12-letter words containing n, e, c, s, a
- short-change — to give less than the correct change to.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- sign a check — When you sign a check , you write your name on it in a special space in order to validate it.
- significance — importance; consequence: the significance of the new treaty.
- single cream — dairy product: thin or light cream
- single track — a single pair of lines so that trains can travel in only one direction at a time
- single-space — to type (copy) on each line space.
- single-track — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
- sir lawrence — Sir Lawrence Alma-, Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence.
- 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.
- sleeping car — a railroad car fitted with berths, compartments, bedrooms, or drawing rooms for passengers to sleep in.
- slide-action — (of a rifle or shotgun) having a lever that when slid back and forth ejects the empty case and cocks and reloads the piece.
- 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.
- small change — coins of small denomination.
- small screen — the medium of television.
- snail's pace — an extremely slow rate: The work progresses at a snail's pace.
- snake doctor — South Midland and Southern U.S. a dragonfly.
- snotty-faced — having visible nasal mucus on the face
- snowshoe cat — a breed of cat with soft short hair, blue eyes, an inverted V-shaped marking on the face, and white feet
- soft chancre — chancroid.
- somatotensic — (of certain plants that are eaten as food) restoring equilibrium
- somnifacient — causing or inducing sleep.
- 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.
- sound change — any phonetic or phonological change in spoken language, for example the replacement of one speech sound with another, or the loss of a particular sound
- space-saving — that saves space.
- spaciousness — containing much space, as a house, room, or vehicle; amply large.
- spanish rice — rice prepared with chopped onions, tomatoes, green peppers, and sometimes diced ham, seasoned with cayenne pepper and mixed with butter.
- spatter cone — a low, steep-sided volcanic cone built up of droplets or blobs of lava erupted from a fissure or vent.
- specialising — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
- speciational — relating to speciation
- 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.
- sphacelation — the process of mortification
- sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
- spin machine — an organization or group of people acting together to present news or information in a way that creates a particular desired impression
- spinach beet — chard, a plant cultivated for its edible leaves
- sprechgesang — a vocal style intermediate between speech and singing but without exact pitch intonation.
- spring-clean — to subject (a place) to a spring-cleaning.
- square dance — hoedown, barn dance
- square-dance — to perform or participate in a square dance.
- st. lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- starchedness — the condition or quality of being starched
- 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.
- stern chaser — a cannon mounted at or near the stern of a sailing ship, facing aft.
- stern-chaser — a cannon mounted at or near the stern of a sailing ship, facing aft.
- sternocostal — of, relating to, or situated between the sternum and ribs.