12-letter words containing s, a, m, r, i, t
- sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
- sectarianism — sectarian spirit or tendencies; excessive devotion to a particular sect, especially in religion.
- section mark — section (def 16).
- semi-dormant — lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.
- semi-trailer — Also called semi. a detachable trailer for hauling freight, with wheels at the rear end, the forward end being supported by the rear of a truck tractor when attached. Compare full trailer.
- semiabstract — of or relating to art or sculpture which is abstract but in which the subject can still be recognized
- semidiameter — half of a diameter; radius.
- semiliterate — a person who is semiliterate.
- semiparasite — hemiparasite
- semitropical — subtropical.
- senarmontite — a mineral, antimony trioxide, Sb 2 O 3 , occurring in pearl-colored isometric octahedrons: a dimorph of valentinite.
- septemvirate — the ruling body of septemvirs.
- seringapatam — a town in S Karnataka, in S India, former capital of Mysore state: taken by the British 1799.
- serpentarium — a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.
- shamateurism — a sports term referring to a state in which an athlete is classified as an amateur but acts like a professional, usually by raising money
- shrimp plant — a small, sprawling shrub, Justicia brandegeana (or Beloperone guttata), of the acanthus family, native to Mexico, having small white flowers protruding from a series of overlapping reddish bracts and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- silent alarm — an alarm that alerts security personnel or the police without the knowledge of the intruder or criminal whose presence triggers it: The silent alarm set off a flashing light at the police station.
- simhat torah — a Jewish festival, celebrated on the 23d day of Tishri, that marks the end of the annual cycle of Torah readings and the beginning of the next cycle
- similarities — the state of being similar; likeness; resemblance.
- sint maarten — St. Martin.
- smart cookie — intelligent or sharp-witted person
- somatotropin — a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, that stimulates growth in humans.
- special term — the sitting of a court for the trial of a special case.
- spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
- spermaticide — spermicide.
- spermatocide — spermicide.
- spermatozoid — a motile male gamete produced in an antheridium.
- spiritualism — the belief or doctrine that the spirits of the dead, surviving after the mortal life, can and do communicate with the living, especially through a person (a medium) particularly susceptible to their influence.
- spray millet — the seeds of millet left on the spike and sold in pet shops for cage birds.
- stabilimeter — stabilograph.
- stalactiform — resembling or shaped like a stalactite.
- star jasmine — a shrubby, evergreen vine, Trachelospermum jasminoides, of the dogbane family, native to China, having small clusters of fragrant, white flowers, often cultivated as an ornamental.
- steam boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- steam fitter — a person who installs and repairs steampipes and their accessories.
- steam-boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- steam-driven — powered by steam
- steering arm — the part of a vehicle's chassis that directs the input from the steering box
- steinamanger — German name of Szombathely.
- stercoranism — the belief that the consecrated Eucharistic elements, the bread and wine, are subject to decay and pass through the body like other ingested things
- 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 signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
- straight man — an entertainer who plays the part of a foil for a comic partner.
- straight-arm — Football. to push (a potential tackler) away by holding the arm out straight; stiff-arm.
- stratiformis — occurring in a very extensive horizontal layer.
- 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.
- struma-river — a river in S Europe, flowing SE through SW Bulgaria and NE Greece into the Aegean. 225 miles (362 km) long.
- subminiature — subminiature camera.
- sumba strait — an area of water separating Sumba, in the Lesser Sunda Islands, from Flores
- surinam toad — a South American aquatic frog, Pipa pipa, the female of which carries the eggs and tadpoles in small depressions on its back.