12-letter words containing s, e, n, a, r, y
- press agency — news-reporting organization
- previsionary — having foresight
- put years on — to make (someone) feel or look much older
- reasonlessly — in a reasonless manner
- reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- recessionary — of, relating to, or causing recession, especially economic recession: recessionary market pressures.
- red nose day — a fund-raising day on behalf of the British charity organization Comic Relief, which culminates in a live telethon on BBC One
- residentiary — residing; resident.
- resyndicated — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- reversionary — of, relating to, or involving a reversion.
- rogue's yarn — a yarn of distinctive color, material, or twist, laid in a strand or strands of a rope to identify the owner or the maker.
- romney marsh — one of an English breed of hardy sheep, having coarse, long wool.
- royal assent — (in Britain) the formal signing of an act of Parliament by the sovereign, by which it becomes law
- royal tennis — court tennis.
- saccharinely — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
- sacramentary — a sacramentarian
- salary range — pay scale
- sand-sprayed — noting an exterior wall finish composed of mortar to which is added a mixture of sand and cement in equal parts while the mortar is still wet.
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- scatteringly — in a scattering manner
- sclerenchyma — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
- security van — an armoured van used to transport money or other valuables
- selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
- serotaxonomy — the study of the taxonomy of proteins using serological methods
- sexcentenary — pertaining to 600 or a period of 600 years; marking the completion of 600 years.
- shagreen ray — a species of skate, Leucoraja fullonica
- 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.
- solar energy — energy derived from the sun in the form of solar radiation.
- sphenography — the art of writing in cuneiform characters.
- staggeringly — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
- stand surety — to act as a surety
- sternutatory — Also, sternutative. causing or tending to cause sneezing.
- stonyhearted — unfeeling; pitiless; cruel
- sub-attorney — a lawyer; attorney-at-law.
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
- sulfonylurea — any of a group of oral drugs, as tolbutamide, that stimulate the pancreas to secrete more insulin, used to treat diabetes
- sunday paper — a newspaper which is only published on Sundays
- synantherous — with united anthers
- synarthroses — immovable articulation; a fixed or immovable joint; suture.
- synergically — in a synergic manner
- syngman rhee — Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- testamentary — of, relating to, or of the nature of a testament or will.
- transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- translucency — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
- transparency — Also, transparence. the quality or state of being transparent.
- transversely — lying or extending across or in a cross direction; cross.
- unhysterical — not showing or suggesting any hysteria; controlled; sensible; calm;
- uniseriately — in a uniseriate manner