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12-letter words containing c, l, e, a, n

  • 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
  • saranac lake — any of three connected lakes (Upper, Middle, & Lower) in the Adirondacks, NE N.Y.
  • 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.
  • scatteringly — in a scattering manner
  • scheme-linda — A Scheme interface to Linda written by Ulf Dahlen of University of Edinburgh in 1990. It runs on the Computing Surface and the Symmetry.
  • schmalkalden — a town in central Germany: a league to defend Protestantism formed here 1531.
  • schwann cell — a cell of the peripheral nervous system that wraps around a nerve fiber, jelly-roll fashion, forming the myelin sheath.
  • sclerenchyma — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
  • scratch line — a line that marks the start of a race.
  • 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
  • second-class — of a secondary class or quality.
  • sectionalism — excessive regard for sectional or local interests; regional or local spirit, prejudice, etc.
  • sectionalize — to render sectional.
  • selenic acid — a crystalline, water-soluble, strong, corrosive, dibasic acid, H 2 SeO 4 , resembling sulfuric acid.
  • self-command — self-control.
  • 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.
  • semantically — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
  • semicolonial — partly colonial
  • sensualistic — of or pertaining to the philosophical position of sensualism
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • sleeping car — a railroad car fitted with berths, compartments, bedrooms, or drawing rooms for passengers to sleep in.
  • 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.
  • small change — coins of small denomination.
  • small screen — the medium of television.
  • snail's pace — an extremely slow rate: The work progresses at a snail's pace.
  • soprano clef — a sign locating middle C on the bottom line of the staff.
  • specialising — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
  • speciational — relating to speciation
  • sphacelation — the process of mortification
  • sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
  • spring-clean — to subject (a place) to a spring-cleaning.
  • st. lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
  • sternocostal — of, relating to, or situated between the sternum and ribs.
  • stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
  • subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
  • subjectional — the act of subjecting.
  • successantly — in succession
  • successional — the coming of one person or thing after another in order, sequence, or in the course of events: many troubles in succession.
  • sultana cake — a cake that contains sultanas
  • supernacular — relating to supernaculum
  • supernaculum — a highly regarded liquor, to be drunk to the very last drop
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