12-letter words containing i, n, a, s, m, l
- semifinalist — a participant or one qualified to participate in a semifinal.
- semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
- shrimp plant — a small, sprawling shrub, Justicia brandegeana (or Beloperone guttata), of the acanthus family, native to Mexico, having small white flowers protruding from a series of overlapping reddish bracts and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- silas marner — a novel (1861) by George Eliot.
- 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.
- simian shelf — a shelflike thickening along the inside of the mandible, characteristic of the anthropoid apes.
- simplon pass — a pass over the Lepontine Alps in S Switzerland, between Brig (Switzerland) and Iselle (Italy). Height: 2009 m (6590 ft)
- simultaneity — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- simultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- single cream — dairy product: thin or light cream
- single modal — modal (def 3).
- slam dancing — the act of hurling oneself repeatedly into or through a crowd at a rock-music concert
- slimming aid — food or food supplements that can help you lose weight
- slot machine — a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom.
- slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
- small alison — a rare compact annual, Alyssum alyssoides, having small yellow flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- small ermine — an unrelated micro, Yponomeuta padella
- small-minded — selfish, petty, or narrow-minded.
- smallholding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
- smith island — a group of islands in S Maryland and N Virginia, in Chesapeake Bay.
- smoke signal — If someone such as a politician or businessman sends out smoke signals, they give an indication of their views and intentions. This indication is often not clear and needs to be worked out.
- smoking lamp — formerly, a lamp aboard ship for lighting pipes, now used figuratively to indicate when smoking is or is not allowed: The smoking lamp is lit.
- somnambulism — sleepwalking.
- somnambulist — sleepwalking.
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- storm signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
- streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- subabdominal — below or beneath the abdomen
- subliminally — existing or operating below the threshold of consciousness; being or employing stimuli insufficiently intense to produce a discrete sensation but often being or designed to be intense enough to influence the mental processes or the behavior of the individual: a subliminal stimulus; subliminal advertising.
- suleiman (i) — 1494?-1566; sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1520-66)
- sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
- superluminal — appearing to travel faster than the speed of light.
- supraliminal — being above the threshold of perception of a stimulus.
- syndactylism — having certain digits joined together.
- the midlands — the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries
- trinomialism — the trinomial system of naming
- trinomialist — a person who advocates trinomialism
- umnak island — a mountainous island in SW Alaska, in the Fox Islands of the E central Aleutian Islands.
- un-masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- unassumingly — modest; unpretentious.
- undismantled — not dismantled or disassembled; complete, in one piece
- universalism — universal character; universality.
- unmiraculous — not caused by a miracle
- unmistakable — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
- unmistakably — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
- unmoralising — not moralising
- unstimulated — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- unsublimated — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- voluntaryism — voluntarism (def 2).