12-letter words containing c, o, s, i, e, t
- reductionist — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- reinspection — the act or process of reinspecting
- rejectionist — an Arab leader or country that opposes accommodation or compromise in negotiations with Israel.
- resurrection — the act of rising from the dead.
- resuscitator — a person or thing that resuscitates.
- retrocession — to cede back: to retrocede a territory.
- sanctionable — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- scapegoating — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- scapegoatism — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- scatteration — the act of scattering.
- schizomycete — any of numerous microorganisms of the subkingdom (or phylum) Schizophyta, kingdom Monera, comprising the bacteria.
- scitamineous — of or relating to the Scitimanae order of plants, which includes the ginger and banana plants
- 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
- scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
- scutellation — a scutellate state or formation; a scaly covering, as on a bird's foot.
- secessionist — a person who secedes, advocates secession, or claims secession as a constitutional right.
- seclusionist — a person who prefers to be alone or secluded
- secobarbital — a white, odorless, slightly bitter powder, C 1 2 H 1 8 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative and hypnotic.
- second birth — spiritual rebirth.
- second sight — the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.
- section boss — the boss of a section gang.
- section gang — a group of workers who take care of a section of railroad track.
- section hand — a person who works on a section gang.
- section mark — section (def 16).
- sectionalism — excessive regard for sectional or local interests; regional or local spirit, prejudice, etc.
- sectionalize — to render sectional.
- seismometric — of or relating to seismometry or a seismometer
- seismonastic — of or relating to seismonasty
- selectionist — a person who believes in natural selection
- self-conceit — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
- semi-fiction — the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
- semicomatose — a light coma from which a person can be roused.
- semimonastic — somewhat monastic; monastic in certain respects
- semitropical — subtropical.
- septic shock — condition caused by blood poisoning
- seroreaction — any reaction occurring in serum.
- serotonergic — containing or activated by serotonin.
- serve notice — to give formal warning or information, as of intentions; announce
- set function — a function having a collection of sets as domain.
- set to music — to compose music for (a poem, etc.)
- short notice — little warning
- short splice — a splice used when an increased thickness of the united rope is not objectionable, made by unlaying the rope ends a certain distance, uniting them so that their strands overlap, then tucking each alternately over and under others several times.
- six counties — the historic counties of Northern Ireland, which no longer have a local government function
- sixty-second — next after the sixty-first; being the ordinal number for 62.
- 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.
- smart cookie — intelligent or sharp-witted person
- soccer pitch — the field of play used in soccer
- sociocentric — oriented toward or focused on one's own social group.