12-letter words containing c, g, s
- serotonergic — containing or activated by serotonin.
- service game — a game in which a particular tennis player is the one who serves
- shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
- shen congwen — 1902–1988, Chinese author.
- 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
- short-change — to give less than the correct change to.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- shortcomings — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- shortcutting — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- sight screen — a white screen set in line with the wicket as an aid to the batsman in seeing the ball when it is bowled.
- sign a check — When you sign a check , you write your name on it in a special space in order to validate it.
- signal corps — a branch of the army responsible for military communications, meteorological studies, and related work.
- significance — importance; consequence: the significance of the new treaty.
- significancy — significance.
- significants — important; of consequence.
- significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
- silica glass — a very clear, strong glass produced when pure silica is fused at high temperature, used as in optical instruments
- silicon glen — a collective term for the industries in Scotland associated with information technology, esp those concentrated in the central conurbation between Glasgow and Edinburgh
- 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-cross — a cross between two inbred lines.
- 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.
- sitting duck — a helpless or easy target or victim: a sitting duck for shady financial schemes.
- slam dancing — the act of hurling oneself repeatedly into or through a crowd at a rock-music concert
- sleeping car — a railroad car fitted with berths, compartments, bedrooms, or drawing rooms for passengers to sleep in.
- slip casting — a pottery-making process in which partially liquefied clay is poured into a plaster mold.
- small change — coins of small denomination.
- sociobiology — the study of social behavior in animals with emphasis on the role of behavior in survival and reproduction, engaging branches of ethology, population genetics, and ecology.
- sociogenesis — contributing to or affecting the course of social development: sociogenetic factors leading to war.
- sociogenetic — contributing to or affecting the course of social development: sociogenetic factors leading to war.
- sociographic — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
- sociological — of, relating to, or characteristic of sociology and its methodology.
- somaticizing — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- sorting code — a sequence of numbers printed on a cheque or embossed on a bank or building-society card that identifies the branch holding the account
- 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
- south-facing — facing towards the south
- space charge — a distribution of an excess of electrons or ions over a three-dimensional region, in contrast to the distribution of an electric charge over the surface of a conductor.
- space flight — journey into outer space
- space-saving — that saves space.
- specialising — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
- spectrograph — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
- speech organ — any part of the body, as the tongue, velum, diaphragm, or lungs, that participates, actively or passively, voluntarily or involuntarily, in the production of the sounds of speech.
- speechifying — Speechifying is the making of speeches, especially because you want to appear important.
- spencer gulf — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in S Australia, between the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas. Length: about 320 km (200 miles). Greatest width: about 145 km (90 miles)
- sphragistics — the scientific study of seals or signet rings.
- sphygmoscope — a device for studying or examining the pulse
- spin casting — spinning (def 3).
- sponge cloth — any cloth loosely woven of coarse yarn to produce a spongy look or texture, especially one constructed in honeycomb weave.
- spongicolous — relating to the skeleton of some marine animals