12-letter words containing c, y, n, o, s
- scapulomancy — divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.
- scorpion fly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
- scrutinously — in a scrutinous manner
- second-story — of or located on the second story or floor.
- 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.
- sixty-second — next after the sixty-first; being the ordinal number for 62.
- snotty-faced — having visible nasal mucus on the face
- snow crystal — a crystal of ice sufficiently heavy to fall from the atmosphere.
- sonnet cycle — a group of sonnets composed by one poet and having a unifying theme or subject.
- stoney creek — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- streptomycin — an antibiotic, C 2 1 H 3 9 N 7 O 1 2 , produced by a soil actinomycete, Streptomyces griseus, and used in medicine in the form of its white, water-soluble sulfate salt, chiefly in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- subcommunity — a self-contained community usually within the suburbs of a large urban area.
- subsonically — at a velocity below that of sound
- sycophantish — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sycophantism — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- synchro unit — a type of alternating-current motor designed to maintain continuously, at some remote location, the same rotational angle that may be imposed by force upon the electrically connected rotating element of a similar motor.
- synchroflash — of or relating to photography employing a device that synchronizes the photoflash with the shutter.
- synchroneity — the state of being synchronous; synchronism.
- synchronical — happening at the same time
- synchroscope — an instrument for determining the difference in phase between two related motions, as those of two aircraft engines or two electric generators.
- synclinorium — a regional structure of general synclinal form that includes a series of smaller folds.
- syndactylous — having fingers, or toes, united
- syndiotactic — (of a polymer molecule) having a regular alternation of opposite configurations at successive regularly spaced positions along the chain. See also configuration (def 4).
- synecdochism — the use of synecdoche
- synecologist — a student of, or expert in, synecology
- theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
- type section — the sequence of strata referred to in establishing a stratigraphic unit, as a member or formation.
- unconfusedly — in an unconfused manner
- ungraciously — in an ungracious manner
- unsyncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
- yachtsperson — A yachtsman or yachtswoman.
- young fustic — fustet (def 2).
- zymotechnics — the art of managing the fermentation process