12-letter words containing s, c, p, i
- scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
- scorpion fly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
- scorpionfish — any of several tropical and temperate marine scorpaenid fishes, especially members of the genus Scorpaena, many having venomous dorsal spines.
- scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
- scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
- scratchpad i — (language) A general-purpose language originally for interactive symbolic mathematics by Richard Jenks, Barry Trager, Stephen M. Watt and Robert S. Sutor of IBM Research, ca 1971. It features abstract parametrised data types, multiple inheritance and polymorphism. There were implementations for VM/CMS and AIX.
- screen print — artwork made by screen-printing
- screen-print — a print made by the silkscreen process.
- screen-wiper — windshield wiper.
- scripturally — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or in accordance with sacred writings, especially the Scriptures.
- scriptwriter — a person who writes scripts, as for movies, radio, or television.
- scrophularia — a member of a genus of flowering plants which have a square stem and are known as figworts
- scrupulosity — having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: scrupulous about defending human rights.
- scsi adaptor — (hardware) (Or "host adaptor") A device that communicates between a computer and its SCSI peripherals. The SCSI adaptor is usually assigned SCSI ID 7. It is often a separate card that is connected to the computer's bus (e.g. PCI, ISA, PCMCIA) though increasinly, SCSI adaptors are built in to the motherboard. Apart from being cheaper, busses like PCI are too slow to keep up with the newer SCSI standards like Ultra SCSI and Ultra-Wide SCSI. There are several varieties of SCSI (and their connectors) and an adaptor will not support them all. The performance of SCSI devices is limited by the speed of the SCSI adaptor and its connection to the computer. An adaptor that plugs into a parallel port is unlikely to be as fast as one incorporated into a motherboard. Fast adaptors use DMA or bus mastering. Some SCSI adaptors include a BIOS to allow PCs to boot from a SCSI hard disk, if their own BIOS supports it. Note that it is not a "SCSI controller" - it does not control the devices, and "SCSI interface" is redundant - the "I" of "SCSI" stands for "interface".
- sea scorpion — scorpionfish.
- secchi depth — the depth at which a Secchi disk is no longer visible from the surface of ocean water.
- seed capital — small sum invested in new business
- semipellucid — somewhat pellucid; partially translucent or transparent
- semiprecious — (of a stone) having commercial value as a gem but not classified as precious, as the amethyst or garnet.
- semitropical — subtropical.
- send packing — to dismiss peremptorily
- separatrices — something that divides or separates, as the line between light and dark areas on a partially illuminated surface.
- septic shock — condition caused by blood poisoning
- septuplicate — a group, series, or set of seven identical copies (usually preceded by in).
- seraphically — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- service pipe — a pipe connecting a building with a water or gas main.
- sextuplicate — a group, series, or set of six identical copies: The application is to be submitted in sextuplicate.
- shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
- shiner perch — a small, silvery perch, Cymatogaster aggregata, inhabiting waters along the Pacific coast of North America and bearing live young.
- ship biscuit — hardtack.
- short splice — a splice used when an increased thickness of the united rope is not objectionable, made by unlaying the rope ends a certain distance, uniting them so that their strands overlap, then tucking each alternately over and under others several times.
- shrimp sauce — a sauce made from shrimps
- siderophilic — having characteristics of siderophile
- signal corps — a branch of the army responsible for military communications, meteorological studies, and related work.
- silicon chip — A silicon chip is a very small piece of silicon inside a computer. It has electronic circuits on it and can hold large quantities of information or perform mathematical or logical operations.
- silver perch — Also called mademoiselle. Ichthyology. a drum, Bairdiella chrysoura, of southern U.S. waters.
- simplicially — from a simplicial point of view
- single-space — to type (copy) on each line space.
- sitka spruce — a spruce, Picea sitchensis, of western North America, having long, silvery-white needles, grown as an ornamental.
- sivapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene primates of Asia that resemble the modern orangutan.
- skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- sleeping car — a railroad car fitted with berths, compartments, bedrooms, or drawing rooms for passengers to sleep in.
- slip casting — a pottery-making process in which partially liquefied clay is poured into a plaster mold.
- slipped disc — displaced spinal disc
- slipper sock — a sock with a soft leather or vinyl sole sewn onto it, used as indoor footwear.
- snail's pace — an extremely slow rate: The work progresses at a snail's pace.
- soccer pitch — the field of play used in soccer
- sociographic — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
- sophisticate — a sophisticated person.
- sophomorical — characteristic of a sophomore