12-letter words containing g, i, n, l
- sacring bell — a small bell rung at the elevation of the Host and chalice during Mass
- sailboarding — windsurfing.
- sailing boat — sailboat.
- sailing date — the date that a ship or boat departs on a sailing voyage
- sailing ship — a large ship equipped with sails.
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- salve regina — a prayer in the form of a hymn to the Virgin Mary.
- sandblasting — the act or process of using a sandblast to clean, grind, or decorate a surface
- sandy blight — trachoma.
- sanguicolous — living in the blood, as a parasite.
- sanguinolent — of or relating to blood.
- saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
- scatteringly — in a scattering manner
- school night — any night of the week that precedes a day of school
- scramblingly — in a scrambling manner
- scratchingly — in a scratching manner, with a scratching action
- scribblingly — in a scribbling manner
- seating plan — layout of seats at a venue or on transport
- seeing glass — a looking glass; mirror.
- segmentalize — to make segmentalized.
- self-antigen — autoantigen.
- self-basting — (of a turkey) prepared with oil or butter to remain moist when cooked in an oven.
- self-closing — the end or conclusion, as of a speech.
- self-cooking — the act of a person or thing that cooks.
- self-damning — causing incrimination: damning evidence.
- self-dealing — financial transaction conducted on a personal, nonbusinesslike basis, as lending or borrowing of corporate money by a director.
- self-denying — the sacrifice of one's own desires; unselfishness.
- self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- self-driving — (of a machine) operating without the guidance of a human.
- self-feeding — automatically supplying itself with what is needed, as a machine
- self-filling — that fills or replenishes itself automatically
- self-healing — curing or curative; prescribed or helping to heal.
- self-heating — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- self-locking — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- self-pitying — Someone who is self-pitying is full of self-pity.
- self-playing — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- self-priming — the powder or other material used to ignite a charge.
- self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- self-raising — a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
- self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
- self-sealing — capable of sealing itself automatically or without the application of adhesive, glue, or moisture: a self-sealing automobile tire; self-sealing envelopes.
- self-seeking — the seeking of one's own interest or selfish ends.
- self-serving — preoccupied with one's own interests, often disregarding the truth or the interests, well-being, etc., of others.
- self-tanning — cosmetic substance applied to the skin to simulate a suntan
- self-tapping — (of a screw) cutting its own thread when screwed into a plain hole in a metal sheet
- self-winding — kept wound or wound periodically by a mechanism, as an electric motor or a system of weighted levers, so that winding by hand is not necessary.