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12-letter words containing n, o, s, i, g

  • schooner rig — a rig in which the mainmast is taller than the foremast
  • scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
  • scotch grain — a coarse, pebble-grained finish given to heavy leather, esp. for men's shoes
  • scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
  • scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
  • sea crossing — a journey by sea from one coast to another
  • second sight — the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.
  • section gang — a group of workers who take care of a section of railroad track.
  • segmentation — division into segments.
  • self-closing — the end or conclusion, as of a speech.
  • self-cooking — the act of a person or thing that cooks.
  • self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
  • self-locking — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
  • self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
  • self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • seronegative — showing no significant level of serum antibodies, or other immunologic marker in the serum, that would indicate previous exposure to the infectious agent being tested.
  • serotonergic — containing or activated by serotonin.
  • shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
  • shaving foam — lather used for shaving
  • shaving soap — a special soap for lathering the face to soften and condition the beard for shaving, capable of producing a thick lather due to its high fat content and low alkalinity.
  • shingle roof — a roof covered with thin rectangular tiles, esp made of wood, that are laid with others in overlapping rows
  • shipping ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
  • shooting box — a small house or lodge for use during the shooting season.
  • shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
  • shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
  • shopping bag — a strong, usually paper or plastic, bag with handles, used to carry purchases or belongings.
  • short-acting — (of a drug) quickly effective, but requiring regularly repeated doses for long-term treatment, being rapidly absorbed, distributed in the body, and excreted
  • shortcomings — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
  • shortcutting — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
  • show jumping — sport: horseriding event
  • showstopping — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
  • sigma baryon — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
  • sign-posting — a post bearing a sign that gives information or guidance.
  • signal board — a board for displaying electrically transmitted signals and indicating their source.
  • signal corps — a branch of the army responsible for military communications, meteorological studies, and related work.
  • signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
  • significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
  • silhouetting — a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a cutout or configurational drawing, uniformly filled in with black, especially a black-paper, miniature cutout of the outlines of a person's face in profile.
  • silicon glen — a collective term for the industries in Scotland associated with information technology, esp those concentrated in the central conurbation between Glasgow and Edinburgh
  • simon legree — Simon, Simon Legree.
  • single modal — modal (def 3).
  • single-cross — a cross between two inbred lines.
  • sitting room — a small living room, often one that forms part of a suite in a hotel, private house, etc.
  • sitting trot — a horse's trot during which the rider sits still in the saddle
  • sliding door — door which opens on a runner
  • sloganeering — Sloganeering is the use of slogans by people such as politicians or advertising agencies.
  • slopping out — In prisons where prisoners have to use buckets as toilets, slopping out is the practice in which they empty the buckets.
  • slow-burning — (of combustible material) burning relatively slowly
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