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12-letter words containing n, a, y, s, i

  • silly season — a time of year, usually in midsummer or during a holiday period, characterized by exaggerated news stories, frivolous entertainments, outlandish publicity stunts, etc.: The new movie reminds us that the silly season is here.
  • simultaneity — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
  • sindonophany — the periodic exhibiting to the public of the shroud that the body of Christ is thought to have been wrapped in
  • single-party — of or relating to a form of government in which only a single political party constitutes the government
  • single-payer — noting or relating to a healthcare or health insurance system in which the government or a publicly owned and regulated agency pays all medical costs from a single fund.
  • sinistrality — the state or quality of having the left side or its parts or members different from and, usually, more efficient than the right side or its parts or members; left-handedness.
  • sinusoidally — Mathematics. of or relating to a sinusoid.
  • sorting yard — sorting tracks.
  • soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
  • spiny lizard — any of numerous iguanid lizards of the genus Sceloporus, common in North and Central America, usually having keeled scales that may end in a sharp point.
  • spongillafly — spongefly.
  • spotsylvania — a village in NE Virginia: the scene of Civil War battles between the armies of Grant and Lee, May 8–21, 1864.
  • staggeringly — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
  • stanislavsky — Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyeen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyin/ (Show IPA), (Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev) 1863–1938, Russian actor, producer, and director.
  • stanleyville — former name of Kisangani.
  • starry night — a painting (1889) by Vincent van Gogh.
  • station days — days on which ceremonies are held in station churches
  • steady-going — steadfast; faithful; unchanging: steady-going service to the cause of justice.
  • stringy-bark — any of several eucalyptus trees having a fibrous bark
  • subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
  • subliminally — existing or operating below the threshold of consciousness; being or employing stimuli insufficiently intense to produce a discrete sensation but often being or designed to be intense enough to influence the mental processes or the behavior of the individual: a subliminal stimulus; subliminal advertising.
  • subsonically — at a velocity below that of sound
  • subway train — a train that runs on an underground railway
  • supply chain — process of manufacture and sale
  • surpassingly — of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary: structures of surpassing magnificence.
  • sybase, inc. — (company)   A software vendor focused on database management software. Yearly sales: $903.9 million (1997). Address: 6475 Christie Ave., Emeryville, California, USA.
  • sycophantish — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • sycophantism — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • sycophantize — to act the sycophant
  • sympathizing — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
  • synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
  • synaesthesia — synesthesia.
  • synaesthesis — the harmonious combination of differing impulses arising from a work of art
  • synaesthetic — synesthesia.
  • synarthrodia — synarthrosis.
  • synarthrosis — immovable articulation; a fixed or immovable joint; suture.
  • synchronical — happening at the same time
  • syndactylism — having certain digits joined together.
  • syndiotactic — (of a polymer molecule) having a regular alternation of opposite configurations at successive regularly spaced positions along the chain. See also configuration (def 4).
  • synectically — from a synectic point of view
  • synergically — in a synergic manner
  • syntagmatite — a dark crystalline form of hornblende
  • tommy atkins — any private of the British army.
  • transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
  • transitivity — verb: requiring a direct object
  • transmogrify — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
  • transylvania — a region and former province in central Romania: formerly part of Hungary. 24,027 sq. mi. (62,230 sq. km).
  • unaspiringly — in an unambitious or unaspiring manner
  • unassailably — not open to attack or assault, as by military force or argument: unassailable fortifications; unassailable logic.
  • unassistedly — in an unassisted manner
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