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12-letter words containing o, i, l, n, e

  • semicolonial — partly colonial
  • 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.
  • senior clerk — a clerk who is in a senior position and performs office tasks under minimal supervision
  • serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
  • 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.
  • shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
  • shingle roof — a roof covered with thin rectangular tiles, esp made of wood, that are laid with others in overlapping rows
  • shoot a line — to try to create a false image, as by boasting or exaggerating
  • sierra leone — an independent republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 27,925 sq. mi. (72,326 sq. km). Capital: Freetown.
  • signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
  • 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
  • silky cornel — a cornel, Cornus amomum, of the eastern U.S., having leaves covered with short, silky hairs on the underside and bearing blue berries.
  • silly season — a time of year, usually in midsummer or during a holiday period, characterized by exaggerated news stories, frivolous entertainments, outlandish publicity stunts, etc.: The new movie reminds us that the silly season is here.
  • silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
  • silver point — the melting point of silver, equal to 960.8°C, used as a fixed point on the international temperature scale.
  • silver spoon — spoon (def 16).
  • simon legree — Simon, Simon Legree.
  • simple simon — a simpleton.
  • simultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
  • single modal — modal (def 3).
  • single-cross — a cross between two inbred lines.
  • siphonostele — a hollow tube of vascular tissue enclosing a pith and embedded in ground tissue.
  • skeletonizer — any of numerous insect species that reduce leaves to a skeleton
  • 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.
  • slobbishness — the state or characteristic of being a slob
  • sloganeering — Sloganeering is the use of slogans by people such as politicians or advertising agencies.
  • 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.
  • slovenliness — untidy or unclean in appearance or habits.
  • smoke signal — If someone such as a politician or businessman sends out smoke signals, they give an indication of their views and intentions. This indication is often not clear and needs to be worked out.
  • smotheringly — in a smothering manner
  • snowy mespil — a N American tree, Amelanchier Lamarckii, that produces small white flowers in spring
  • soil science — the science that deals with the study of soils.
  • solitariness — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
  • solution set — the roots or values satisfying a given equation or inequality, or a set of simultaneous equations or inequalities
  • 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.
  • somniloquize — to talk in one's sleep
  • soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
  • speciational — relating to speciation
  • sphacelation — the process of mortification
  • splenization — the transformation of something into a spleenlike tissue
  • split second — a fraction of a second.
  • splotchiness — the state or condition of being splotchy
  • spot welding — fusing metal
  • stockingless — not wearing or having stockings
  • stone circle — a circle of standing stones erected in prehistoric times
  • stonewalling — the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.
  • stool pigeon — a pigeon used as a decoy.
  • storytelling — the telling or writing of stories.
  • streptolysin — a type of hemolysin produced by certain species of streptococcus.
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