12-letter words containing o, s, e, l, t
- spectatorial — a person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer.
- speleologist — the exploration and study of caves.
- spermatocele — a swelling of the testicle
- sphacelation — the process of mortification
- spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
- splenization — the transformation of something into a spleenlike tissue
- split second — a fraction of a second.
- splotchiness — the state or condition of being splotchy
- sponge cloth — any cloth loosely woven of coarse yarn to produce a spongy look or texture, especially one constructed in honeycomb weave.
- spot welding — fusing metal
- spotted tail — (Sinte-galeshka) 1833?–81, Brulé Sioux leader.
- spotted wilt — a viral disease of plants, characterized by wilting and by brown, sunken spots and streaks on the stems and leaves.
- staddlestone — (formerly) one of several supports for a hayrick, consisting of a truncated conical stone surmounted by a flat circular stone
- stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- 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)
- state flower — a flower chosen as an official symbol of a U.S. state.
- state police — a police force under state authority rather than under the authority of a city or county in the state.
- state school — A state school is a school that is controlled and funded by the government or a local authority, and which children can attend without having to pay.
- stately home — a country mansion, usually of architectural interest and often open to the public.
- steam boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- steam shovel — a machine for digging or excavating, operated by its own engine and boiler.
- steam-boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- steam-roller — a heavy steam-powered vehicle having a roller for crushing, compacting, or leveling materials used for a road or the like.
- steam-shovel — a machine for digging or excavating, operated by its own engine and boiler.
- stegophilist — a person who enjoys climbing up the outside of buildings
- stelliferous — having or abounding with stars.
- stenothermal — (of animals or plants) able to exist only within a narrow range of temperature
- stepmotherly — related to or having the characteristics of a stepmother
- stereocilium — any of the long, flexible microvilli that superficially resemble cilia and occur as a brush border or series of tufts on the surface of various epithelial tissues.
- sternocostal — of, relating to, or situated between the sternum and ribs.
- stigmasterol — a crystalline, water-insoluble steroid, C 2 9 H 4 8 O, present in soybeans or calabar beans, used chiefly as a raw material in the manufacture of progesterone.
- stipulaceous — of, relating to, having, resembling, or living on stipules
- stock saddle — Western saddle.
- stockholders — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
- stockingless — not wearing or having stockings
- stone circle — a circle of standing stones erected in prehistoric times
- stone curlew — thick-knee.
- stone roller — an American minnow, Campostoma anomalum, named from its habit of moving stones as it feeds.
- stonewalling — the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.
- stool pigeon — a pigeon used as a decoy.
- storage cell — a cell whose energy can be renewed by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to that of the flow of current generated by the cell.
- storage wall — a set of shelves, cabinets, or the like that covers or forms a wall.
- storm cellar — a cellar or underground chamber for refuge during violent storms; cyclone cellar.
- storm petrel — any of several small, tube-nosed seabirds of the family Hydrobatidae, usually having black or sooty-brown plumage with a white rump.
- storm-lashed — badly affected by storms
- stormfulness — the quality or state of being stormful
- storytelling — the telling or writing of stories.
- stove enamel — a type of enamel made heatproof by treatment in a stove
- stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
- straw yellow — a pale yellow; straw color.