12-letter words containing s, e, a, r, i, n
- saint-brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
- saint-hubert — town in S Quebec, Canada: part of metropolitan Montreal: pop. 77,000
- saint-pierre — two small groups of islands off the S coast of Newfoundland: an overseas territory of France; important base for fishing. 3 sq. mi. (240 sq. km). Capital: St. Pierre.
- saint-tropez — a town in SE France, on the French Riviera: beach resort.
- salamandrine — any tailed amphibian of the order Caudata, having a soft, moist, scaleless skin, typically aquatic as a larva and semiterrestrial as an adult: several species are endangered.
- salve regina — a prayer in the form of a hymn to the Virgin Mary.
- san marinese — a small republic in E Italy: the oldest independent country in Europe. 38 sq. mi. (98 sq. km). Capital: San Marino.
- sand cricket — Jerusalem cricket.
- sandpapering — the act or process of polishing or grinding a surface with or as if with sandpaper
- sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
- sanitariness — of or relating to health or the conditions affecting health, especially with reference to cleanliness, precautions against disease, etc.
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- saving grace — a quality that makes up for other generally negative characteristics; redeeming feature.
- scatteration — the act of scattering.
- scatterbrain — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
- scatteringly — in a scattering manner
- scavengering — scavenging
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- schneiderman — Rose, 1884–1972, U.S. labor leader, born in Poland.
- science park — A science park is an area, usually linked to a university, where there are a lot of private companies, especially ones concerned with high technology.
- scratch line — a line that marks the start of a race.
- scrimshander — a person who makes scrimshaw objects.
- scrimshanker — a shirker
- sea crossing — a journey by sea from one coast to another
- sea scorpion — scorpionfish.
- sectarianism — sectarian spirit or tendencies; excessive devotion to a particular sect, especially in religion.
- sectarianize — to make sectarian.
- section mark — section (def 16).
- security van — an armoured van used to transport money or other valuables
- self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- self-raising — a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
- self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
- self-reliant — relying on oneself or on one's own powers, resources, etc.
- selling race — a claiming race at the end of which the winning horse is offered for sale.
- selling rate — the rate at which a bank is willing to sell foreign currency
- semi-dormant — lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.
- 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.
- semidarkness — partial darkness.
- senarmontite — a mineral, antimony trioxide, Sb 2 O 3 , occurring in pearl-colored isometric octahedrons: a dimorph of valentinite.
- sendai virus — a paramyxovirus that tends to cause cell fusion: in inactive form, used in biological research to produce cells with multiple nuclei of different genetic constitutions.
- sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
- serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
- seringapatam — a town in S Karnataka, in S India, former capital of Mysore state: taken by the British 1799.
- seronegative — showing no significant level of serum antibodies, or other immunologic marker in the serum, that would indicate previous exposure to the infectious agent being tested.
- seroreaction — any reaction occurring in serum.
- serpentarium — a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.
- servant girl — a girl or woman employed as a servant who performs household duties
- servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- sexagenarian — of the age of 60 years or between 60 and 70 years old.