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12-letter words containing c, l, a, s, e, t

  • sanctionable — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
  • sanctus bell — a bell rung during the celebration of Mass to call attention to the more solemn parts.
  • 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.
  • santalaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Santalaceae, a family of semiparasitic plants of Australia and Malaysia including sandalwood and quandong
  • scale insect — any of numerous small, plant-sucking homopterous insects of the superfamily Coccoidea, the males of which are winged and the females wingless, often covered by a waxy secretion resembling scales.
  • scarlet sage — a tender shrub, Salvia splendens, of Brazil, having ovate leaves and bell-shaped scarlet flowers.
  • scatter plot — a graphic representation of bivariate data as a set of points in the plane that have Cartesian coordinates equal to corresponding values of the two variates.
  • scatteringly — in a scattering manner
  • schoolmaster — a man who presides over or teaches in a school.
  • scopes trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
  • scots gaelic — Scottish Gaelic
  • scout leader — the leader of a troop of Scouts
  • scratch file — A scratch file is a temporary computer file which you use as a work area or as a store while a program is operating.
  • scratch line — a line that marks the start of a race.
  • scratchplate — a plastic or metal plate attached to the front of a guitar to protect it from pick scratches
  • scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
  • scutellation — a scutellate state or formation; a scaly covering, as on a bird's foot.
  • secant angle — an angle formed by two secants meeting in a point
  • secobarbital — a white, odorless, slightly bitter powder, C 1 2 H 1 8 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative and hypnotic.
  • sectionalism — excessive regard for sectional or local interests; regional or local spirit, prejudice, etc.
  • sectionalize — to render sectional.
  • seed capital — small sum invested in new business
  • self-created — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
  • semantically — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
  • semimetallic — partially metallic; of the nature of a semi-metal
  • semimystical — somewhat mystical; having a mystical quality to a partial degree
  • semitropical — subtropical.
  • sensualistic — of or pertaining to the philosophical position of sensualism
  • septuplicate — a group, series, or set of seven identical copies (usually preceded by in).
  • service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
  • sextuplicate — a group, series, or set of six identical copies: The application is to be submitted in sextuplicate.
  • shell jacket — a close-fitting, semiformal jacket, with a short back, worn in the tropics in place of a tuxedo.
  • shield match — a cricket match for the Sheffield Shield
  • shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
  • 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.
  • skeleton car — a freight car essentially consisting of a central longitudinal girder fastened to the trucks, sometimes supplemented by one or more pairs of cross cantilevers: used for carrying logs or containers.
  • slash pocket — a pocket set into a garment, especially below the waistline, to which easy access is provided by an exterior, vertical or diagonal slit.
  • slide-action — (of a rifle or shotgun) having a lever that when slid back and forth ejects the empty case and cocks and reloads the piece.
  • slot machine — a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom.
  • smallclothes — men's close-fitting knee breeches of the 18th and 19th centuries
  • somatic cell — one of the cells that take part in the formation of the body, becoming differentiated into the various tissues, organs, etc.
  • 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.
  • space flight — journey into outer space
  • space helmet — a helmet worn by astronauts while in outer space
  • space travel — spaceflight of manned vehicles.
  • special sort — a character, such as an accented letter, that is not a usual member of any font
  • special team — Football. a group of players fielded for kicking plays, as punts, kickoffs, and field-goal attempts.
  • special term — the sitting of a court for the trial of a special case.
  • specialistic — pertaining to or characteristic of specialists or specialism.
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