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12-letter words containing s, e, t, n, a

  • sensationist — someone who makes use of or creates sensation, esp a writer or actor
  • sense strand — that strand of a double-stranded DNA molecule which serves as the template from which RNA, esp. messenger RNA, is transcribed
  • sensualistic — of or pertaining to the philosophical position of sensualism
  • sensualities — sensual nature: the sensuality of Keats's poetry.
  • separateness — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
  • sequentially — characterized by regular sequence of parts.
  • sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
  • seringapatam — a town in S Karnataka, in S India, former capital of Mysore state: taken by the British 1799.
  • seronegative — showing no significant level of serum antibodies, or other immunologic marker in the serum, that would indicate previous exposure to the infectious agent being tested.
  • seroreaction — any reaction occurring in serum.
  • serotaxonomy — the study of the taxonomy of proteins using serological methods
  • serpent star — brittle star.
  • serpentarium — a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.
  • servant girl — a girl or woman employed as a servant who performs household duties
  • sewing table — a worktable for holding sewing materials, often supplied with a bag or pouch for needlework.
  • sexcentenary — pertaining to 600 or a period of 600 years; marking the completion of 600 years.
  • share option — A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price.
  • sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
  • shatter cone — a cone-shaped fragment of rock, probably formed by violent shock waves, as from meteoritic impact or atomic explosions
  • shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
  • sheath knife — a knife carried in a sheath.
  • sheet anchor — Nautical. a large anchor used only in cases of emergency.
  • shoot a line — to try to create a false image, as by boasting or exaggerating
  • short-change — to give less than the correct change to.
  • short-handed — not having the usual or necessary number of workers, helpers, etc.
  • shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
  • sialadenitis — inflammation of one or more of the salivary glands.
  • siamese twin — (not in technical use) conjoined twin.
  • side against — one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
  • signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
  • silent alarm — an alarm that alerts security personnel or the police without the knowledge of the intruder or criminal whose presence triggers it: The silent alarm set off a flashing light at the police station.
  • simultaneity — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
  • simultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
  • single track — a single pair of lines so that trains can travel in only one direction at a time
  • single-party — of or relating to a form of government in which only a single political party constitutes the government
  • 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.
  • sino-tibetan — a family of languages including especially Burmese, Tibetan, and the various local languages and dialects whose speakers share literary Chinese as their standard language.
  • sint maarten — St. Martin.
  • 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.
  • skeleton law — a framework or basic outline of law or rule
  • skeleton map — a map showing only basic details of a land, place, etc
  • slant height — (of a right circular cone) the distance from the vertex to any point on the circumference of the base.
  • slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
  • slide-action — (of a rifle or shotgun) having a lever that when slid back and forth ejects the empty case and cocks and reloads the piece.
  • sliding seat — a rower's seat that rides on wheels in metal tracks fastened to the boat's frame, allowing the seat to slide back and forth, thereby tapping the rower's leg strength to maximize the stroke.
  • slot machine — a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom.
  • smooth snake — any of several slender nonvenomous colubrid snakes of the European genus Coronella, esp C. austriaca, having very smooth scales and a reddish-brown coloration
  • snaggletooth — a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.
  • snail darter — a tan, striped, snail-eating perch, Percina tanasi, 3 inches (7.5 cm) long, occurring only in the Tennessee River: a threatened species.
  • snake doctor — South Midland and Southern U.S. a dragonfly.
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