12-letter words containing s, e, t, a, i, l
- special term — the sitting of a court for the trial of a special case.
- specialistic — pertaining to or characteristic of specialists or specialism.
- specialities — specialty.
- speciational — relating to speciation
- spectatorial — a person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer.
- speculatrice — a female speculator
- sphacelation — the process of mortification
- sphericality — the state of being a sphere
- 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.
- spiritualize — to make spiritual.
- spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
- splenization — the transformation of something into a spleenlike tissue
- spotted tail — (Sinte-galeshka) 1833?–81, Brulé Sioux leader.
- spray millet — the seeds of millet left on the spike and sold in pet shops for cage birds.
- square-built — sturdy and strong-looking
- stabilimeter — stabilograph.
- stageability — a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- staggeringly — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
- stanleyville — former name of Kisangani.
- star thistle — any of several naturalized Eurasian plants of the genus Centaurea, especially C. calcitrapa, having purplish, spiny flower heads.
- state police — a police force under state authority rather than under the authority of a city or county in the state.
- statute mile — mile (def 1).
- stealthiness — done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive: stealthy footsteps.
- steam boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- steam-boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- steel guitar — an acoustic, handheld guitar having a metal resonator and producing a wailing, variable sound.
- steerability — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
- stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- stigmasterol — a crystalline, water-insoluble steroid, C 2 9 H 4 8 O, present in soybeans or calabar beans, used chiefly as a raw material in the manufacture of progesterone.
- stipulaceous — of, relating to, having, resembling, or living on stipules
- stonewalling — the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.
- strait-laced — excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish: strait-laced censors.
- strata title — a system of registered ownership of space in multistorey buildings, to be equivalent to the ownership of the land of a single-storey building
- straticulate — made up of or arranged in thin layers.
- streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- strike fault — a fault that trends parallel to the strike of the strata that it offsets.
- strike plate — strike (def 67).
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- stromatolite — a laminated calcareous fossil structure built by marine algae and having a rounded or columnar form.
- strophiolate — having a strophiole
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subcelestial — being beneath the heavens; terrestrial.
- subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
- subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
- subjectional — the act of subjecting.
- sublineation — an underlining
- submit-table — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- subsatellite — a satellite designed to be released into orbit from another spacecraft.