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12-letter words containing i, s, l, e, d

  • sidesplitter — something that is uproariously funny, as a joke or a situation.
  • silver medal — a medal, traditionally of silver or silver in color, awarded to a person or team finishing second in a competition, meet, or tournament.
  • silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
  • simpleminded — free of deceit or guile; artless or unsophisticated.
  • single blind — of or relating to an experiment or clinical trial in which the researchers but not the subjects know which subjects are receiving the active medication or treatment and which are not: a technique for eliminating subjective bias, as the placebo effect, from the test results.
  • single modal — modal (def 3).
  • single-blind — of or relating to an experiment or clinical trial in which the researchers but not the subjects know which subjects are receiving the active medication or treatment and which are not: a technique for eliminating subjective bias, as the placebo effect, from the test results.
  • single-digit — of or denoting a percentage smaller than ten, especially with reference to rates below that level: single-digit rates of inflation.
  • single-ended — (of a boiler) fired from one end only.
  • six-cylinder — having six chambers in a reciprocating internal-combustion engine, pump, or compressor within which the pistons move
  • six-year-old — being six years in age
  • skelic index — the ratio of the length of the leg to the length of the torso of a person, multiplied by 100.
  • skimmed milk — milk from which the cream has been skimmed.
  • skip welding — a technique of spacing welds on thin structural members in order to balance and minimize internal stresses due to heat.
  • slave driver — an overseer of slaves.
  • slave-driver — an overseer of slaves.
  • sliced bread — bread: sold pre-sliced
  • slickensided — (of rock) polished by friction
  • slide guitar — bottleneck (def 3).
  • 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.
  • sliding rule — (formerly) a slide rule.
  • sliding seat — a rower's seat that rides on wheels in metal tracks fastened to the boat's frame, allowing the seat to slide back and forth, thereby tapping the rower's leg strength to maximize the stroke.
  • slim disease — a form of AIDS common in Africa, marked by emaciation and fever.
  • slipped disc — displaced spinal disc
  • slipped disk — herniated disk.
  • slippery dip — a long slide at a playground or funfair
  • sloop-rigged — (of a sailboat) fore-and-aft rigged with a mainsail and a jib.
  • small-minded — selfish, petty, or narrow-minded.
  • snail darter — a tan, striped, snail-eating perch, Percina tanasi, 3 inches (7.5 cm) long, occurring only in the Tennessee River: a threatened species.
  • social media — websites and other online means of communication that are used by large groups of people to share information and to develop social and professional contacts: Many businesses are utilizing social media to generate sales.
  • social order — structure or hierarchy of society
  • 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
  • soliloquised — to utter a soliloquy; talk to oneself.
  • soufflé dish — A dish for making souffles
  • south euclid — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
  • speedballing — the practice of taking cocaine and heroin together intravenously
  • spellbinding — to hold or bind by or as if by a spell; enchant; entrance; fascinate.
  • spider plant — Also called ribbon plant. a plant, Chlorophytum comosum, of the lily family, native to southern Africa, that has long, narrow leaves and clusters of white flowers and is widely cultivated as a houseplant.
  • spindle file — a device for holding bills, memos, etc., having a projecting metal spike or hooked object on which to stick papers.
  • spindle side — the female side or line of descent of a family; distaff side (opposed to spear side).
  • spindle tree — any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Euonymus, esp E. europaeus, of Europe and W Asia, typically having red fruits and yielding a hard wood formerly used in making spindles: family Celastraceae
  • split second — a fraction of a second.
  • spot welding — fusing metal
  • spotted tail — (Sinte-galeshka) 1833?–81, Brulé Sioux leader.
  • spotted wilt — a viral disease of plants, characterized by wilting and by brown, sunken spots and streaks on the stems and leaves.
  • stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
  • stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
  • strait-laced — excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish: strait-laced censors.
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