12-letter words containing i, c, n, g, s
- section gang — a group of workers who take care of a section of railroad track.
- self-closing — the end or conclusion, as of a speech.
- self-cooking — the act of a person or thing that cooks.
- 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a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.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.
- selling race — a claiming race at the end of which the winning horse is offered for sale.
- semi-organic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
- send packing — to dismiss peremptorily
- serotonergic — containing or activated by serotonin.
- short-acting — (of a drug) quickly effective, but requiring regularly repeated doses for long-term treatment, being rapidly absorbed, distributed in the body, and excreted
- shortcomings — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- shortcutting — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- sight screen — a white screen set in line with the wicket as an aid to the batsman in seeing the ball when it is bowled.
- sign a check — When you sign a check , you write your name on it in a special space in order to validate it.
- signal corps — a branch of the army responsible for military communications, meteorological studies, and related work.
- significance — importance; consequence: the significance of the new treaty.
- significancy — significance.
- significants — important; of consequence.
- significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
- silicon glen — a collective term for the industries in Scotland associated with information technology, esp those concentrated in the central conurbation between Glasgow and Edinburgh
- single cream — dairy product: thin or light cream
- single track — a single pair of lines so that trains can travel in only one direction at a time
- single-cross — a cross between two inbred lines.
- single-space — to type (copy) on each line space.
- 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.
- sitting duck — a helpless or easy target or victim: a sitting duck for shady financial schemes.
- slam dancing — the act of hurling oneself repeatedly into or through a crowd at a rock-music concert
- sleeping car — a railroad car fitted with berths, compartments, bedrooms, or drawing rooms for passengers to sleep in.
- slip casting — a pottery-making process in which partially liquefied clay is poured into a plaster mold.
- sociogenesis — contributing to or affecting the course of social development: sociogenetic factors leading to war.
- sociogenetic — contributing to or affecting the course of social development: sociogenetic factors leading to war.
- somaticizing — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- 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-facing — facing towards the south
- space-saving — that saves space.
- specialising — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
- speechifying — Speechifying is the making of speeches, especially because you want to appear important.
- spin casting — spinning (def 3).
- spongicolous — relating to the skeleton of some marine animals
- spring catch — a catch for an interior or cabinet door that has a bolt operated by a spring.
- spring vetch — any of several mostly climbing plants belonging to the genus Vicia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves ending in tendrils and bearing pealike flowers, especially V. sativa (spring vetch) cultivated for forage and soil improvement.
- spring-clean — to subject (a place) to a spring-cleaning.
- standing cup — a tall decorative cup of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, having a raised cover.
- static cling — the adhering of clothing to other clothing or a person's body, caused by an accumulation of static electricity in the materials, especially those containing synthetic fibers.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stockbroking — business of buying and selling stock
- stocking cap — a long, conical, knitted cap, usually with a tassel or pompon at the tip.
- stockingless — not wearing or having stockings
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- stringcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.