12-letter words containing s, c, r, i, g
- selling race — a claiming race at the end of which the winning horse is offered for sale.
- 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.
- serotonergic — containing or activated by serotonin.
- service game — a game in which a particular tennis player is the one who serves
- shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
- short-acting — (of a drug) quickly effective, but requiring regularly repeated doses for long-term treatment, being rapidly absorbed, distributed in the body, and excreted
- shortcomings — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- shortcutting — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- sight screen — a white screen set in line with the wicket as an aid to the batsman in seeing the ball when it is bowled.
- signal corps — a branch of the army responsible for military communications, meteorological studies, and related work.
- significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
- 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-cross — a cross between two inbred lines.
- 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.
- sleeping car — a railroad car fitted with berths, compartments, bedrooms, or drawing rooms for passengers to sleep in.
- sociographic — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
- sorting code — a sequence of numbers printed on a cheque or embossed on a bank or building-society card that identifies the branch holding the account
- sphragistics — the scientific study of seals or signet rings.
- spring catch — a catch for an interior or cabinet door that has a bolt operated by a spring.
- spring vetch — any of several mostly climbing plants belonging to the genus Vicia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves ending in tendrils and bearing pealike flowers, especially V. sativa (spring vetch) cultivated for forage and soil improvement.
- spring-clean — to subject (a place) to a spring-cleaning.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stick figure — a diagrammatic drawing representing a human or animal, usually made with one line each for the torso and appendages, and often a circle for the head.
- stockbroking — business of buying and selling stock
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- stringcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- stringencies — stringent character or condition: the stringency of poverty.
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- submicrogram — containing or relating to a mass of less than one microgram
- sugarcoating — the act or process of covering something with sugar.
- sunscreening — the use of sunscreens
- supercooling — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- superglacial — on the surface of a glacier.
- superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
- surf casting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- switch grass — a North American grass, Panicum virgatum, having an open, branching inflorescence.
- synergically — in a synergic manner
- torch singer — a singer, especially a woman, who specializes in singing torch songs.
- traffic sign — notice to vehicles
- tragicalness — the quality or state of being tragic
- transcending — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
- trichologist — the science dealing with the study of the hair and its diseases.
- trickstering — the practice of playing tricks
- twitch grass — couch grass.
- underscoring — the practice of drawing or scoring a line or mark under
- undiscerning — showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.
- undischarged — gun: not let off
- ungraciously — in an ungracious manner
- vereshchagin — Vasili Vasilievich [vuh-syee-lyee vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /vʌˈsyi lyi vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1904, Russian painter.