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

  • self-command — self-control.
  • self-created — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
  • self-finance — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
  • selling race — a claiming race at the end of which the winning horse is offered for sale.
  • semantically — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
  • semicircular — Also called semicircumference [sem-ee-ser-kuhm-fer-uh ns, -fruh ns, sem-ahy-] /ˌsɛm i sərˈkʌm fər əns, -frəns, ˌsɛm aɪ-/ (Show IPA). half of a circle; the arc from one end of a diameter to the other.
  • semicolonial — partly colonial
  • semimetallic — partially metallic; of the nature of a semi-metal
  • semimystical — somewhat mystical; having a mystical quality to a partial degree
  • semiofficial — having some degree of official authority.
  • semiological — the study of signs and symbols; semiotics.
  • semitropical — subtropical.
  • sensualistic — of or pertaining to the philosophical position of sensualism
  • septuplicate — a group, series, or set of seven identical copies (usually preceded by in).
  • seraphically — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
  • serial comma — a comma used after the next-to-last item in a series of three or more items when the next-to-last and last items are separated by a conjunction. In the series A, B, C, or D, the comma after C is the series comma.
  • service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
  • sextuplicate — a group, series, or set of six identical copies: The application is to be submitted in sextuplicate.
  • shamefacedly — modest or bashful.
  • shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
  • shell jacket — a close-fitting, semiformal jacket, with a short back, worn in the tropics in place of a tuxedo.
  • shellcracker — redear sunfish.
  • shield match — a cricket match for the Sheffield Shield
  • shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
  • 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-space — to type (copy) on each line space.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • slalom racer — someone who takes part in a slalom
  • slash pocket — a pocket set into a garment, especially below the waistline, to which easy access is provided by an exterior, vertical or diagonal slit.
  • sleeping car — a railroad car fitted with berths, compartments, bedrooms, or drawing rooms for passengers to sleep in.
  • sliced bread — bread: sold pre-sliced
  • slide-action — (of a rifle or shotgun) having a lever that when slid back and forth ejects the empty case and cocks and reloads the piece.
  • 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.
  • 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 screen — the medium of television.
  • 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
  • snail's pace — an extremely slow rate: The work progresses at a snail's pace.
  • 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.
  • social order — structure or hierarchy of society
  • socializable — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
  • solar cooker — a simple, low-cost device using focused sunshine to cook rice, boil water, etc.
  • soldier crab — a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers
  • somatic cell — one of the cells that take part in the formation of the body, becoming differentiated into the various tissues, organs, etc.
  • soprano clef — a sign locating middle C on the bottom line of the staff.
  • sorosilicate — any of the silicates in which each silicate tetrahedron shares one of its four oxygen atoms with a neighboring tetrahedron, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being two to seven.
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