sans-culotte — (in the French Revolution) a revolutionary of the poorer class: originally a term of contempt applied by the aristocrats but later adopted as a popular name by the revolutionaries.
  • sansculottic — relating to sansculottes
  • santalaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Santalaceae, a family of semiparasitic plants of Australia and Malaysia including sandalwood and quandong
  • sapindaceous — belonging to the Sapindaceae, the soapberry family of plants.
  • saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
  • sarrusophone — a metal double-reed wind instrument with a conical bore, related to the oboe and used especially in military bands.
  • scandalously — disgraceful; shameful or shocking; improper: scandalous behavior in public.
  • scapulomancy — divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.
  • schopenhauer — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
  • scitamineous — of or relating to the Scitimanae order of plants, which includes the ginger and banana plants
  • scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
  • scout around — search
  • screw around — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
  • scutellation — a scutellate state or formation; a scaly covering, as on a bird's foot.
  • sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
  • semiautonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
  • shame on you — expressing disapproval
  • sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
  • shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
  • simultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
  • sinanthropus — the genus to which Peking man was formerly assigned.
  • sine qua non — an indispensable condition; requisite.
  • sinusoidally — Mathematics. of or relating to a sinusoid.
  • situationism — the theory that behavior is chiefly response to immediate situations.
  • situationist — the theory that behavior is chiefly response to immediate situations.
  • sleep around — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
  • slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
  • sneak out of — leave secretly
  • sniff around — dog: try to pick up scent
  • sofa surfing — (of a homeless person) the practice of staying temporarily with various friends and relatives while attempting to find permanent accommodation
  • somnambulant — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
  • somnambulate — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
  • somnambulism — sleepwalking.
  • somnambulist — sleepwalking.
  • son of a gun — a rogue; rascal; scoundrel: That son of a gun still owes me $20.
  • sound camera — a motion-picture camera that is capable of photographing silently at the normal speed of 24 fps and operating in synchronization with separate audio recording equipment.
  • sound change — any phonetic or phonological change in spoken language, for example the replacement of one speech sound with another, or the loss of a particular sound
  • sounion head — the tip of the Attica peninsula, E central Greece: site of ancient temple ruins.
  • south island — the largest island of New Zealand. 58,093 sq. mi. (150,460 sq. km).
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