12-letter words containing i, a, l, y, s
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- quasicrystal — a form of solid matter whose atoms are arranged like those of a crystal but assume patterns that do not exactly repeat themselves.
- questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- reality show — A reality show is a type of television program that aims to show how ordinary people behave in everyday life, or in situations, often created by the program makers, which are intended to represent everyday life.
- reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- royal tennis — court tennis.
- saccadically — in a saccadical manner
- saccharinely — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
- sadistically — pertaining to or characterized by sadism; deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from extreme cruelty: a sadistic psychopath.
- salicylamide — a compound of ammonia and gualtheria oil
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- salvifically — in a saving manner
- sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
- sandy blight — trachoma.
- saprobiology — the branch of ecology that studies decaying organic matter or environments, especially saprophytes that derive nourishment in this way.
- sardonically — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- saturability — capable of being saturated.
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- scapulimancy — divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.
- scatteringly — in a scattering manner
- scramblingly — in a scrambling manner
- scratchingly — in a scratching manner, with a scratching action
- scripturally — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or in accordance with sacred writings, especially the Scriptures.
- scrutability — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- sedge family — the plant family Cyperaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, often found in wet areas, having solid stems, narrow, grasslike leaves with closed sheaths, spikes of very small flowers set in a scalelike bract, and a dry, flattened, convex fruit, and including the bulrush, chufa, cotton grass, papyrus, and umbrella plant.
- see daylight — the light of day: At the end of the tunnel they could see daylight.
- self-playing — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- semantically — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- semiannually — occurring, done, or published every half year or twice a year; semiyearly.
- semimystical — somewhat mystical; having a mystical quality to a partial degree
- separability — capable of being separated, parted, or dissociated.
- sequentially — characterized by regular sequence of parts.
- seraphically — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- severability — capability of being separated, as of a clause in an agreement
- shareability — the state or property of being able to be shared
- shillyshally — to show indecision or hesitation; be irresolute; vacillate.
- sidereal day — the interval between two successive passages of the vernal equinox over the meridian, being about four minutes shorter than a mean solar day.
- silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
- silly season — a time of year, usually in midsummer or during a holiday period, characterized by exaggerated news stories, frivolous entertainments, outlandish publicity stunts, etc.: The new movie reminds us that the silly season is here.
- simplicially — from a simplicial point of view
- simultaneity — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- single-party — of or relating to a form of government in which only a single political party constitutes the government
- single-payer — noting or relating to a healthcare or health insurance system in which the government or a publicly owned and regulated agency pays all medical costs from a single fund.
- sinistrality — the state or quality of having the left side or its parts or members different from and, usually, more efficient than the right side or its parts or members; left-handedness.
- sinusoidally — Mathematics. of or relating to a sinusoid.
- six-year-old — being six years in age
- socratically — of or relating to Socrates or his philosophy, followers, etc., or to the Socratic method.
- solitary bee — any of numerous bees, as the leaf-cutting bees, that do not live in a community.
- solstitially — in a solstitial manner
- solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.