12-letter words containing d, i, c, o, t
- scott domain — An algebraic, boundedly complete, complete partial order. Often simply called a domain.
- scsi adaptor — (hardware) (Or "host adaptor") A device that communicates between a computer and its SCSI peripherals. The SCSI adaptor is usually assigned SCSI ID 7. It is often a separate card that is connected to the computer's bus (e.g. PCI, ISA, PCMCIA) though increasinly, SCSI adaptors are built in to the motherboard. Apart from being cheaper, busses like PCI are too slow to keep up with the newer SCSI standards like Ultra SCSI and Ultra-Wide SCSI. There are several varieties of SCSI (and their connectors) and an adaptor will not support them all. The performance of SCSI devices is limited by the speed of the SCSI adaptor and its connection to the computer. An adaptor that plugs into a parallel port is unlikely to be as fast as one incorporated into a motherboard. Fast adaptors use DMA or bus mastering. Some SCSI adaptors include a BIOS to allow PCs to boot from a SCSI hard disk, if their own BIOS supports it. Note that it is not a "SCSI controller" - it does not control the devices, and "SCSI interface" is redundant - the "I" of "SCSI" stands for "interface".
- second birth — spiritual rebirth.
- second sight — the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.
- section hand — a person who works on a section gang.
- sixty-second — next after the sixty-first; being the ordinal number for 62.
- 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.
- soda biscuit — a biscuit having soda and sour milk or buttermilk as leavening agents.
- solid rocket — any of various rockets using solid fuel
- solidaristic — relating to solidarism
- 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
- south euclid — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- spermatocide — spermicide.
- split second — a fraction of a second.
- spotted dick — a steamed or boiled suet pudding containing dried fruit
- stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- sticky blood — a condition of the blood, particularly associated with Hughes syndrome, in which antibodies tend to adhere to platelets and glue them together, leading to an increased likelihood of clotting
- 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.
- studio couch — an upholstered couch, usually without a back, convertible into a double bed by sliding a bed frame out from beneath it and covering the frame with the mattress that forms the upper thickness of the upholstery.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- suction disc — a device for attaching to a non-porous surface by means of suction
- suicide note — letter left by person ending own life
- 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).
- technobandit — a person who steals technological secrets, as from the government or a place of employment, and sells them to agents of foreign governments or to competing firms.
- the in-crowd — fashionable people; top people
- the occident — the Occident. the West; the countries of Europe and America. Western Hemisphere.
- thiodiglycol — C4H10O2S, a yellowish viscous liquid used as a solvent
- thionic acid — any of the five acids of sulfur of the type H 2 S n O 6 , where n is from two to six.
- third sector — the segment of a nation's economy that is made up of neither public nor business concerns, as nonprofit health or educational institutions.
- tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
- transduction — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- tredecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 42 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 78 zeros.
- trial docket — docket (def 1).
- trial-docket — Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
- trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- trophy child — anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
- tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- tropicalized — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- trypanocidal — (of a drug, agent, activity, etc) effective in killing trypanosomes
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
- unassociated — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
- unconductive — having the property or capability of conducting.
- undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- undercoating — a coat or jacket worn under another.
- undiplomatic — of, relating to, or engaged in diplomacy: diplomatic officials.
- undiscordant — not discordant; not disagreeing or disagreeable
- uninoculated — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- unintroduced — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.