12-letter words containing c, r, a, n, i, o
- romanticized — interpreted according to romantic precepts
- rose campion — a plant, Lychnis coronaria, of the pink family, having reddish purple flowers, and leaves covered with whitish down.
- saffron rice — a dish made from white rice and flavoured with the spice saffron
- salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
- sardonically — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- satyromaniac — a lascivious man; lecher.
- scarlatinoid — resembling scarlatina or its eruptions.
- scatteration — the act of scattering.
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- scintillator — a phosphor capable of producing scintillations.
- scotch grain — a coarse, pebble-grained finish given to heavy leather, esp. for men's shoes
- scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
- scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
- sea crossing — a journey by sea from one coast to another
- sea scorpion — scorpionfish.
- section mark — section (def 16).
- semi-organic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
- seroreaction — any reaction occurring in serum.
- servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- 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
- signal corps — a branch of the army responsible for military communications, meteorological studies, and related work.
- significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- sparcstation — (computer) A family of workstations from Sun Microsystems based on the SPARC architecture. Models include the SPARCStation 1, 1+, SLC, SPARCStation ELC, IPX, SPARCStation 5, SPARCStation 10 and SPARCStation 20.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stercoranism — the belief that the consecrated Eucharistic elements, the bread and wine, are subject to decay and pass through the body like other ingested things
- stercoranist — a person who believes in stercoranism
- stereoptican — a projector usually consisting of two complete lanterns arranged so that one picture appears to dissolve while the next is forming.
- stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- subarcuation — a structure that is somewhat arched
- substraction — the act or process of subtracting
- sugarcoating — the act or process of covering something with sugar.
- superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
- synchronical — happening at the same time
- technocratic — of, relating to, or designating a technocrat or technocracy.
- the creation — God's act of bringing the universe into being
- theanthropic — of or relating to both God or a god and human beings; both divine and human.
- theoretician — a person who deals with or is expert in the theoretical side of a subject: a military theoretician.
- timbromaniac — a person who is passionate about stamp-collecting
- torrefaction — to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.
- tractoration — a medical technique involving drawing the points of two rods of different metals over the affected body part
- traffic cone — conical road markers
- tragic irony — dramatic irony in tragic drama.
- trainer sock — a sock designed to be worn with a training shoe, often cut low at the ankle so that very little shows above the shoe
- transactions — the published records of the proceedings of a society, conference, etc
- transcension — transcendence.
- transduction — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- transfection — the insertion into a cell of a bacterial plasmid that contains a foreign virus or genetic material.