12-letter words containing s, e, a, l, i, o
- rooster tail — the wake thrown up behind a speeding boat or the dust thrown up behind a speeding vehicle.
- royal tennis — court tennis.
- sacrilegious — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
- saddle joint — (on a sill, coping, or the like) a vertical joint raised above the level of the washes on each side.
- saddle point — a point at which a function of two variables has partial derivatives equal to zero but at which the function has neither a maximum nor a minimum value.
- sal volatile — an aromatic alcoholic solution of ammonium carbonate, the chief ingredient in smelling salts.
- sales office — the office or room of the department of a company responsible for selling its goods or services
- salutiferous — salutary.
- sample point — a possible result of an experiment, represented as a point.
- sanctionable — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sanguinolent — of or relating to blood.
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- scopes trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- scots gaelic — Scottish Gaelic
- scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
- scutellation — a scutellate state or formation; a scaly covering, as on a bird's foot.
- sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
- secobarbital — a white, odorless, slightly bitter powder, C 1 2 H 1 8 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative and hypnotic.
- sectionalism — excessive regard for sectional or local interests; regional or local spirit, prejudice, etc.
- sectionalize — to render sectional.
- self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- semi-popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
- semiarboreal — (of animals) spending half or some of their life in trees
- semicolonial — partly colonial
- semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
- semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
- semiofficial — having some degree of official authority.
- semiological — the study of signs and symbols; semiotics.
- semitropical — subtropical.
- serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
- 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.
- shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
- shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- shoot a line — to try to create a false image, as by boasting or exaggerating
- sierra leone — an independent republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 27,925 sq. mi. (72,326 sq. km). Capital: Freetown.
- signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
- silly season — a time of year, usually in midsummer or during a holiday period, characterized by exaggerated news stories, frivolous entertainments, outlandish publicity stunts, etc.: The new movie reminds us that the silly season is here.
- simultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- single modal — modal (def 3).
- six-year-old — being six years in age
- 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.
- sloganeering — Sloganeering is the use of slogans by people such as politicians or advertising agencies.
- 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.
- 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.
- social order — structure or hierarchy of society
- socializable — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- soldier crab — a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers
- solitariness — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.