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12-letter words containing i, s, e, r, l, o

  • scolopendrid — any myriapod of the order Scolopendrida, including many large, poisonous centipedes.
  • scopes trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
  • scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
  • sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
  • secobarbital — a white, odorless, slightly bitter powder, C 1 2 H 1 8 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative and hypnotic.
  • seleniferous — containing or yielding selenium.
  • self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
  • self-worship — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
  • semi-popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
  • semiarboreal — (of animals) spending half or some of their life in trees
  • semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
  • semilustrous — partially or somewhat lustrous
  • semitropical — subtropical.
  • senior clerk — a clerk who is in a senior position and performs office tasks under minimal supervision
  • serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
  • serial comma — a comma used after the next-to-last item in a series of three or more items when the next-to-last and last items are separated by a conjunction. In the series A, B, C, or D, the comma after C is the series comma.
  • serous fluid — any of various clear, watery fluids in the body.
  • servile work — work of a physical nature that is forbidden on Sundays and on certain holidays
  • shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
  • shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
  • shingle roof — a roof covered with thin rectangular tiles, esp made of wood, that are laid with others in overlapping rows
  • short splice — a splice used when an increased thickness of the united rope is not objectionable, made by unlaying the rope ends a certain distance, uniting them so that their strands overlap, then tucking each alternately over and under others several times.
  • siderophilic — having characteristics of siderophile
  • sierra leone — an independent republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 27,925 sq. mi. (72,326 sq. km). Capital: Freetown.
  • signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
  • siliciferous — containing, combined with, or producing silica.
  • silky cornel — a cornel, Cornus amomum, of the eastern U.S., having leaves covered with short, silky hairs on the underside and bearing blue berries.
  • silver frost — glaze (def 17).
  • silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
  • silver point — the melting point of silver, equal to 960.8°C, used as a fixed point on the international temperature scale.
  • silver spoon — spoon (def 16).
  • silver trout — a variety of cutthroat trout, Salmo clarki henshawi, having silvery coloration, inhabiting Lake Tahoe.
  • simon legree — Simon, Simon Legree.
  • simple group — a group that has no normal subgroup except the group itself and the identity.
  • single-cross — a cross between two inbred lines.
  • six-year-old — being six years in age
  • skeletonizer — any of numerous insect species that reduce leaves to a skeleton
  • slipper foot — an elongated pad foot.
  • slipper sock — a sock with a soft leather or vinyl sole sewn onto it, used as indoor footwear.
  • sloganeering — Sloganeering is the use of slogans by people such as politicians or advertising agencies.
  • sloop-rigged — (of a sailboat) fore-and-aft rigged with a mainsail and a jib.
  • smotheringly — in a smothering manner
  • soboliferous — bearing or producing soboles
  • social order — structure or hierarchy of society
  • soil profile — a vertical succession of horizons, commonly lettered A, B, C (beginning at the surface), that have been subjected to soil-forming processes, chiefly leaching and oxidation.
  • soldier crab — a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers
  • solid figure — a figure that has three dimensions
  • solid rocket — any of various rockets using solid fuel
  • solitariness — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
  • solitary bee — any of numerous bees, as the leaf-cutting bees, that do not live in a community.
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