12-letter words containing i, n, s, d, e, c
- paedodontics — the branch of dentistry that focuses on the care of children's teeth
- parascending — parasailing
- periodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the study and treatment of diseases of the periodontium.
- plaid screen — [XEROX PARC] A "special effect" that occurs when certain kinds of memory smashes overwrite the control blocks or image memory of a bit-mapped display. The term "salt and pepper" may refer to a different pattern of similar origin. Though the term as coined at PARC refers to the result of an error, some of the X demos induce plaid-screen effects deliberately as a display hack.
- postaccident — occurring after an accident
- pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- prices index — an official list of the price of goods
- proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
- quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
- rechristened — to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
- reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- reductionist — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
- resyndicated — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
- sand cricket — Jerusalem cricket.
- sapindaceous — belonging to the Sapindaceae, the soapberry family of plants.
- scheme-linda — A Scheme interface to Linda written by Ulf Dahlen of University of Edinburgh in 1990. It runs on the Computing Surface and the Symmetry.
- schindylesis — an articulation or fibrous joint in which one bone is received into the cleft or slit of another bone
- schindyletic — relating to the joint in which one bone is received into the cleft or slit of another bone
- schneiderman — Rose, 1884–1972, U.S. labor leader, born in Poland.
- scolopendrid — any myriapod of the order Scolopendrida, including many large, poisonous centipedes.
- scrimshander — a person who makes scrimshaw objects.
- secd machine — Stack Environment Control Dump machine
- second birth — spiritual rebirth.
- second reich — the German Empire 1871–1919.
- second sight — the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.
- section hand — a person who works on a section gang.
- selenic acid — a crystalline, water-soluble, strong, corrosive, dibasic acid, H 2 SeO 4 , resembling sulfuric acid.
- self-induced — induced by oneself or itself.
- semi-nomadic — of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads.
- semicylinder — half of a cylinder divided lengthwise.
- send packing — to dismiss peremptorily
- sexdecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 51 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 96 zeros.
- six-cylinder — having six chambers in a reciprocating internal-combustion engine, pump, or compressor within which the pistons move
- sixty-second — next after the sixty-first; being the ordinal number for 62.
- skelic index — the ratio of the length of the leg to the length of the torso of a person, multiplied by 100.
- slickensided — (of rock) polished by friction
- 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.
- 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
- split second — a fraction of a second.
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- stiff-necked — having a stiff neck; having torticollis.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- succeedingly — being that which follows; subsequent; ensuing: laws to benefit succeeding generations.
- suicide note — letter left by person ending own life
- synecdochism — the use of synecdoche
- the distance — the most distant or a faraway part of the visible scene or landscape
- thunderstick — bull-roarer.