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12-letter words containing s, i, n, c, e

  • pumice-stone — Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
  • pyrotechnics — the art of making fireworks.
  • pyrotechnist — a person skilled in pyrotechnics, especially in the manufacture or use of fireworks.
  • quackishness — The state or condition of being quackish.
  • quinceaneras — Plural form of quinceanera.
  • quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
  • quintessence — the pure and concentrated essence of a substance.
  • racing skate — a tubular ice skate having a long blade extending beyond the heel and toe.
  • reactiveness — tending to react.
  • receptionism — the doctrine that in the communion service the communicant receives the body and blood of Christ but that the bread and wine are not transubstantiated.
  • receptionist — a person employed to receive and assist callers, clients, etc., as in an office.
  • recessionary — of, relating to, or causing recession, especially economic recession: recessionary market pressures.
  • rechristened — to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
  • recommission — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
  • reconstitute — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
  • reconversion — to convert again.
  • reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
  • reductionist — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
  • reinspection — the act or process of reinspecting
  • rejectionist — an Arab leader or country that opposes accommodation or compromise in negotiations with Israel.
  • reminiscence — the act or process of recalling past experiences, events, etc.
  • repercussion — an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.
  • reprocessing — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
  • rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
  • resipiscence — acknowledgment that one has been mistaken
  • resurrection — the act of rising from the dead.
  • 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.
  • retranscribe — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
  • retrocession — to cede back: to retrocede a territory.
  • reviviscence — the act or state of being revived; revival; reanimation.
  • ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
  • ring changes — to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
  • rock jasmine — any of several alpine plants belonging to the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having tufted leaves often in basal rosettes, and umbels of pink, red, purple, or white flowers.
  • rose campion — a plant, Lychnis coronaria, of the pink family, having reddish purple flowers, and leaves covered with whitish down.
  • saccharinely — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
  • sacring bell — a small bell rung at the elevation of the Host and chalice during Mass
  • safecracking — the act of breaking into a safe
  • safety chain — a chain on the fastening of a bracelet, watch, etc, to ensure that it cannot open enough to fall off accidentally
  • saffron rice — a dish made from white rice and flavoured with the spice saffron
  • saint-brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
  • salk vaccine — a vaccine that contains three types of inactivated poliomyelitis viruses and induces immunity against the disease.
  • sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
  • sanctionable — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
  • sand cricket — Jerusalem cricket.
  • sanity check — (programming)   1. Checking code (or anything else, e.g. a Usenet posting) for completely stupid mistakes. Implies that the check is to make sure the author was sane when it was written; e.g. if a piece of scientific software relied on a particular formula and was giving unexpected results, one might first look at the nesting of parentheses or the coding of the formula, as a "sanity check", before looking at the more complex I/O or data structure manipulation routines, much less the algorithm itself. Compare reality check. 2. A run-time test, either validating input or ensuring that the program hasn't screwed up internally (producing an inconsistent value or state).
  • sapindaceous — belonging to the Sapindaceae, the soapberry family of plants.
  • saving grace — a quality that makes up for other generally negative characteristics; redeeming feature.
  • scale insect — any of numerous small, plant-sucking homopterous insects of the superfamily Coccoidea, the males of which are winged and the females wingless, often covered by a waxy secretion resembling scales.
  • scampishness — the quality of being scampish
  • scapegoating — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
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