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a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.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.