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

  • self-closing — the end or conclusion, as of a speech.
  • self-conceit — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
  • self-cooking — the act of a person or thing that cooks.
  • self-finance — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
  • self-induced — induced by oneself or itself.
  • self-locking — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
  • self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
  • selling race — a claiming race at the end of which the winning horse is offered for sale.
  • semantic web — an extension of the World Wide Web in which data is structured and XML-tagged on the basis of its meaning or content, so that computers can process and integrate the information without human intervention: the semantic Web acting as a global database or huge brain.
  • semantically — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
  • semi-fiction — the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
  • semi-nomadic — of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads.
  • semi-organic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
  • semicolonial — partly colonial
  • semicylinder — half of a cylinder divided lengthwise.
  • semimonastic — somewhat monastic; monastic in certain respects
  • send packing — to dismiss peremptorily
  • senior clerk — a clerk who is in a senior position and performs office tasks under minimal supervision
  • sensualistic — of or pertaining to the philosophical position of sensualism
  • seroreaction — any reaction occurring in serum.
  • serotonergic — containing or activated by serotonin.
  • serve notice — to give formal warning or information, as of intentions; announce
  • service line — Tennis. the rear boundary of a service court.
  • servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
  • set function — a function having a collection of sets as domain.
  • 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.
  • shiner perch — a small, silvery perch, Cymatogaster aggregata, inhabiting waters along the Pacific coast of North America and bearing live young.
  • short notice — little warning
  • sight screen — a white screen set in line with the wicket as an aid to the batsman in seeing the ball when it is bowled.
  • sign a check — When you sign a check , you write your name on it in a special space in order to validate it.
  • significance — importance; consequence: the significance of the new treaty.
  • silicon glen — a collective term for the industries in Scotland associated with information technology, esp those concentrated in the central conurbation between Glasgow and Edinburgh
  • silky cornel — a cornel, Cornus amomum, of the eastern U.S., having leaves covered with short, silky hairs on the underside and bearing blue berries.
  • single cream — dairy product: thin or light cream
  • single track — a single pair of lines so that trains can travel in only one direction at a time
  • single-cross — a cross between two inbred lines.
  • single-space — to type (copy) on each line space.
  • 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.
  • sir lawrence — Sir Lawrence Alma-, Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence.
  • six counties — the historic counties of Northern Ireland, which no longer have a local government function
  • six-cylinder — having six chambers in a reciprocating internal-combustion engine, pump, or compressor within which the pistons move
  • sixty-second — next after the sixty-first; being the ordinal number for 62.
  • skelic index — the ratio of the length of the leg to the length of the torso of a person, multiplied by 100.
  • sleeping car — a railroad car fitted with berths, compartments, bedrooms, or drawing rooms for passengers to sleep in.
  • slickensided — (of rock) polished by friction
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • snail's pace — an extremely slow rate: The work progresses at a snail's pace.
  • sociocentric — oriented toward or focused on one's own social group.
  • sociogenesis — contributing to or affecting the course of social development: sociogenetic factors leading to war.
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