12-letter words containing s, e, a, r, i, n
- stercoranism — the belief that the consecrated Eucharistic elements, the bread and wine, are subject to decay and pass through the body like other ingested things
- stercoranist — a person who believes in stercoranism
- stereoptican — a projector usually consisting of two complete lanterns arranged so that one picture appears to dissolve while the next is forming.
- sternutation — the act of sneezing.
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- storage ring — a device for storing charged particles fed from an accelerator, consisting of a set of magnets placed in a ring and adjusted to keep the particles circulating until they are used.
- storage unit — rented space to store items
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- straightness — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- strain gauge — Geology. a type of extensometer designed for geophysical use.
- strategising — to make up or determine strategy; plan.
- strategizing — to make up or determine strategy; plan.
- streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- strepitation — the quality or state of being strepitant
- stride piano — a style of jazz piano playing in which the right hand plays the melody while the left hand plays a single bass note or octave on the strong beat and a chord on the weak beat, developed in Harlem during the 1920s, partly from ragtime piano playing.
- strike hands — to show agreement by clasping hands
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- strontianite — a mineral, strontium carbonate, SrCO 3 , occurring in radiating, fibrous, or granular aggregates and crystals, varying from white to yellow and pale green: a minor ore of strontium.
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- suberization — the impregnation of cell walls with suberin, causing the formation of cork.
- subminiature — subminiature camera.
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- sulfarsenide — any compound containing an arsenide and a sulfide.
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
- superluminal — appearing to travel faster than the speed of light.
- superordinal — relating to the superorder
- superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
- superstation — an independent television station whose signal is transmitted by satellite to subscribers on a cable system.
- surveillance — a watch kept over a person, group, etc., especially over a suspect, prisoner, or the like: The suspects were under police surveillance.
- suspensorial — relating to a suspensorium
- swiss-german — of or relating to a person from German-speaking Switzerland
- synergically — in a synergic manner
- tardenoisian — of or referring to a Mesolithic culture characterized by small flint instruments
- tax increase — an increase in the amount of tax that people and companies are obliged to pay
- tea strainer — small sieve for straining tea leaves
- tear-stained — marked or wet with tears: a tear-stained letter.
- teleosaurian — of or relating to the teleosaur
- tenuirostral — pertaining to a group of birds Tenuirostres which have slender bills
- the nearside — the side of a vehicle normally nearer the kerb (in Britain, the left side)
- the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
- the-persians — a tragedy (472 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
- thereagainst — in opposition to; in a contrary manner
- thioarsenate — any of a group of chemical compounds considered salts of the thioarsenic acids
- thioarsenite — any of a group of chemical compounds considered salts of the thioarsenious acids
- time sharing — to use or occupy by time-sharing.
- time-sharing — time-sharing (def 2).
- tinea cruris — jock itch.
- tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- titaniferous — containing or yielding titanium.