12-letter words containing i, n, c, o, a
- 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.
- speciational — relating to speciation
- sphacelation — the process of mortification
- spiflication — rough treatment
- spinal block — spinal anesthesia.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stercoranism — the belief that the consecrated Eucharistic elements, the bread and wine, are subject to decay and pass through the body like other ingested things
- stercoranist — a person who believes in stercoranism
- stereoptican — a projector usually consisting of two complete lanterns arranged so that one picture appears to dissolve while the next is forming.
- stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stocking cap — a long, conical, knitted cap, usually with a tassel or pompon at the tip.
- stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- subarcuation — a structure that is somewhat arched
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- subjectional — the act of subjecting.
- subsonically — at a velocity below that of sound
- substraction — the act or process of subtracting
- successional — the coming of one person or thing after another in order, sequence, or in the course of events: many troubles in succession.
- succussation — a jolting or shaking
- sugarcoating — the act or process of covering something with sugar.
- superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
- supplication — an act or instance of supplicating; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition.
- sycophantish — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sycophantism — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- synchronical — happening at the same time
- syndiotactic — (of a polymer molecule) having a regular alternation of opposite configurations at successive regularly spaced positions along the chain. See also configuration (def 4).
- tail section — the back or rear section of an aeroplane
- tao te ching — the philosophical book in verse supposedly written by Lao-tzu.
- tapioca snow — snow pellets.
- teaching job — a position as a teacher
- technobandit — a person who steals technological secrets, as from the government or a place of employment, and sells them to agents of foreign governments or to competing firms.
- technocratic — of, relating to, or designating a technocrat or technocracy.
- technomaniac — a person with an obsessional enthusiasm for technology