12-letter words containing i, n, a, s, o, c
- sanctionable — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sanguicolous — living in the blood, as a parasite.
- sansculottic — relating to sansculottes
- santa monica — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles, on Santa Monica Bay: resort.
- sapindaceous — belonging to the Sapindaceae, the soapberry family of plants.
- sardonically — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- 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.
- satisfaction — an act of satisfying; fulfillment; gratification.
- satyromaniac — a lascivious man; lecher.
- scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
- scalp lotion — A scalp lotion is a liquid medication for the treatment of scalp conditions and disorders.
- scapegoating — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- scarlatinoid — resembling scarlatina or its eruptions.
- scatteration — the act of scattering.
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- scintillator — a phosphor capable of producing scintillations.
- scitamineous — of or relating to the Scitimanae order of plants, which includes the ginger and banana plants
- scotch grain — a coarse, pebble-grained finish given to heavy leather, esp. for men's shoes
- scott domain — An algebraic, boundedly complete, complete partial order. Often simply called a domain.
- scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
- scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
- scutellation — a scutellate state or formation; a scaly covering, as on a bird's foot.
- sea crossing — a journey by sea from one coast to another
- sea scorpion — scorpionfish.
- section gang — a group of workers who take care of a section of railroad track.
- section hand — a person who works on a section gang.
- section mark — section (def 16).
- sectionalism — excessive regard for sectional or local interests; regional or local spirit, prejudice, etc.
- sectionalize — to render sectional.
- seismonastic — of or relating to seismonasty
- semi-nomadic — of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads.
- 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.
- semicolonial — partly colonial
- semimonastic — somewhat monastic; monastic in certain respects
- seroreaction — any reaction occurring in serum.
- servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- 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
- signal corps — a branch of the army responsible for military communications, meteorological studies, and related work.
- significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
- sinification — to Sinicize.
- slide-action — (of a rifle or shotgun) having a lever that when slid back and forth ejects the empty case and cocks and reloads the piece.
- 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.
- solicitation — the act of soliciting.
- somaticizing — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- somatotensic — (of certain plants that are eaten as food) restoring equilibrium
- somnifacient — causing or inducing sleep.
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- south-facing — facing towards the south
- spaciousness — containing much space, as a house, room, or vehicle; amply large.
- sparcstation — (computer) A family of workstations from Sun Microsystems based on the SPARC architecture. Models include the SPARCStation 1, 1+, SLC, SPARCStation ELC, IPX, SPARCStation 5, SPARCStation 10 and SPARCStation 20.