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

  • slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
  • sledgehammer — a large heavy hammer wielded with both hands.
  • slim disease — a form of AIDS common in Africa, marked by emaciation and fever.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • slumber wear — nightclothes
  • slumbershade — sleep shade.
  • small barbel — any small cyprinid fish of the genus Barbus
  • small change — coins of small denomination.
  • 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 magpie — an unrelated micro, Eurrhypara hortulata
  • 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)
  • small-minded — selfish, petty, or narrow-minded.
  • smallclothes — men's close-fitting knee breeches of the 18th and 19th centuries
  • smilacaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Smilacaceae, a temperate and tropical family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, most of which are climbing shrubs with prickly stems: includes smilax
  • 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.
  • social media — websites and other online means of communication that are used by large groups of people to share information and to develop social and professional contacts: Many businesses are utilizing social media to generate sales.
  • solar system — the sun together with all the planets and other bodies that revolve around it.
  • somatic cell — one of the cells that take part in the formation of the body, becoming differentiated into the various tissues, organs, etc.
  • somatopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the upper layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the overlying ectoderm, functioning in the formation of the body wall and amnion.
  • somnambulate — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
  • soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
  • space helmet — a helmet worn by astronauts while in outer space
  • special team — Football. a group of players fielded for kicking plays, as punts, kickoffs, and field-goal attempts.
  • special term — the sitting of a court for the trial of a special case.
  • spermatocele — a swelling of the testicle
  • splenomegaly — enlargement of the spleen.
  • spray millet — the seeds of millet left on the spike and sold in pet shops for cage birds.
  • stabilimeter — stabilograph.
  • stamp dealer — someone who buys and sells postage stamps (to collectors)
  • stately home — a country mansion, usually of architectural interest and often open to the public.
  • statute mile — mile (def 1).
  • 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.
  • stenothermal — (of animals or plants) able to exist only within a narrow range of temperature
  • 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.
  • storm cellar — a cellar or underground chamber for refuge during violent storms; cyclone cellar.
  • storm-lashed — badly affected by storms
  • stove enamel — a type of enamel made heatproof by treatment in a stove
  • 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.
  • stromatolite — a laminated calcareous fossil structure built by marine algae and having a rounded or columnar form.
  • student lamp — a table lamp whose light source can be adjusted in height.
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