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12-letter words containing l, i, s, o, m

  • 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.
  • semilustrous — partially or somewhat lustrous
  • 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.
  • silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
  • simon legree — Simon, Simon Legree.
  • simple group — a group that has no normal subgroup except the group itself and the identity.
  • simple simon — a simpleton.
  • simplon pass — a pass over the Lepontine Alps in S Switzerland, between Brig (Switzerland) and Iselle (Italy). Height: 2009 m (6590 ft)
  • simultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
  • single modal — modal (def 3).
  • sixth column — the persons residing in a country at war who are devoted to aiding the fifth column in its activities, especially by lowering morale, spreading rumors, etc.
  • 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.
  • slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
  • small alison — a rare compact annual, Alyssum alyssoides, having small yellow flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • smallholding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
  • 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.
  • smoking lamp — formerly, a lamp aboard ship for lighting pipes, now used figuratively to indicate when smoking is or is not allowed: The smoking lamp is lit.
  • smotheringly — in a smothering manner
  • snowmobilist — a person who drives a snowmobile, a snowmobiler
  • 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.
  • sodium light — the light produced by a sodium lamp
  • somatic cell — one of the cells that take part in the formation of the body, becoming differentiated into the various tissues, organs, etc.
  • somnambulism — sleepwalking.
  • somnambulist — sleepwalking.
  • somniloquism — sleep-talking
  • somniloquize — to talk in one's sleep
  • sophomorical — characteristic of a sophomore
  • soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
  • spasmophilia — a condition in which only moderate mechanical or electrical stimulation produces spasms, convulsions, or tetany.
  • spasmophilic — of or noting spasmophilia.
  • sporangiolum — a small sporangium
  • stalactiform — resembling or shaped like a stalactite.
  • steam boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
  • steam-boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
  • 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.
  • storm signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
  • stretch limo — A stretch limo is a very long and luxurious car in which a rich, famous, or important person is driven somewhere.
  • strobiliform — shaped as a strobilus
  • stromatolite — a laminated calcareous fossil structure built by marine algae and having a rounded or columnar form.
  • subabdominal — below or beneath the abdomen
  • 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
  • symbolically — serving as a symbol of something (often followed by of).
  • synclinorium — a regional structure of general synclinal form that includes a series of smaller folds.
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