12-letter words containing c, i, t, y, s
- scrutinously — in a scrutinous manner
- security van — an armoured van used to transport money or other valuables
- semantically — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- semimystical — somewhat mystical; having a mystical quality to a partial degree
- silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
- simcity 2000 — (games) An upgraded version of the game/simulation SimCity by Maxis Software. In the new version you can raise, lower and level terrain; build roads and railways at 45-degree angles; name things in your city by planting "signs"; build raised highways, subways, and train and bus stations, schools, colleges, hospitals, electricity, water, recreational marinas and zoos. There are three levels of zoom, and the view may be rotated to look at your city from any of the four directions. A query feature which will tell you the zoning, land value, etc. of any square. You get newspapers, advice from council members, graphs, and charts.
- sixty-second — next after the sixty-first; being the ordinal number for 62.
- socratically — of or relating to Socrates or his philosophy, followers, etc., or to the Socratic method.
- solicitously — anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person's health.
- sothic cycle — (in the ancient Egyptian calendar) a period of 1460 Sothic years.
- spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
- spermophytic — able to produce seed
- sphericality — the state of being a sphere
- stackability — capable of being stacked, especially easily: stackable chairs.
- stereoacuity — the ability of a person to see objects as separate entities along a range of distances
- stichomythia — dramatic dialogue, as in a Greek play, characterized by brief exchanges between two characters, each of whom usually speaks in one line of verse during a scene of intense emotion or strong argumentation.
- stichomythic — dramatic dialogue, as in a Greek play, characterized by brief exchanges between two characters, each of whom usually speaks in one line of verse during a scene of intense emotion or strong argumentation.
- stickability — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- sticky blood — a condition of the blood, particularly associated with Hughes syndrome, in which antibodies tend to adhere to platelets and glue them together, leading to an increased likelihood of clotting
- stoichiology — the branch of biology concerned with the study of the cellular components of animal tissues
- streptomycin — an antibiotic, C 2 1 H 3 9 N 7 O 1 2 , produced by a soil actinomycete, Streptomyces griseus, and used in medicine in the form of its white, water-soluble sulfate salt, chiefly in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- strike lucky — If you strike lucky or strike it lucky, you have some good luck.
- strychninism — a condition induced by an overdose or by excessive use of strychnine.
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- subcommunity — a self-contained community usually within the suburbs of a large urban area.
- subjectively — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
- subjectivity — the state or quality of being subjective; subjectiveness.
- subspecialty — a lesser or minor specialty: a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.
- sufficiently — adequate for the purpose; enough: sufficient proof; sufficient protection.
- supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- susceptivity — receptive.
- sweet cicely — any of several plants, as a European plant, Myrrhis odorata, of the parsley family, used as a potherb, or certain related North American plants of the genus Osmorhiza.
- sycophantish — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sycophantism — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- sylviculture — the cultivation of forest trees; forestry.
- synaesthetic — synesthesia.
- synchro unit — a type of alternating-current motor designed to maintain continuously, at some remote location, the same rotational angle that may be imposed by force upon the electrically connected rotating element of a similar motor.
- synchroneity — the state of being synchronous; synchronism.
- syncretistic — the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
- syndactylism — having certain digits joined together.
- syndiotactic — (of a polymer molecule) having a regular alternation of opposite configurations at successive regularly spaced positions along the chain. See also configuration (def 4).
- synecologist — a student of, or expert in, synecology
- synectically — from a synectic point of view
- syntheticism — a synthetic nature or approach
- systematical — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
- systemically — of or relating to a system.
- tachyphrasia — a communication disorder involving rapid, unintelligible speech
- the olympics — the Olympic Games
- top security — ultra secure