12-letter words containing d, e, s, o
- second-class — of a secondary class or quality.
- second-guess — to use hindsight in criticizing or correcting.
- second-homer — a person who owns another house in addition to their main home, often in an area where they are not native and used as a holiday home
- second-story — of or located on the second story or floor.
- section hand — a person who works on a section gang.
- seed oysters — oyster spat; very young oysters, esp. at the stage suitable for transplanting
- self-colored — of one color.
- self-command — self-control.
- self-devoted — intense devotion of oneself to an activity or to a field or profession, as art or science.
- self-evolved — to develop gradually: to evolve a scheme.
- self-focused — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- self-honored — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- self-imposed — imposed on one by oneself: a self-imposed task.
- self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- self-powered — (of a machine, vehicle, etc.) having a specified fuel or prime mover: a gasoline-powered engine; an engine-powered pump.
- semi-dormant — lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.
- semi-nomadic — of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads.
- semideponent — (of a Latin verb) active in meaning but passive in form in the perfect tense
- semidominant — producing an intermediate, heterozygous phenotype
- send out for — If you send out for food, for example pizzas or sandwiches, you phone and ask for it to be delivered to you.
- seo de urgel — Urgel.
- serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
- series-wound — noting a commutator motor in which the field circuit and armature circuit are connected in series.
- serous fluid — any of various clear, watery fluids in the body.
- serra do mar — a mountain range on the SE coast of Brazil. Highest point, 7420 feet (2262 meters).
- service road — frontage road.
- several-fold — comprising several parts or members.
- severodvinsk — a city in the N Russian Federation in Europe, on Dvina Gulf, E of Archangel.
- sex offender — a person who has been found guilty of one or more sex crimes.
- sexdecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 51 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 96 zeros.
- shadow dance — a dance in which shadows of the dancers are cast on a screen.
- 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
- shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- shellshocked — suffering from shellshock
- shepherd boy — male child who herds sheep
- shepherd dog — sheepdog.
- shop steward — commerce: union rep
- shore dinner — a meal consisting chiefly of seafood.
- short-haired — having short hair
- short-handed — not having the usual or necessary number of workers, helpers, etc.
- short-winded — short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- shortsighted — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
- shoshone dam — a dam on the Shoshone River. 328 feet (100 meters) high.
- shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.
- shoulder pad — clothing: insert in shoulder
- shoulder-bag — A shoulder-bag is a bag that has a long strap so that it can be carried on a person's shoulder.
- shovel-nosed — having the head, snout, or beak broad and flat like the blade of a shovel.
- shovel-ready — of or relating to a construction project that is ready to start immediately