12-letter words containing m, l, i, t
- salutatorium — a porch or room in a monastery or church serving as a meeting or almsgiving place for monks or priests and the laity.
- sample point — a possible result of an experiment, represented as a point.
- schistosomal — relating to or characteristic of a schistosome or member of the genus Schistosoma
- scribblement — a scribble
- sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
- sectionalism — excessive regard for sectional or local interests; regional or local spirit, prejudice, etc.
- sedimentable — capable of forming sediment
- segmentalize — to make segmentalized.
- seismologist — the science or study of earthquakes and their phenomena.
- self-limited — (of a disease) running a definite and limited course.
- semantically — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- semi-monthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
- semi-trailer — Also called semi. a detachable trailer for hauling freight, with wheels at the rear end, the forward end being supported by the rear of a truck tractor when attached. Compare full trailer.
- semifinalist — a participant or one qualified to participate in a semifinal.
- 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.
- semiliterate — a person who is semiliterate.
- semilustrous — partially or somewhat lustrous
- semimetallic — partially metallic; of the nature of a semi-metal
- semimystical — somewhat mystical; having a mystical quality to a partial degree
- semitropical — subtropical.
- shield match — a cricket match for the Sheffield Shield
- shrimp plant — a small, sprawling shrub, Justicia brandegeana (or Beloperone guttata), of the acanthus family, native to Mexico, having small white flowers protruding from a series of overlapping reddish bracts and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- silent alarm — an alarm that alerts security personnel or the police without the knowledge of the intruder or criminal whose presence triggers it: The silent alarm set off a flashing light at the police station.
- similarities — the state of being similar; likeness; resemblance.
- simple fruit — a fruit formed from one pistil.
- simple meter — any time signature in which the upper figure indicates two, three, or four beats per measure, as 2/8, 3/2, 4/4, etc.
- simple tense — a tense of verbs, in English and other languages, not involving the use of an auxiliary verb in addition to the main verb, as for example the past he drowned as opposed to the future he will drown
- simultaneity — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- simultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- 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
- smith island — a group of islands in S Maryland and N Virginia, in Chesapeake Bay.
- smotheringly — in a smothering manner
- snowmobilist — a person who drives a snowmobile, a snowmobiler
- 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.
- somnambulist — sleepwalking.
- 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.
- spiritualism — the belief or doctrine that the spirits of the dead, surviving after the mortal life, can and do communicate with the living, especially through a person (a medium) particularly susceptible to their influence.
- spray millet — the seeds of millet left on the spike and sold in pet shops for cage birds.
- stabilimeter — stabilograph.
- stalactiform — resembling or shaped like a stalactite.
- 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.