12-letter words containing s, a, g, e, c, o
- nonstrategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- object glass — objective (def 3).
- oceanologist — the practical application of oceanography.
- oligochaetes — Plural form of oligochaete.
- orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
- organ screen — an ornamental screen closing off an organ chamber in a church.
- osteological — Of or relating to osteology.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- pestological — relating to pestology
- phagocytoses — phagocytize.
- producer gas — a mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen produced by passing air over hot coke, used mainly as a fuel
- quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
- sacrilegious — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
- sausage code — (humour, programming) Code which, once you know the details of how it's made, you'll never want to use again.
- scapegallows — a criminal who escapes death by hanging or the gallows
- scapegoating — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- scapegoatism — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- scots gaelic — Scottish Gaelic
- sea crossing — a journey by sea from one coast to another
- second grade — school year: age 7-8
- secretagogue — a substance or situation that promotes secretion.
- section gang — a group of workers who take care of a section of railroad track.
- semi-organic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
- semiological — the study of signs and symbols; semiotics.
- shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
- short-change — to give less than the correct change to.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- sound change — any phonetic or phonological change in spoken language, for example the replacement of one speech sound with another, or the loss of a particular sound
- spectrograph — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
- speech organ — any part of the body, as the tongue, velum, diaphragm, or lungs, that participates, actively or passively, voluntarily or involuntarily, in the production of the sounds of speech.
- stage pocket — one of several metal boxes placed backstage in the floor (floor pocket) or wall of a theater and containing jacks for electric cables used in lighting units.
- stegocarpous — (of a moss) belonging to the division Stegocarpi, having an operculate capsule
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- 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.
- sugar-coated — Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
- superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
- swagger coat — a woman's pyramid-shaped coat with a full flared back and usually raglan sleeves, first popularized in the 1930s.
- uncourageous — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
- wages policy — a government policy setting wages and wage increases for workers, for example, setting minimum wage requirements
- west chicago — a town in NE Illinois.