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12-letter words containing n, e, d, l, s

  • self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
  • self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
  • self-winding — kept wound or wound periodically by a mechanism, as an electric motor or a system of weighted levers, so that winding by hand is not necessary.
  • semi-invalid — a person who is partially disabled or somewhat infirm
  • semicylinder — half of a cylinder divided lengthwise.
  • serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
  • sexdecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 51 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 96 zeros.
  • shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
  • shepherdling — a young or little shepherd
  • shovel-nosed — having the head, snout, or beak broad and flat like the blade of a shovel.
  • sialadenitis — inflammation of one or more of the salivary glands.
  • silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
  • simpleminded — free of deceit or guile; artless or unsophisticated.
  • single blind — of or relating to an experiment or clinical trial in which the researchers but not the subjects know which subjects are receiving the active medication or treatment and which are not: a technique for eliminating subjective bias, as the placebo effect, from the test results.
  • single modal — modal (def 3).
  • single-blind — of or relating to an experiment or clinical trial in which the researchers but not the subjects know which subjects are receiving the active medication or treatment and which are not: a technique for eliminating subjective bias, as the placebo effect, from the test results.
  • single-digit — of or denoting a percentage smaller than ten, especially with reference to rates below that level: single-digit rates of inflation.
  • single-ended — (of a boiler) fired from one end only.
  • six-cylinder — having six chambers in a reciprocating internal-combustion engine, pump, or compressor within which the pistons move
  • skelic index — the ratio of the length of the leg to the length of the torso of a person, multiplied by 100.
  • skip welding — a technique of spacing welds on thin structural members in order to balance and minimize internal stresses due to heat.
  • sleep around — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
  • slickensided — (of rock) polished by friction
  • 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.
  • sliding rule — (formerly) a slide rule.
  • sliding seat — a rower's seat that rides on wheels in metal tracks fastened to the boat's frame, allowing the seat to slide back and forth, thereby tapping the rower's leg strength to maximize the stroke.
  • 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
  • small wonder — (I am) hardly surprised (that)
  • small-minded — selfish, petty, or narrow-minded.
  • snail darter — a tan, striped, snail-eating perch, Percina tanasi, 3 inches (7.5 cm) long, occurring only in the Tennessee River: a threatened species.
  • snow leopard — a long-haired, leopardlike feline, Panthera (Uncia) uncia, of mountain ranges of central Asia, having a relatively small head and a thick, creamy-gray coat with rosette spots: an endangered species.
  • speckledness — the characteristic of being speckled
  • speedballing — the practice of taking cocaine and heroin together intravenously
  • spellbinding — to hold or bind by or as if by a spell; enchant; entrance; fascinate.
  • spider plant — Also called ribbon plant. a plant, Chlorophytum comosum, of the lily family, native to southern Africa, that has long, narrow leaves and clusters of white flowers and is widely cultivated as a houseplant.
  • spindle file — a device for holding bills, memos, etc., having a projecting metal spike or hooked object on which to stick papers.
  • spindle side — the female side or line of descent of a family; distaff side (opposed to spear side).
  • spindle tree — any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Euonymus, esp E. europaeus, of Europe and W Asia, typically having red fruits and yielding a hard wood formerly used in making spindles: family Celastraceae
  • split second — a fraction of a second.
  • spot welding — fusing metal
  • staddlestone — (formerly) one of several supports for a hayrick, consisting of a truncated conical stone surmounted by a flat circular stone
  • standardless — having no standard or standards
  • stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
  • stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
  • stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
  • stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
  • stringholder — an oblong piece of wood at the lower end of the body of a viol or other stringed instrument to which the strings are attached.
  • stud welding — the semiautomatic welding of a stud or similar piece of metal to a flat part, usually by means of an electric arc
  • student file — a file containing information about each student in a school, college, etc, such as demographic information and information about grades, etc
  • student lamp — a table lamp whose light source can be adjusted in height.
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