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

  • suberization — the impregnation of cell walls with suberin, causing the formation of cork.
  • subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
  • subintroduce — to introduce subtly
  • subminiature — subminiature camera.
  • subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
  • supereminent — of superior eminence, rank, or dignity; distinguished, conspicuous, or worthy of note above others.
  • superevident — extremely or very evident
  • superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
  • superstation — an independent television station whose signal is transmitted by satellite to subscribers on a cable system.
  • superstition — a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like.
  • supervenient — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
  • supervention — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
  • synchroneity — the state of being synchronous; synchronism.
  • syncretistic — the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
  • 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
  • tennis court — ground marked out for tennis
  • tensiometric — relating to the measurement of tension
  • tenuirostral — pertaining to a group of birds Tenuirostres which have slender bills
  • terribleness — distressing; severe: a terrible winter.
  • the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
  • the nearside — the side of a vehicle normally nearer the kerb (in Britain, the left side)
  • the pointers — the two brightest stars in the Plough (Dubhe and Merak), which lie in the direction pointing towards the Pole Star and are therefore used to locate it
  • the scorpion — the constellation Scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac
  • the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
  • the-persians — a tragedy (472 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
  • the-pioneers — a historical novel (1823) by James Fenimore Cooper.
  • theocentrism — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
  • thereagainst — in opposition to; in a contrary manner
  • therein lies — When you say therein lies a situation or problem, you mean that an existing situation has caused that situation or problem.
  • thermosiphon — an arrangement of siphon tubes that enables water in a heating apparatus to circulate by means of convection.
  • 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
  • third person — the grammatical person used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to anyone or anything other than the speaker or the one (third person singular) or ones (third person plural) being addressed.
  • thirty-seven — a cardinal number, 30 plus 7.
  • thrivingness — the state or condition of thriving, flourishing, prospering or growing
  • thunderstick — bull-roarer.
  • 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.
  • token strike — a brief strike intended to convey strength of feeling on a disputed issue
  • top dressing — tennis court
  • torch singer — a singer, especially a woman, who specializes in singing torch songs.
  • torremolinos — a seaport in S Spain, on the Mediterranean, SW of Málaga: resort.
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