12-letter words containing s, e, c, r, t
- seismometric — of or relating to seismometry or a seismometer
- sejant-erect — (of an animal) represented as seated upright with forelegs raised: a lion sejant-erect.
- self-centred — concerned solely or chiefly with one's own interests, welfare, etc.; engrossed in self; selfish; egotistical.
- self-control — control or restraint of oneself or one's actions, feelings, etc.
- self-created — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- self-respect — proper esteem or regard for the dignity of one's character.
- semiabstract — of or relating to art or sculpture which is abstract but in which the subject can still be recognized
- semitropical — subtropical.
- separatrices — something that divides or separates, as the line between light and dark areas on a partially illuminated surface.
- seroreaction — any reaction occurring in serum.
- serotonergic — containing or activated by serotonin.
- serve notice — to give formal warning or information, as of intentions; announce
- service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
- service lift — a lift which carries heavy goods in a place of business, as for example, plates in a restaurant
- service tree — either of two European trees, Sorbus domestica, bearing a small, acid fruit that is edible when overripe, or S. torminalis (wild service tree) bearing a similar fruit.
- servocontrol — control by means of a servomechanism.
- sexcentenary — pertaining to 600 or a period of 600 years; marking the completion of 600 years.
- shatter cone — a cone-shaped fragment of rock, probably formed by violent shock waves, as from meteoritic impact or atomic explosions
- sheet anchor — Nautical. a large anchor used only in cases of emergency.
- shelter deck — a weather deck covering a space not considered fully watertight.
- shirt jacket — a shirtlike jacket.
- short notice — little warning
- short splice — a splice used when an increased thickness of the united rope is not objectionable, made by unlaying the rope ends a certain distance, uniting them so that their strands overlap, then tucking each alternately over and under others several times.
- short-change — to give less than the correct change to.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
- side circuit — a circuit derived from two suitably arranged pairs of wires, each pair being a circuit (side circuit) and also acting as one half of an additional derived circuit, the entire system providing the capabilities of three circuits while requiring wires for only two.
- 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.
- silviculture — the cultivation of forest trees; forestry.
- single track — a single pair of lines so that trains can travel in only one direction at a time
- 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.
- sitka spruce — a spruce, Picea sitchensis, of western North America, having long, silvery-white needles, grown as an ornamental.
- skeleton car — a freight car essentially consisting of a central longitudinal girder fastened to the trucks, sometimes supplemented by one or more pairs of cross cantilevers: used for carrying logs or containers.
- skirt chaser — a womanizer.
- skirt-chaser — a womanizer.
- smart cookie — intelligent or sharp-witted person
- snake doctor — South Midland and Southern U.S. a dragonfly.
- snow scooter — a small open powered vehicle mounted on skis for travelling on snow
- soccer pitch — the field of play used in soccer
- sociocentric — oriented toward or focused on one's own social group.
- soft chancre — chancroid.
- soft-centred — (of a chocolate or boiled sweet) having a centre consisting of cream, jelly, etc
- solid rocket — any of various rockets using solid fuel
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- sorosilicate — any of the silicates in which each silicate tetrahedron shares one of its four oxygen atoms with a neighboring tetrahedron, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being two to seven.
- 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
- space heater — the heating of a limited area, as a room, by means of a heater (space heater) within the area.
- space travel — spaceflight of manned vehicles.
- space writer — a journalist or copywriter paid according to a space rate. Also called space man. Compare stringer (def 6).
- spatter cone — a low, steep-sided volcanic cone built up of droplets or blobs of lava erupted from a fissure or vent.