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12-letter words containing d, e, s, a

  • sliding seat — a rower's seat that rides on wheels in metal tracks fastened to the boat's frame, allowing the seat to slide back and forth, thereby tapping the rower's leg strength to maximize the stroke.
  • slim disease — a form of AIDS common in Africa, marked by emaciation and fever.
  • sloped roman — a roman (vertical) typeface, usually sans serif, i.e. without the small, decorative, terminal strokes with which some typefaces are designed. The typeface is made to slope (usually to the right), but not generally to the same degree as a true italic typeface
  • slumbershade — sleep shade.
  • small wonder — (I am) hardly surprised (that)
  • small-minded — selfish, petty, or narrow-minded.
  • smooth-faced — beardless; smooth-shaven.
  • snail darter — a tan, striped, snail-eating perch, Percina tanasi, 3 inches (7.5 cm) long, occurring only in the Tennessee River: a threatened species.
  • snake doctor — South Midland and Southern U.S. a dragonfly.
  • snake feeder — a dragonfly.
  • snake's head — checkered lily.
  • snake's-head — checkered lily.
  • snake-hipped — having thin, sinuous hips.
  • snotty-faced — having visible nasal mucus on the face
  • snow leopard — a long-haired, leopardlike feline, Panthera (Uncia) uncia, of mountain ranges of central Asia, having a relatively small head and a thick, creamy-gray coat with rosette spots: an endangered species.
  • sober-headed — characterized by clear, logical thinking; not fanciful or capricious.
  • social media — websites and other online means of communication that are used by large groups of people to share information and to develop social and professional contacts: Many businesses are utilizing social media to generate sales.
  • social order — structure or hierarchy of society
  • soda cracker — a thin, crisp cracker or wafer prepared from a yeast dough that has been neutralized by baking soda.
  • sodium amide — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, flammable powder, NaNH 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of sodium cyanide and in organic synthesis.
  • soft-hearted — very sympathetic or responsive; generous in spirit: a soft-hearted judge.
  • softheadedly — in a soft-headed manner
  • soldier crab — a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers
  • sound camera — a motion-picture camera that is capable of photographing silently at the normal speed of 24 fps and operating in synchronization with separate audio recording equipment.
  • sound change — any phonetic or phonological change in spoken language, for example the replacement of one speech sound with another, or the loss of a particular sound
  • sounion head — the tip of the Attica peninsula, E central Greece: site of ancient temple ruins.
  • south hadley — a city in W Massachusetts.
  • spade guinea — a guinea decorated with a spade-shaped shield, coined during the reign of George III
  • spatter dash — roughcast (def 1).
  • spatter-dash — Also called spatter dash. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall. Compare pebble dash.
  • spearheading — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
  • speed camera — device that detects speeding traffic
  • speed dating — an organized social event in which participants have one-on-one conversations typically limited to less than ten minutes, for the purpose of meeting people they would like to date.
  • speedballing — the practice of taking cocaine and heroin together intravenously
  • speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
  • speedskating — a form of ice skating in which contestants race against each other or the clock over various distances
  • spermaticide — spermicide.
  • spermatocide — spermicide.
  • spermatozoid — a motile male gamete produced in an antheridium.
  • spider plant — Also called ribbon plant. a plant, Chlorophytum comosum, of the lily family, native to southern Africa, that has long, narrow leaves and clusters of white flowers and is widely cultivated as a houseplant.
  • spit-roasted — cooked on a spit
  • sponged ware — spongeware.
  • spotted cavy — paca.
  • spotted tail — (Sinte-galeshka) 1833?–81, Brulé Sioux leader.
  • spread eagle — the representation of an eagle with outstretched wings, used as an emblem of the US
  • spread-eagle — having or suggesting the form of a spread eagle.
  • spreadeagled — Someone who is spreadeagled is lying with their arms and legs spread out.
  • square dance — hoedown, barn dance
  • square-dance — to perform or participate in a square dance.
  • square-faced — having a front shaped so as to be square or rectangular
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