12-letter words containing d, e, s, o
- shuffleboard — a game in which standing players shove or push wooden or plastic disks with a long cue toward numbered scoring sections marked on a floor or deck.
- siderochrome — any of various chemical compounds functioning in the transport of iron in bacteria.
- siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
- siderophilic — having characteristics of siderophile
- silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
- single modal — modal (def 3).
- six-year-old — being six years in age
- sixty-second — next after the sixty-first; being the ordinal number for 62.
- skateboarder — person who rides skateboard
- sleep around — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- sleeve board — a small-scale ironing board for pressing sleeves, especially a narrow board that fits inside a coat sleeve.
- slide-action — (of a rifle or shotgun) having a lever that when slid back and forth ejects the empty case and cocks and reloads the piece.
- sloop-rigged — (of a sailboat) fore-and-aft rigged with a mainsail and a jib.
- 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
- small wonder — (I am) hardly surprised (that)
- smooth-faced — beardless; smooth-shaven.
- snake doctor — South Midland and Southern U.S. a dragonfly.
- snotty-faced — having visible nasal mucus on the face
- snotty-nosed — child: runny nose
- 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.
- snow-covered — Snow-covered places and things are covered over with snow.
- snowed under — If you say that you are snowed under, you are emphasizing that you have a lot of work or other things to deal with.
- sober-headed — characterized by clear, logical thinking; not fanciful or capricious.
- sober-minded — rational; sensible.
- 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-centred — (of a chocolate or boiled sweet) having a centre consisting of cream, jelly, etc
- soft-hearted — very sympathetic or responsive; generous in spirit: a soft-hearted judge.
- soft-shelled — Also, soft-shelled. having a soft, flexible, or fragile shell, as a crab that has recently molted.
- softheadedly — in a soft-headed manner
- soldier crab — a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers
- sole custody — custody, as of a child whose parents are separated, in which one person has sole responsibility.
- solid figure — a figure that has three dimensions
- solid rocket — any of various rockets using solid fuel
- soliloquised — to utter a soliloquy; talk to oneself.
- sorting code — a sequence of numbers printed on a cheque or embossed on a bank or building-society card that identifies the branch holding the account
- soufflé dish — A dish for making souffles
- 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
- sound effect — any sound, other than music or speech, artificially reproduced to create an effect in a dramatic presentation, as the sound of a storm or a creaking door.
- sound system — equipment for playing music
- sounion head — the tip of the Attica peninsula, E central Greece: site of ancient temple ruins.
- south euclid — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- south hadley — a city in W Massachusetts.
- southernwood — a woody-stemmed wormwood, Artemisia abrotanum, of southern Europe, having aromatic, finely dissected leaves.
- speech sound — any of the set of distinctive sounds of a given language. Compare phoneme.
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- spermatocide — spermicide.