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.