12-letter words containing s, i, n, g, a, l
- single modal — modal (def 3).
- single track — a single pair of lines so that trains can travel in only one direction at a time
- single-party — of or relating to a form of government in which only a single political party constitutes the government
- single-payer — noting or relating to a healthcare or health insurance system in which the government or a publicly owned and regulated agency pays all medical costs from a single fund.
- single-phase — noting or pertaining to a circuit having an alternating current with one phase or with phases differing by 180°.
- 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.
- slab dashing — the act or process of covering an exterior wall with roughcast.
- slam dancing — the act of hurling oneself repeatedly into or through a crowd at a rock-music concert
- slant height — (of a right circular cone) the distance from the vertex to any point on the circumference of the base.
- slap dashing — slab dashing.
- sleeping bag — a warmly lined or padded body-length bag, usually waterproof and with a closure, in which one or two persons can sleep, especially outdoors, as when camping.
- sleeping car — a railroad car fitted with berths, compartments, bedrooms, or drawing rooms for passengers to sleep in.
- sleepwalking — an act of sleepwalking; somnambulation.
- sliding seat — a rower's seat that rides on wheels in metal tracks fastened to the boat's frame, allowing the seat to slide back and forth, thereby tapping the rower's leg strength to maximize the stroke.
- slimming aid — food or food supplements that can help you lose weight
- slip casting — a pottery-making process in which partially liquefied clay is poured into a plaster mold.
- sloganeering — Sloganeering is the use of slogans by people such as politicians or advertising agencies.
- smallholding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
- smoke signal — If someone such as a politician or businessman sends out smoke signals, they give an indication of their views and intentions. This indication is often not clear and needs to be worked out.
- smoking lamp — formerly, a lamp aboard ship for lighting pipes, now used figuratively to indicate when smoking is or is not allowed: The smoking lamp is lit.
- soft landing — space vehicle
- span loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
- specialising — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
- speedballing — the practice of taking cocaine and heroin together intravenously
- spongillafly — spongefly.
- spongioblast — one of the primordial cells in the embryonic brain and spinal cord capable of developing into neuroglia.
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- spring-clean — to subject (a place) to a spring-cleaning.
- staggeringly — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
- static cling — the adhering of clothing to other clothing or a person's body, caused by an accumulation of static electricity in the materials, especially those containing synthetic fibers.
- stonewalling — the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.
- storm signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
- streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- string along — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- studdingsail — a light sail, sometimes set outboard of either of the leeches of a square sail and extended by booms.
- surpassingly — of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary: structures of surpassing magnificence.
- swine plague — hemorrhagic septicemia of hogs, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella suiseptica, characterized by an accompanying infection of pneumonia.
- synergically — in a synergic manner
- talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
- tell against — If a feature or characteristic tells against someone, it spoils their chance of success when they are being considered for something, for example a job.
- tragicalness — the quality or state of being tragic
- transvaginal — through or via the vagina
- unaspiringly — in an unambitious or unaspiring manner
- unassignable — not able to be transferred
- unassumingly — modest; unpretentious.
- undersealing — the process of applying a coating of underseal to a motor vehicle
- ungraciously — in an ungracious manner
- unmoralising — not moralising