12-letter words containing r, a, l, e, s
- stenothermal — (of animals or plants) able to exist only within a narrow range of temperature
- sternocostal — of, relating to, or situated between the sternum and ribs.
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- 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.
- 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-lashed — badly affected by storms
- straddleback — astride, on horseback
- strait-laced — excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish: strait-laced censors.
- stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
- strata title — a system of registered ownership of space in multistorey buildings, to be equivalent to the ownership of the land of a single-storey building
- straticulate — made up of or arranged in thin layers.
- straw yellow — a pale yellow; straw color.
- streamer fly — an artificial fly having a wing or wings extending beyond the crook of the fishhook.
- streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- street value — monetary worth
- streetwalker — a prostitute who solicits on the streets.
- strike fault — a fault that trends parallel to the strike of the strata that it offsets.
- strike plate — strike (def 67).
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- stromatolite — a laminated calcareous fossil structure built by marine algae and having a rounded or columnar form.
- strophiolate — having a strophiole
- sub-parallel — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- subalternant — a universal in relation to a subaltern
- subalternate — subordinate.
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
- subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
- subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
- submolecular — of or relating to or caused by molecules: molecular structure.
- subopercular — of or relating to the suboperculum
- subquarterly — as one of the quarterings of a grand quarter: a coat of arms borne subquarterly.
- subscribable — to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
- subumbrellar — of or pertaining to the subumbrella, located beneath the umbrella (of a jellyfish)
- subvertebral — located below a vertebra
- sugar glider — a gliding possum, Petaurus breviceps, inhabiting open forests of New Guinea, Tasmania, and Australia.
- sulfarsenide — any compound containing an arsenide and a sulfide.
- sulfonylurea — any of a group of oral drugs, as tolbutamide, that stimulate the pancreas to secrete more insulin, used to treat diabetes
- summarizable — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
- sun umbrella — an umbrella by a chair or table, used for protecting you from the sun
- super pascal — (language) A Pascal variant used in the reference below. Super Pascal adds non-numeric labels, a return statement and expressions as names of types.
- superathlete — a highly accomplished athlete, an exceptional athlete
- supercapital — a member situated between a capital and the spring of an arch, as a dosseret.
- superciliary — of or relating to the eyebrow.
- superelastic — capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded: an elastic waistband; elastic fiber.
- superelevate — to raise above a normal level
- superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
- superglacial — on the surface of a glacier.
- superhelical — of, relating to, or consisting of a superhelix