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12-letter words containing s, i, n, g, a, l

  • qinling shan — mountain range in NC China, extending across Gansu, Shaanxi, & Henan provinces: highest peak, c. 13,500 ft (4,115 m)
  • quacksalving — resembling or characteristic of a quacksalver
  • radical sign — the symbol √ or indicating extraction of a root of the quantity that follows it, as √25=5 or .
  • reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
  • reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
  • sacring bell — a small bell rung at the elevation of the Host and chalice during Mass
  • sailboarding — windsurfing.
  • sailing boat — sailboat.
  • sailing date — the date that a ship or boat departs on a sailing voyage
  • sailing ship — a large ship equipped with sails.
  • salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
  • salve regina — a prayer in the form of a hymn to the Virgin Mary.
  • sandblasting — the act or process of using a sandblast to clean, grind, or decorate a surface
  • sandy blight — trachoma.
  • sanguicolous — living in the blood, as a parasite.
  • sanguinolent — of or relating to blood.
  • saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
  • saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
  • scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
  • scatteringly — in a scattering manner
  • scramblingly — in a scrambling manner
  • scratchingly — in a scratching manner, with a scratching action
  • seating plan — layout of seats at a venue or on transport
  • seeing glass — a looking glass; mirror.
  • segmentalize — to make segmentalized.
  • self-antigen — autoantigen.
  • self-basting — (of a turkey) prepared with oil or butter to remain moist when cooked in an oven.
  • self-damning — causing incrimination: damning evidence.
  • self-dealing — financial transaction conducted on a personal, nonbusinesslike basis, as lending or borrowing of corporate money by a director.
  • self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
  • self-healing — curing or curative; prescribed or helping to heal.
  • self-heating — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
  • self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
  • self-playing — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • self-raising — a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
  • self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
  • self-sealing — capable of sealing itself automatically or without the application of adhesive, glue, or moisture: a self-sealing automobile tire; self-sealing envelopes.
  • self-tanning — cosmetic substance applied to the skin to simulate a suntan
  • self-tapping — (of a screw) cutting its own thread when screwed into a plain hole in a metal sheet
  • selling race — a claiming race at the end of which the winning horse is offered for sale.
  • selling rate — the rate at which a bank is willing to sell foreign currency
  • semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
  • 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.
  • shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
  • signal board — a board for displaying electrically transmitted signals and indicating their source.
  • signal corps — a branch of the army responsible for military communications, meteorological studies, and related work.
  • signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
  • singableness — the quality of being singable
  • single cream — dairy product: thin or light cream
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