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12-letter words containing r, a, l, e, s

  • silver plate — thin coat of silver
  • silver state — Nevada (used as a nickname).
  • silver-plate — to coat (base metal) with silver, especially by electroplating.
  • similarities — the state of being similar; likeness; resemblance.
  • simple sugar — monosaccharide.
  • single cream — dairy product: thin or light cream
  • single track — a single pair of lines so that trains can travel in only one direction at a time
  • single-party — of or relating to a form of government in which only a single political party constitutes the government
  • single-payer — noting or relating to a healthcare or health insurance system in which the government or a publicly owned and regulated agency pays all medical costs from a single fund.
  • single-track — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
  • sir lawrence — Sir Lawrence Alma-, Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence.
  • six-year-old — being six years in age
  • skeleton car — a freight car essentially consisting of a central longitudinal girder fastened to the trucks, sometimes supplemented by one or more pairs of cross cantilevers: used for carrying logs or containers.
  • skelmersdale — a town in NW England, in Lancashire: designated a new town in 1962. Pop: 39 279 (2001)
  • slalom racer — someone who takes part in a slalom
  • slate quarry — a quarry where slate is mined
  • slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
  • slaughterous — murderous; destructive.
  • slave driver — an overseer of slaves.
  • slave labour — Slave labour refers to slaves or to work done by slaves.
  • slave trader — sb who traffics in people
  • slave-driver — an overseer of slaves.
  • sledgehammer — a large heavy hammer wielded with both hands.
  • 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.
  • sleeper seat — a seat, as on an airplane, that can be extended horizontally to permit sleeping.
  • sleeping car — a railroad car fitted with berths, compartments, bedrooms, or drawing rooms for passengers to sleep in.
  • sleeve board — a small-scale ironing board for pressing sleeves, especially a narrow board that fits inside a coat sleeve.
  • sliced bread — bread: sold pre-sliced
  • slide guitar — bottleneck (def 3).
  • slipper bath — a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
  • sloganeering — Sloganeering is the use of slogans by people such as politicians or advertising agencies.
  • 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
  • slow-release — sustained-release.
  • slumber wear — nightclothes
  • slumbershade — sleep shade.
  • small barbel — any small cyprinid fish of the genus Barbus
  • small circle — a circle on a sphere, the plane of which does not pass through the center of the sphere. Compare great circle (def 1).
  • small ermine — an unrelated micro, Yponomeuta padella
  • small letter — a lower-case letter
  • small screen — the medium of television.
  • small stores — personal items, such as clothing, sold aboard ship or at a naval base
  • small wonder — (I am) hardly surprised (that)
  • snail darter — a tan, striped, snail-eating perch, Percina tanasi, 3 inches (7.5 cm) long, occurring only in the Tennessee River: a threatened species.
  • 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 order — structure or hierarchy of society
  • soft release — a means of gradually accustoming wild animals to a new environment before releasing them into it
  • solar cooker — a simple, low-cost device using focused sunshine to cook rice, boil water, etc.
  • solar energy — energy derived from the sun in the form of solar radiation.
  • solar plexus — Also called celiac plexus. Anatomy. a network of nerves situated at the upper part of the abdomen, behind the stomach and in front of the aorta.
  • solar system — the sun together with all the planets and other bodies that revolve around it.
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