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12-letter words containing s, e, a, r, i, n

  • share option — A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price.
  • shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
  • sherardizing — to coat (steel) with a thin cladding of zinc by heating in a mixture of sand and powdered zinc.
  • shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
  • 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
  • silas marner — a novel (1861) by George Eliot.
  • silent alarm — an alarm that alerts security personnel or the police without the knowledge of the intruder or criminal whose presence triggers it: The silent alarm set off a flashing light at the police station.
  • 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-party — of or relating to a form of government in which only a single political party constitutes the government
  • single-payer — noting or relating to a healthcare or health insurance system in which the government or a publicly owned and regulated agency pays all medical costs from a single fund.
  • 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.
  • sint maarten — St. Martin.
  • sir lawrence — Sir Lawrence Alma-, Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence.
  • sleeping car — a railroad car fitted with berths, compartments, bedrooms, or drawing rooms for passengers to sleep in.
  • sloganeering — Sloganeering is the use of slogans by people such as politicians or advertising agencies.
  • small ermine — an unrelated micro, Yponomeuta padella
  • smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
  • snail darter — a tan, striped, snail-eating perch, Percina tanasi, 3 inches (7.5 cm) long, occurring only in the Tennessee River: a threatened species.
  • solitariness — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
  • sorbefacient — inducing absorption
  • spanish rice — rice prepared with chopped onions, tomatoes, green peppers, and sometimes diced ham, seasoned with cayenne pepper and mixed with butter.
  • spearfishing — any of several fishes of the genus Tetrapturus, resembling the sailfish but having the first dorsal fin much less developed: inhabiting all seas, but rare.
  • spearheading — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
  • spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
  • sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
  • spider plant — Also called ribbon plant. a plant, Chlorophytum comosum, of the lily family, native to southern Africa, that has long, narrow leaves and clusters of white flowers and is widely cultivated as a houseplant.
  • spinal nerve — any of a series of paired nerves that originate in the nerve roots of the spinal cord and emerge from the vertebrae on both sides of the spinal column, each branching out to innervate a specific region of the neck, trunk, or limbs.
  • spring break — a vacation from school or college during the spring term, lasting about a week.
  • spring water — water from natural underground source
  • spring-clean — to subject (a place) to a spring-cleaning.
  • spur gearing — a system of spur gears.
  • square piano — a piano with a rectangular, horizontal body.
  • squared ring — boxing ring.
  • squarishness — the condition or quality of being somewhat square
  • staggeringly — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
  • staging area — an area, as a port of embarkation, where troops are assembled and readied for transit to a new field of operations.
  • standardized — to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.
  • stanniferous — containing tin; tin-bearing
  • star jasmine — a shrubby, evergreen vine, Trachelospermum jasminoides, of the dogbane family, native to China, having small clusters of fragrant, white flowers, often cultivated as an ornamental.
  • state prison — a prison maintained by a state for the confinement of felons.
  • stationeries — writing paper.
  • stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
  • steam-driven — powered by steam
  • steering arm — the part of a vehicle's chassis that directs the input from the steering box
  • stegosaurian — having the characteristics of a stegosaur
  • steinamanger — German name of Szombathely.
  • stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
  • stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
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