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12-letter words containing s, i, d, e, l, o

  • noahide laws — the seven laws given to Noah after the Flood, which decree the establishment of a fair system of justice in society, and prohibit idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery and incest, robbery, and the eating of flesh taken from a living animal
  • non-disabled — physically or mentally impaired, injured, or incapacitated.
  • non-residual — pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover.
  • nonsteroidal — of or relating to a substance that is not a steroid but has certain similar physiological effects.
  • nosebleeding — bleeding emanating from the nose
  • nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
  • nucleosidase — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleosides.
  • nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
  • off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
  • oil deposits — reserves of petroleum found underground (or under the sea)
  • oilseed rape — Oilseed rape is a plant with yellow flowers which is grown as a crop. Its seeds are crushed to make cooking oil.
  • oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
  • outside lane — the lane on a motorway where overtaking of other vehicles is permitted and vehicles can travel fastest
  • outside line — an external telephone connection
  • outside loop — a loop during which the back of the airplane is on the outer side of the curve described by the course of flight.
  • outside-left — a footballer who plays on the outside left wing of the field
  • overlordship — a person who is lord over another or over other lords: to obey the will of one's sovereign and overlord.
  • peccadilloes — a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault.
  • perfidiously — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
  • personalised — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
  • personalized — customized
  • philomelides — a king of Lesbos who wrestled and killed every opponent until he himself was defeated by Odysseus.
  • polydisperse — of or noting a sol that contains particles of different sizes.
  • polyhedrosis — an often fatal disease of certain insect larvae or decapod crustaceans, caused by viruses containing DNA.
  • polysulphide — any sulphide of a metal containing divalent anions in which there are chains of sulphur atoms, as in the polysulphides of sodium, Na2S2, Na2S3, Na2S4, etc
  • poodle skirt — 1950s-style woman's circular skirt
  • postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
  • postdeadline — the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something: a five o'clock deadline.
  • postdelivery — of, relating to, or occurring after a delivery
  • poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
  • postmedieval — occurring or existing after the Middle Ages, of or related to the period after the Middle Ages
  • prednisolone — a synthetic glucocorticoid, C 2 1 H 2 8 O 5 , used in various forms to treat inflammation and allergies and in the treatment of acute leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, and lymphomas.
  • pseudopodial — a temporary protrusion of the protoplasm, as of certain protozoans, usually serving as an organ of locomotion or prehension.
  • rapeseed oil — a brownish-yellow oil obtained by expression from rapeseed and used chiefly as a lubricant, an illuminant, and in the manufacture of rubber substitutes.
  • re-solicited — to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
  • resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
  • rhode island — US state
  • rosewood oil — a fragrant oil extracted from the wood of a South American tree, Aniba rosaeodora, and used in the manufacture of perfumes.
  • saddle joint — (on a sill, coping, or the like) a vertical joint raised above the level of the washes on each side.
  • saddle point — a point at which a function of two variables has partial derivatives equal to zero but at which the function has neither a maximum nor a minimum value.
  • sclerodermic — of or relating to a scleroderm or to sclerodermia; hard-skinned
  • scolopendrid — any myriapod of the order Scolopendrida, including many large, poisonous centipedes.
  • self-imposed — imposed on one by oneself: a self-imposed task.
  • self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
  • serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
  • serous fluid — any of various clear, watery fluids in the body.
  • sexdecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 51 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 96 zeros.
  • shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
  • shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
  • siderophilic — having characteristics of siderophile
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