12-letter words containing e, t, r, n, a, l
- self-reliant — relying on oneself or on one's own powers, resources, etc.
- selling rate — the rate at which a bank is willing to sell foreign currency
- servant girl — a girl or woman employed as a servant who performs household duties
- signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
- silent alarm — an alarm that alerts security personnel or the police without the knowledge of the intruder or criminal whose presence triggers it: The silent alarm set off a flashing light at the police station.
- single track — a single pair of lines so that trains can travel in only one direction at a time
- single-party — of or relating to a form of government in which only a single political party constitutes the government
- single-track — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
- skeleton car — a freight car essentially consisting of a central longitudinal girder fastened to the trucks, sometimes supplemented by one or more pairs of cross cantilevers: used for carrying logs or containers.
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- snail darter — a tan, striped, snail-eating perch, Percina tanasi, 3 inches (7.5 cm) long, occurring only in the Tennessee River: a threatened species.
- solenogaster — any of a group of wormlike mollusks, class Solenogastres (formerly Aplacophora), inhabiting deep ocean layers and having fine limy spicules on the covering mantle.
- solitariness — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
- sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
- spider plant — Also called ribbon plant. a plant, Chlorophytum comosum, of the lily family, native to southern Africa, that has long, narrow leaves and clusters of white flowers and is widely cultivated as a houseplant.
- splatterpunk — a form of fiction featuring extremely graphic violence.
- st. lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- staggeringly — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
- standardless — having no standard or standards
- stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
- stenothermal — (of animals or plants) able to exist only within a narrow range of temperature
- sternocostal — of, relating to, or situated between the sternum and ribs.
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
- streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- subalternant — a universal in relation to a subaltern
- subalternate — subordinate.
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
- superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
- supernatural — of, relating to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- table runner — fabric strip used to decorate a table
- tank trailer — a trailer truck or tractor-trailer with a tank body, suitable for transporting gases or liquids, as oil, gasoline, or milk, in bulk.
- tavern table — a short table having a narrow, deep apron and legs connected by a box stretcher.
- telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
- telegraphone — an early magnetic sound-recording device for use with wire, tape, or disks.
- teleosaurian — of or relating to the teleosaur
- telharmonium — a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.
- tent trailer — an automobile-drawn recreational trailer with a folding canvas or other fabric shelter that makes the vehicle suitable for outdoor camping. Compare camper (def 3), trailer (def 2).
- tenuirostral — pertaining to a group of birds Tenuirostres which have slender bills
- tetracycline — an antibiotic, C 22 H 24 H 2 O 8 , derived from chlortetracycline, used in medicine to treat a broad variety of infections.
- tetrapolitan — of or related to a tetrapolis
- tetravalence — the condition of having a valency of four
- the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
- theory-laden — (of an expression) capable of being understood only within the context of a specific theory, as for example superego, which requires the apparatus of Freudian theory in explanation
- thermal unit — a unit of heat energy or of the equivalent of heat energy in work.
- thermohaline — relating to both the temperature and salinity of ocean water
- thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises