12-letter words containing n, a, o, c, r, e
- saffron rice — a dish made from white rice and flavoured with the spice saffron
- sarcoadenoma — adenosarcoma.
- scatteration — the act of scattering.
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- schopenhauer — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
- screen actor — a film actor
- screw around — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- sea crossing — a journey by sea from one coast to another
- sea scorpion — scorpionfish.
- season creep — the gradual changing in the length of the seasons, as demonstrated by earlier flowering of plants, etc, thought by many to be caused by climate change
- second grade — school year: age 7-8
- section mark — section (def 16).
- semi-organic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
- seroreaction — any reaction occurring in serum.
- servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- shatter cone — a cone-shaped fragment of rock, probably formed by violent shock waves, as from meteoritic impact or atomic explosions
- sheet anchor — Nautical. a large anchor used only in cases of emergency.
- short-change — to give less than the correct change to.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- skeleton car — a freight car essentially consisting of a central longitudinal girder fastened to the trucks, sometimes supplemented by one or more pairs of cross cantilevers: used for carrying logs or containers.
- snake doctor — South Midland and Southern U.S. a dragonfly.
- soft chancre — chancroid.
- soprano clef — a sign locating middle C on the bottom line of the staff.
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- sound camera — a motion-picture camera that is capable of photographing silently at the normal speed of 24 fps and operating in synchronization with separate audio recording equipment.
- spatter cone — a low, steep-sided volcanic cone built up of droplets or blobs of lava erupted from a fissure or vent.
- speech organ — any part of the body, as the tongue, velum, diaphragm, or lungs, that participates, actively or passively, voluntarily or involuntarily, in the production of the sounds of speech.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stercoranism — the belief that the consecrated Eucharistic elements, the bread and wine, are subject to decay and pass through the body like other ingested things
- stercoranist — a person who believes in stercoranism
- stereoptican — a projector usually consisting of two complete lanterns arranged so that one picture appears to dissolve while the next is forming.
- sternocostal — of, relating to, or situated between the sternum and ribs.
- superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
- technocratic — of, relating to, or designating a technocrat or technocracy.
- technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
- the creation — God's act of bringing the universe into being
- the ordnance — a department of an army or government dealing with military supplies
- theanthropic — of or relating to both God or a god and human beings; both divine and human.
- theoretician — a person who deals with or is expert in the theoretical side of a subject: a military theoretician.
- thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
- torchon lace — a bobbin-made linen or cotton lace with loosely twisted threads in simple, open patterns.
- torrefaction — to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.
- traffic cone — conical road markers
- trainer sock — a sock designed to be worn with a training shoe, often cut low at the ankle so that very little shows above the shoe
- transcension — transcendence.
- transfection — the insertion into a cell of a bacterial plasmid that contains a foreign virus or genetic material.
- transoceanic — extending across or traversing the ocean: a transoceanic cable.
- trichopteran — trichopterous.
- trochanteric — belonging or relating to a trochanter
- tronc master — a person who distributes pooled tips and service charges to waiters, waitresses, hotel workers etc.