12-letter words containing l, a, m, e, s
- schmalkalden — a town in central Germany: a league to defend Protestantism formed here 1531.
- schoolmaster — a man who presides over or teaches in a school.
- sclerenchyma — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
- sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
- seamlessness — having no seams: seamless stockings.
- sectionalism — excessive regard for sectional or local interests; regional or local spirit, prejudice, etc.
- sedge family — the plant family Cyperaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, often found in wet areas, having solid stems, narrow, grasslike leaves with closed sheaths, spikes of very small flowers set in a scalelike bract, and a dry, flattened, convex fruit, and including the bulrush, chufa, cotton grass, papyrus, and umbrella plant.
- sedimentable — capable of forming sediment
- segmentalize — to make segmentalized.
- self-command — self-control.
- self-damning — causing incrimination: damning evidence.
- self-mastery — self-control.
- selfsameness — the quality or state of being selfsame or identical
- semantically — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- semi-invalid — a person who is partially disabled or somewhat infirm
- semi-popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
- semi-trailer — Also called semi. a detachable trailer for hauling freight, with wheels at the rear end, the forward end being supported by the rear of a truck tractor when attached. Compare full trailer.
- semiannually — occurring, done, or published every half year or twice a year; semiyearly.
- semiarboreal — (of animals) spending half or some of their life in trees
- semicircular — Also called semicircumference [sem-ee-ser-kuhm-fer-uh ns, -fruh ns, sem-ahy-] /ˌsɛm i sərˈkʌm fər əns, -frəns, ˌsɛm aɪ-/ (Show IPA). half of a circle; the arc from one end of a diameter to the other.
- semicolonial — partly colonial
- semifinalist — a participant or one qualified to participate in a semifinal.
- semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
- semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
- semiliterate — a person who is semiliterate.
- semimetallic — partially metallic; of the nature of a semi-metal
- semimystical — somewhat mystical; having a mystical quality to a partial degree
- semiofficial — having some degree of official authority.
- semiological — the study of signs and symbols; semiotics.
- semitropical — subtropical.
- 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.
- shamefacedly — modest or bashful.
- share-milker — (in New Zealand) a person who lives on a dairy farm milking the owner's herd for an agreed share of the profits and, usually, building his own herd simultaneously
- shield match — a cricket match for the Sheffield Shield
- silas marner — a novel (1861) by George Eliot.
- silent alarm — an alarm that alerts security personnel or the police without the knowledge of the intruder or criminal whose presence triggers it: The silent alarm set off a flashing light at the police station.
- silver bream — a type of ray-finned fish from the family Cyprinidae
- silver maple — a maple, Acer saccharinum, having leaves that are light green above and silvery white beneath.
- 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.
- simian shelf — a shelflike thickening along the inside of the mandible, characteristic of the anthropoid apes.
- similarities — the state of being similar; likeness; resemblance.
- simple sugar — monosaccharide.
- simplifiable — having the ability to be made less complicated, clearer, or easier
- simultaneity — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- simultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- single cream — dairy product: thin or light cream
- single modal — modal (def 3).
- skeleton map — a map showing only basic details of a land, place, etc
- skelmersdale — a town in NW England, in Lancashire: designated a new town in 1962. Pop: 39 279 (2001)
- slalom racer — someone who takes part in a slalom