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12-letter words containing o, d, e, l

  • saddle block — a type of spinal anaesthesia producing sensory loss in the buttocks, inner sides of the thighs, and perineum
  • saddle horse — a horse bred, trained, or used for riding.
  • 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.
  • saddle shoes — shoes with a midsection (where the laces are) that is darker in colour, usually black, to the rest of the shoe, which is usually white
  • sand-floated — noting an exterior wall finish composed of mortar rubbed with sand and floated when it has partly set.
  • sclerodermic — of or relating to a scleroderm or to sclerodermia; hard-skinned
  • scolopendrid — any myriapod of the order Scolopendrida, including many large, poisonous centipedes.
  • scott-closed — A set S, a subset of D, is Scott-closed if (1) If Y is a subset of S and Y is directed then lub Y is in S and (2) If y <= s in S then y is in S. I.e. a Scott-closed set contains the lubs of its directed subsets and anything less than any element. (2) says that S is downward closed (or left closed). ("<=" is written in LaTeX as \sqsubseteq).
  • scout leader — the leader of a troop of Scouts
  • second floor — the floor or story above the ground floor.
  • second world — the world's industrialized nations other than the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
  • second-class — of a secondary class or quality.
  • self-colored — of one color.
  • self-command — self-control.
  • self-devoted — intense devotion of oneself to an activity or to a field or profession, as art or science.
  • self-evolved — to develop gradually: to evolve a scheme.
  • self-focused — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
  • self-honored — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
  • self-imposed — imposed on one by oneself: a self-imposed task.
  • self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
  • self-powered — (of a machine, vehicle, etc.) having a specified fuel or prime mover: a gasoline-powered engine; an engine-powered pump.
  • seo de urgel — Urgel.
  • serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
  • serous fluid — any of various clear, watery fluids in the body.
  • several-fold — comprising several parts or members.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • shellshocked — suffering from shellshock
  • shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.
  • shoulder pad — clothing: insert in shoulder
  • shoulder-bag — A shoulder-bag is a bag that has a long strap so that it can be carried on a person's shoulder.
  • shovel-nosed — having the head, snout, or beak broad and flat like the blade of a shovel.
  • shovel-ready — of or relating to a construction project that is ready to start immediately
  • shuffleboard — a game in which standing players shove or push wooden or plastic disks with a long cue toward numbered scoring sections marked on a floor or deck.
  • siderophilic — having characteristics of siderophile
  • silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
  • single modal — modal (def 3).
  • six-year-old — being six years in age
  • 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.
  • sleeve board — a small-scale ironing board for pressing sleeves, especially a narrow board that fits inside a coat sleeve.
  • 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.
  • sloop-rigged — (of a sailboat) fore-and-aft rigged with a mainsail and a jib.
  • 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)
  • 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.
  • 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-shelled — Also, soft-shelled. having a soft, flexible, or fragile shell, as a crab that has recently molted.
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