12-letter words containing e, l, y, s, i
- slippery dip — a long slide at a playground or funfair
- slippery elm — an elm, Ulmus rubra, of eastern North America, having a mucilaginous inner bark.
- slubberingly — in a slubbering or slovenly manner
- slumberingly — in a slumbering manner
- smotheringly — in a smothering manner
- sniggeringly — with a snigger
- snowy mespil — a N American tree, Amelanchier Lamarckii, that produces small white flowers in spring
- solitary bee — any of numerous bees, as the leaf-cutting bees, that do not live in a community.
- solzhenitsyn — Alexander or Aleksandr (Isayevich) [al-ig-zan-der ee-sahy-uh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr ee-sah-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər iˈsaɪ ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr iˈsɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1918–2008, Russian novelist: Nobel prize 1970; in the U.S. 1974–94.
- sothic cycle — (in the ancient Egyptian calendar) a period of 1460 Sothic years.
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- special jury — struck jury.
- specifically — in a definite or precise manner: The suspect was not specifically named in the report. More specifically, you will be responsible for half the total cost.
- sphericality — the state of being a sphere
- spray millet — the seeds of millet left on the spike and sold in pet shops for cage birds.
- sputteringly — in a sputtering manner
- stageability — a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- staggeringly — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
- stanleyville — former name of Kisangani.
- steerability — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
- storytelling — the telling or writing of stories.
- streptolysin — a type of hemolysin produced by certain species of streptococcus.
- strike lucky — If you strike lucky or strike it lucky, you have some good luck.
- stupefyingly — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subfertility — below-average fertility
- subjectively — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
- submissively — inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants.
- subspecialty — a lesser or minor specialty: a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.
- subversively — Also, subversionary [suh b-vur-zhuh-ner-ee, -shuh-] /səbˈvɜr ʒəˌnɛr i, -ʃə-/ (Show IPA). tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy, or undermine an established or existing system, especially a legally constituted government or a set of beliefs.
- succeedingly — being that which follows; subsequent; ensuing: laws to benefit succeeding generations.
- successively — following in order or in uninterrupted sequence; consecutive: three successive days.
- sufficiently — adequate for the purpose; enough: sufficient proof; sufficient protection.
- suggestively — that suggests; referring to other thoughts, persons, etc.: His recommendation was suggestive of his boss's thinking.
- superciliary — of or relating to the eyebrow.
- superquality — above-average quality
- suppletorily — supplying a deficiency.
- supply-sider — a person, especially an economist, who advocates supply-side economics.
- sweet cicely — any of several plants, as a European plant, Myrrhis odorata, of the parsley family, used as a potherb, or certain related North American plants of the genus Osmorhiza.
- sydney silky — silky terrier.
- sylvester ii — (Gerbert) died 1003, French ecclesiastic: pope 999–1003.
- sylviculture — the cultivation of forest trees; forestry.
- symmetallism — the use of an alloy of two or more metals in fixed relative value as the standard of value and currency
- synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
- synecologist — a student of, or expert in, synecology
- synectically — from a synectic point of view
- synergically — in a synergic manner
- systematical — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
- systemically — of or relating to a system.
- the olympics — the Olympic Games