12-letter words containing n, o, s, t, y, l
- royal assent — (in Britain) the formal signing of an act of Parliament by the sovereign, by which it becomes law
- royal tennis — court tennis.
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- scrutinously — in a scrutinous manner
- semi-monthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
- skeleton key — a key with nearly the whole substance of the bit filed away so that it may open various locks.
- smotheringly — in a smothering manner
- snollygoster — a clever, unscrupulous person.
- snow crystal — a crystal of ice sufficiently heavy to fall from the atmosphere.
- solzhenitsyn — Alexander or Aleksandr (Isayevich) [al-ig-zan-der ee-sahy-uh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr ee-sah-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər iˈsaɪ ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr iˈsɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1918–2008, Russian novelist: Nobel prize 1970; in the U.S. 1974–94.
- sonnet cycle — a group of sonnets composed by one poet and having a unifying theme or subject.
- spotsylvania — a village in NE Virginia: the scene of Civil War battles between the armies of Grant and Lee, May 8–21, 1864.
- stanley pool — a lake between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Congo-Brazzaville, formed by a widening of the River Congo. Area: 829 sq km (320 sq miles)
- storytelling — the telling or writing of stories.
- streptolysin — a type of hemolysin produced by certain species of streptococcus.
- strongylosis — a disease, especially of horses, caused by an infestation by strongyles and characterized in serious cases by weakness and anemia.
- stupendously — causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news.
- supportingly — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- synaptosomal — pertaining to a synaptosome
- syndactylous — having fingers, or toes, united
- synecologist — a student of, or expert in, synecology
- theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
- tonsillotomy — incision or excision of a portion of a tonsil.
- tremendously — extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
- ultroneously — spontaneously; voluntarily
- unvirtuously — in an unvirtuous manner; not virtuously; without virtue
- voluntaryism — voluntarism (def 2).
- west babylon — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- youthfulness — characterized by youth; young.