12-letter words containing o, d, a, l, i, s
- postdiluvian — existing or occurring after the Biblical Flood.
- postmedieval — occurring or existing after the Middle Ages, of or related to the period after the Middle Ages
- postprandial — after a meal, especially after dinner: postprandial oratory; a postprandial brandy.
- prodigal son — a figure in a parable of Jesus (Luke 15:11–32); a wayward son who squanders his inheritance but returns home to find that his father forgives him.
- prosodically — in a prosodic manner
- pseudopodial — a temporary protrusion of the protoplasm, as of certain protozoans, usually serving as an organ of locomotion or prehension.
- quadrillions — Plural form of quadrillion.
- radicicolous — living on the roots of plants
- rapeseed oil — a brownish-yellow oil obtained by expression from rapeseed and used chiefly as a lubricant, an illuminant, and in the manufacture of rubber substitutes.
- rhode island — US state
- russian doll — wooden figures that nest inside one other
- saccharoidal — having a crystalline or granular texture: said esp. of some sandstones and marbles
- 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.
- sailboarding — windsurfing.
- salamandroid — an amphibian of the genus Salamandra
- sardonically — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
- scarlatinoid — resembling scarlatina or its eruptions.
- self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
- shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
- shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- signal board — a board for displaying electrically transmitted signals and indicating their source.
- single modal — modal (def 3).
- sinusoidally — Mathematics. of or relating to a sinusoid.
- six-year-old — being six years in age
- 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.
- smallholding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
- social media — websites and other online means of communication that are used by large groups of people to share information and to develop social and professional contacts: Many businesses are utilizing social media to generate sales.
- social order — structure or hierarchy of society
- soft landing — space vehicle
- solar radius — the unit, equivalent to the radius of the sun, in which the radii of stars and other celestial objects are given.
- soldier crab — a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers
- solidaristic — relating to solidarism
- south island — the largest island of New Zealand. 58,093 sq. mi. (150,460 sq. km).
- span loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
- spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
- sporadically — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- spotted tail — (Sinte-galeshka) 1833?–81, Brulé Sioux leader.
- studio glass — art glass produced by an independent artisan in the studio.
- subabdominal — below or beneath the abdomen
- subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
- sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
- sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
- superordinal — relating to the superorder
- swallow dive — swan dive.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- unsocialized — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.