12-letter words containing m, a, l, s
- 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
- slam dancing — the act of hurling oneself repeatedly into or through a crowd at a rock-music concert
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- sledgehammer — a large heavy hammer wielded with both hands.
- slim disease — a form of AIDS common in Africa, marked by emaciation and fever.
- slimming aid — food or food supplements that can help you lose weight
- sloped roman — a roman (vertical) typeface, usually sans serif, i.e. without the small, decorative, terminal strokes with which some typefaces are designed. The typeface is made to slope (usually to the right), but not generally to the same degree as a true italic typeface
- 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.
- slumber wear — nightclothes
- slumbershade — sleep shade.
- 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)
- small barbel — any small cyprinid fish of the genus Barbus
- small change — coins of small denomination.
- 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 letter — a lower-case letter
- small magpie — an unrelated micro, Eurrhypara hortulata
- small screen — the medium of television.
- small stores — personal items, such as clothing, sold aboard ship or at a naval base
- small wonder — (I am) hardly surprised (that)
- small-format — A small-format store is one in which a large retail chain offers only part of their range in a smaller store.
- small-minded — selfish, petty, or narrow-minded.
- smallclothes — men's close-fitting knee breeches of the 18th and 19th centuries
- smallholding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
- smalltalk-80 — (language) The classic standard Smalltalk dialect, described in Adele's book, cited below, commonly known as "The Blue Book". Mail server: [email protected]
- smart casual — (of clothing) neat or professional-looking but fairly casual: The dress code for the event will be smart casual.
- 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
- smith island — a group of islands in S Maryland and N Virginia, in Chesapeake Bay.
- 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.
- 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.
- solar system — the sun together with all the planets and other bodies that revolve around it.
- somatic cell — one of the cells that take part in the formation of the body, becoming differentiated into the various tissues, organs, etc.
- somatopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the upper layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the overlying ectoderm, functioning in the formation of the body wall and amnion.
- somnambulant — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulate — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulism — sleepwalking.
- somnambulist — sleepwalking.
- sophomorical — characteristic of a sophomore
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- space helmet — a helmet worn by astronauts while in outer space
- spasmophilia — a condition in which only moderate mechanical or electrical stimulation produces spasms, convulsions, or tetany.
- spasmophilic — of or noting spasmophilia.
- 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.