12-letter words containing c, r, e, o, l, s
- shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
- 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.
- siderophilic — having characteristics of siderophile
- siliciferous — containing, combined with, or producing silica.
- silky cornel — a cornel, Cornus amomum, of the eastern U.S., having leaves covered with short, silky hairs on the underside and bearing blue berries.
- single-cross — a cross between two inbred lines.
- 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.
- slalom racer — someone who takes part in a slalom
- slipper sock — a sock with a soft leather or vinyl sole sewn onto it, used as indoor footwear.
- social order — structure or hierarchy of society
- solar cooker — a simple, low-cost device using focused sunshine to cook rice, boil water, etc.
- soldier crab — a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers
- solid rocket — any of various rockets using solid fuel
- soprano clef — a sign locating middle C on the bottom line of the staff.
- 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.
- special sort — a character, such as an accented letter, that is not a usual member of any font
- spectatorial — a person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer.
- spermatocele — a swelling of the testicle
- spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
- stereocilium — any of the long, flexible microvilli that superficially resemble cilia and occur as a brush border or series of tufts on the surface of various epithelial tissues.
- sternocostal — of, relating to, or situated between the sternum and ribs.
- stockholders — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
- stone circle — a circle of standing stones erected in prehistoric times
- stone curlew — thick-knee.
- storage cell — a cell whose energy can be renewed by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to that of the flow of current generated by the cell.
- storm cellar — a cellar or underground chamber for refuge during violent storms; cyclone cellar.
- stretch limo — A stretch limo is a very long and luxurious car in which a rich, famous, or important person is driven somewhere.
- submolecular — of or relating to or caused by molecules: molecular structure.
- subopercular — of or relating to the suboperculum
- suboperculum — a bone in fishes behind the operculum or gill covering
- supercilious — haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
- supercooling — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- sweet clover — melilot.
- tone cluster — a group of adjacent notes played on a keyboard instrument typically with the fist, forearm, or elbow, similar groupings also occurring in orchestral music.
- trace fossil — a fossilized track, trail, burrow, boring, or other structure in sedimentary rock that records the presence or behavior of the organism that made it.
- trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- trouser clip — a clip that is worn around the bottom of a trouser leg to stop the material getting caught in the chain of a bicycle
- true colours — If you see someone in their true colours or if they show their true colours, you realize what they are really like.
- tuberculosed — tuberculous
- tuberculosis — an infectious disease that may affect almost any tissue of the body, especially the lungs, caused by the organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and characterized by tubercles.
- underclothes — clothes worn under outer clothes.
- upper school — a scholastic division, especially in a private school, including the terminal secondary grades.
- velcro strip — a strip or roll of Velcro, able to be cut to the required length
- vociferously — crying out noisily; clamorous.
- water closet — an enclosed room or compartment containing a toilet bowl fitted with a mechanism for flushing.
- water locust — a spiny tree, Gleditsia aquatica, of the legume family, native to the southeastern coastal U.S., having pinnate leaves, greenish-yellow, bell-shaped flowers, and long-stalked, thin pods.
- watercolours — Plural form of watercolour.
- yellow cress — any of various species of cress (Rorippa) that are related to watercress and have yellow flowers. They are not confined to water margins and some are garden weeds