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12-letter words containing l, i, m, e

  • slim disease — a form of AIDS common in Africa, marked by emaciation and fever.
  • slippery elm — an elm, Ulmus rubra, of eastern North America, having a mucilaginous inner bark.
  • 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.
  • slumberingly — in a slumbering manner
  • small circle — a circle on a sphere, the plane of which does not pass through the center of the sphere. Compare great circle (def 1).
  • small ermine — an unrelated micro, Yponomeuta padella
  • small magpie — an unrelated micro, Eurrhypara hortulata
  • small-minded — selfish, petty, or narrow-minded.
  • smilacaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Smilacaceae, a temperate and tropical family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, most of which are climbing shrubs with prickly stems: includes smilax
  • smoke signal — If someone such as a politician or businessman sends out smoke signals, they give an indication of their views and intentions. This indication is often not clear and needs to be worked out.
  • smotheringly — in a smothering manner
  • snowy mespil — a N American tree, Amelanchier Lamarckii, that produces small white flowers in spring
  • 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.
  • somatic cell — one of the cells that take part in the formation of the body, becoming differentiated into the various tissues, organs, etc.
  • somniloquize — to talk in one's sleep
  • soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
  • special team — Football. a group of players fielded for kicking plays, as punts, kickoffs, and field-goal attempts.
  • special term — the sitting of a court for the trial of a special case.
  • spray millet — the seeds of millet left on the spike and sold in pet shops for cage birds.
  • stabilimeter — stabilograph.
  • statute mile — mile (def 1).
  • steam boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
  • steam-boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
  • stem reptile — any member of the extinct order Cotylosauria, comprising heavy-bodied, splay-limbed, plant-eating reptiles that arose during the Carboniferous Period and that are considered to include the ancestors of all other reptiles.
  • stereocilium — any of the long, flexible microvilli that superficially resemble cilia and occur as a brush border or series of tufts on the surface of various epithelial tissues.
  • stigmasterol — a crystalline, water-insoluble steroid, C 2 9 H 4 8 O, present in soybeans or calabar beans, used chiefly as a raw material in the manufacture of progesterone.
  • streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
  • stretch limo — A stretch limo is a very long and luxurious car in which a rich, famous, or important person is driven somewhere.
  • stretch mill — a mill for rolling and stretching seamless tubes, the rolls of each successive stand operating more quickly than those of the preceding.
  • stromatolite — a laminated calcareous fossil structure built by marine algae and having a rounded or columnar form.
  • subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
  • submissively — inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants.
  • submit-table — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • suleiman (i) — 1494?-1566; sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1520-66)
  • sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
  • summarizable — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
  • superluminal — appearing to travel faster than the speed of light.
  • supermaxilla — the upper jaw.
  • superrealism — photorealism.
  • surface mail — the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by truck, train, or boat, as opposed to airmail.
  • swedish mile — a unit of length used in Sweden, equal to 10 kilometres
  • swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
  • symmetallism — the use of an alloy of two or more metals in fixed relative value as the standard of value and currency
  • systematical — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
  • systemically — of or relating to a system.
  • telemedicine — the diagnosis and treatment of patients in remote areas using medical information, as x-rays or television pictures, transmitted over long distances, especially by satellite.
  • telharmonium — a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.
  • temperalitie — temper
  • temptability — the state of being liable to temptation
  • temptational — the act of tempting; enticement or allurement.
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