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12-letter words containing c, r, o, i, s

  • scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
  • scrophularia — a member of a genus of flowering plants which have a square stem and are known as figworts
  • scrupulosity — having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: scrupulous about defending human rights.
  • scrutinously — in a scrutinous manner
  • scsi adaptor — (hardware)   (Or "host adaptor") A device that communicates between a computer and its SCSI peripherals. The SCSI adaptor is usually assigned SCSI ID 7. It is often a separate card that is connected to the computer's bus (e.g. PCI, ISA, PCMCIA) though increasinly, SCSI adaptors are built in to the motherboard. Apart from being cheaper, busses like PCI are too slow to keep up with the newer SCSI standards like Ultra SCSI and Ultra-Wide SCSI. There are several varieties of SCSI (and their connectors) and an adaptor will not support them all. The performance of SCSI devices is limited by the speed of the SCSI adaptor and its connection to the computer. An adaptor that plugs into a parallel port is unlikely to be as fast as one incorporated into a motherboard. Fast adaptors use DMA or bus mastering. Some SCSI adaptors include a BIOS to allow PCs to boot from a SCSI hard disk, if their own BIOS supports it. Note that it is not a "SCSI controller" - it does not control the devices, and "SCSI interface" is redundant - the "I" of "SCSI" stands for "interface".
  • sea crossing — a journey by sea from one coast to another
  • sea scorpion — scorpionfish.
  • 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 reich — the German Empire 1871–1919.
  • section mark — section (def 16).
  • seismometric — of or relating to seismometry or a seismometer
  • 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.
  • semiprecious — (of a stone) having commercial value as a gem but not classified as precious, as the amethyst or garnet.
  • semitropical — subtropical.
  • senior clerk — a clerk who is in a senior position and performs office tasks under minimal supervision
  • serial comma — a comma used after the next-to-last item in a series of three or more items when the next-to-last and last items are separated by a conjunction. In the series A, B, C, or D, the comma after C is the series comma.
  • seroreaction — any reaction occurring in serum.
  • serotonergic — containing or activated by serotonin.
  • serve notice — to give formal warning or information, as of intentions; announce
  • service book — a book containing the forms of worship used in divine services.
  • service road — frontage road.
  • servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
  • shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
  • shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
  • 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.
  • 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
  • shortcomings — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
  • shortcutting — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
  • showy orchis — a wild orchid, Orchis spectabilis, of eastern North America, having a spike of showy flowers, each with purple, pink, or white sepals and petals united into a galea and a white lip.
  • siderochrome — any of various chemical compounds functioning in the transport of iron in bacteria.
  • siderophilic — having characteristics of siderophile
  • signal corps — a branch of the army responsible for military communications, meteorological studies, and related work.
  • significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
  • siliciferous — containing, combined with, or producing silica.
  • silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
  • 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.
  • skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
  • slipper sock — a sock with a soft leather or vinyl sole sewn onto it, used as indoor footwear.
  • smart cookie — intelligent or sharp-witted person
  • soccer pitch — the field of play used in soccer
  • social order — structure or hierarchy of society
  • sociocentric — oriented toward or focused on one's own social group.
  • sociographic — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
  • socratically — of or relating to Socrates or his philosophy, followers, etc., or to the Socratic method.
  • 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
  • solidaristic — relating to solidarism
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