12-letter words containing n, o, t, a, i, l
- reregulation — renewed regulation, the act or process of regulating again
- reticulation — a reticulated formation, arrangement, or appearance; network.
- retinotectal — of or relating to the retina and the tectum
- retrolingual — situated behind or near the base of the tongue.
- revalidation — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- revelational — the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure.
- ribbon plant — spider plant (def 1).
- romantically — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- rooseveltian — of, pertaining to, advocating, or following the principles, views, or policies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt or of Theodore Roosevelt.
- royal tennis — court tennis.
- ruralization — to make rural.
- saddle joint — (on a sill, coping, or the like) a vertical joint raised above the level of the washes on each side.
- saddle point — a point at which a function of two variables has partial derivatives equal to zero but at which the function has neither a maximum nor a minimum value.
- sailing boat — sailboat.
- salification — to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.
- salinization — the process by which a nonsaline soil becomes saline, as by the irrigation of land with brackish water.
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- saltationism — any of several theories holding that the evolution of species proceeds in major steps by the abrupt transformation of an ancestral species into a descendant species of a different type, rather than by the gradual accumulation of small changes.
- saltationist — a person who adheres to saltationism
- salutational — relating to salutation
- salutatorian — (in some U.S. schools and colleges) the student ranking second highest in the graduating class, who delivers the salutatory at commencement.
- salvationist — a member of the Salvation Army.
- sample point — a possible result of an experiment, represented as a point.
- sanctionable — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sanguinolent — of or relating to blood.
- sansculottic — relating to sansculottes
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
- scalp lotion — A scalp lotion is a liquid medication for the treatment of scalp conditions and disorders.
- scarlatinoid — resembling scarlatina or its eruptions.
- scintillator — a phosphor capable of producing scintillations.
- scutellation — a scutellate state or formation; a scaly covering, as on a bird's foot.
- sectionalism — excessive regard for sectional or local interests; regional or local spirit, prejudice, etc.
- sectionalize — to render sectional.
- 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.
- shoot a line — to try to create a false image, as by boasting or exaggerating
- signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
- simultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- 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.
- slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
- soft landing — space vehicle
- solicitation — the act of soliciting.
- solitariness — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
- solonization — the formation of solonetzic soil
- somnambulist — sleepwalking.
- south island — the largest island of New Zealand. 58,093 sq. mi. (150,460 sq. km).
- speciational — relating to speciation
- sphacelation — the process of mortification
- spiflication — rough treatment