12-letter words containing l, o, s, c
- scoptophilia — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
- scorpion fly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
- scot and lot — British History. a municipal tax assessed proportionately upon the members of a community.
- scots gaelic — Scottish Gaelic
- scott-closed — A set S, a subset of D, is Scott-closed if (1) If Y is a subset of S and Y is directed then lub Y is in S and (2) If y <= s in S then y is in S. I.e. a Scott-closed set contains the lubs of its directed subsets and anything less than any element. (2) says that S is downward closed (or left closed). ("<=" is written in LaTeX as \sqsubseteq).
- scout leader — the leader of a troop of Scouts
- scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
- scrophularia — a member of a genus of flowering plants which have a square stem and are known as figworts
- scrupulosity — having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: scrupulous about defending human rights.
- scrupulously — having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: scrupulous about defending human rights.
- scrutinously — in a scrutinous manner
- scutellation — a scutellate state or formation; a scaly covering, as on a bird's foot.
- seclusionist — a person who prefers to be alone or secluded
- secobarbital — a white, odorless, slightly bitter powder, C 1 2 H 1 8 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative and hypnotic.
- second floor — the floor or story above the ground floor.
- second world — the world's industrialized nations other than the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
- second-class — of a secondary class or quality.
- sectionalism — excessive regard for sectional or local interests; regional or local spirit, prejudice, etc.
- sectionalize — to render sectional.
- selectionist — a person who believes in natural selection
- self-closing — the end or conclusion, as of a speech.
- self-colored — of one color.
- self-command — self-control.
- self-conceit — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
- self-concept — the idea or mental image one has of oneself and one's strengths, weaknesses, status, etc.; self-image.
- self-concern — to relate to; be connected with; be of interest or importance to; affect: The water shortage concerns us all.
- self-content — satisfaction with oneself; self-complacency.
- self-control — control or restraint of oneself or one's actions, feelings, etc.
- self-cooking — the act of a person or thing that cooks.
- self-focused — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- self-locking — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- self-mockery — gentle humour at one's own expense
- self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- semicolonial — partly colonial
- semiofficial — having some degree of official authority.
- semiological — the study of signs and symbols; semiotics.
- semitropical — subtropical.
- senior clerk — a clerk who is in a senior position and performs office tasks under minimal supervision
- 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.
- servocontrol — control by means of a servomechanism.
- sexdecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 51 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 96 zeros.
- shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
- shawl collar — a rolled collar and lapel in one piece that curves from the back of the neck down to the front closure of a single-breasted or double-breasted garment.
- shellshocked — suffering from shellshock
- short column — a column whose relative dimensions ensure that when it is overloaded it fails by crushing, rather than buckling
- short splice — a splice used when an increased thickness of the united rope is not objectionable, made by unlaying the rope ends a certain distance, uniting them so that their strands overlap, then tucking each alternately over and under others several times.
- siderophilic — having characteristics of siderophile
- signal corps — a branch of the army responsible for military communications, meteorological studies, and related work.
- silicicolous — thriving in siliceous soil
- siliciferous — containing, combined with, or producing silica.