12-letter words containing d, e, s, o
- spermatozoid — a motile male gamete produced in an antheridium.
- spinsterhood — Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
- spit-roasted — cooked on a spit
- split second — a fraction of a second.
- sponged ware — spongeware.
- spot welding — fusing metal
- spotted cavy — paca.
- spotted deer — axis deer.
- spotted dick — a steamed or boiled suet pudding containing dried fruit
- spotted tail — (Sinte-galeshka) 1833?–81, Brulé Sioux leader.
- spotted wilt — a viral disease of plants, characterized by wilting and by brown, sunken spots and streaks on the stems and leaves.
- staddlestone — (formerly) one of several supports for a hayrick, consisting of a truncated conical stone surmounted by a flat circular stone
- stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- stapedectomy — a microsurgical procedure to relieve deafness by replacing the stapes of the ear with a prosthetic device.
- star-crossed — thwarted or opposed by the stars; ill-fated: star-crossed lovers.
- steady-going — steadfast; faithful; unchanging: steady-going service to the cause of justice.
- stem-end rot — a disease of fruits characterized by discoloration, shriveling, and decay of the stem and adjacent parts of the fruit and caused by any of several fungi of the genera Diplodia and Phomopsis.
- stereo sound — reproduction of sound using two or more separate microphones to feed two or more loudspeakers through separate channels in order to give a spatial effect to the sound
- stock record — a record kept of the amount, type, etc., of raw materials and supplies on hand, as in a manufacturing plant.
- stock saddle — Western saddle.
- stockbreeder — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
- stockholders — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
- stone-ground — (of wheat or other grain) ground between millstones, especially those made of burstone, so as to retain the whole of the grain and preserve nutritional content.
- stone-washed — Stone-washed jeans are jeans which have been specially washed with small pieces of stone so that when you buy them they are fairly pale and soft.
- stonyhearted — unfeeling; pitiless; cruel
- store credit — A store credit is a document offered by a store to a customer who returns an item not eligible for a refund. It can be used to buy other goods at the store.
- storm-lashed — badly affected by storms
- storm-tossed — thrown up and down or side to side by a storm
- stouthearted — brave and resolute; dauntless.
- stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
- stressed out — afflicted with or incapacitated by stress.
- stressed-out — afflicted with or incapacitated by stress.
- stride piano — a style of jazz piano playing in which the right hand plays the melody while the left hand plays a single bass note or octave on the strong beat and a chord on the weak beat, developed in Harlem during the 1920s, partly from ragtime piano playing.
- stringholder — an oblong piece of wood at the lower end of the body of a viol or other stringed instrument to which the strings are attached.
- student body — all the students enrolled at an educational institution.
- student loan — A student loan is a government loan that is available to students at a college or university in order to help them pay their expenses.
- studiousness — disposed or given to diligent study: a studious boy.
- study period — a period of time or lesson used for studying
- stunt double — someone who performs dangerous stunts in a film in place of an actor
- stupendously — causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news.
- sub-mediocre — of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
- subdeaconate — subdiaconate.
- subdelirious — having the symptoms of subdelirium; suffering from subdelirium
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
- subfeudatory — of or relating to subfeu
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subthreshold — (of a stimulus) too weak to produce a response.
- succedaneous — a substitute.