12-letter words containing s, i, n, o, r, e
- sierra leone — an independent republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 27,925 sq. mi. (72,326 sq. km). Capital: Freetown.
- signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
- 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.
- silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
- silver point — the melting point of silver, equal to 960.8°C, used as a fixed point on the international temperature scale.
- silver spoon — spoon (def 16).
- simon legree — Simon, Simon Legree.
- single-cross — a cross between two inbred lines.
- siphonophore — any pelagic hydrozoan of the order Siphonophora, being a floating or swimming colony composed of polyps.
- skeletonizer — any of numerous insect species that reduce leaves to a skeleton
- sloganeering — Sloganeering is the use of slogans by people such as politicians or advertising agencies.
- smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
- smotheriness — the condition or state of smothering
- smotheringly — in a smothering manner
- sober-minded — rational; sensible.
- sociocentric — oriented toward or focused on one's own social group.
- solitariness — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
- somers point — a town in SE New Jersey.
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- sorting code — a sequence of numbers printed on a cheque or embossed on a bank or building-society card that identifies the branch holding the account
- specksioneer — a whaler
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
- spermogonium — one of the cup-shaped or flask-shaped receptacles in which the spermatia of certain fungi and red algae are produced.
- spinsterhood — Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
- sporogenesis — the production of spores; sporogony.
- square piano — a piano with a rectangular, horizontal body.
- stanniferous — containing tin; tin-bearing
- state prison — a prison maintained by a state for the confinement of felons.
- stationeries — writing paper.
- stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
- stegosaurian — having the characteristics of a stegosaur
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stercoranism — the belief that the consecrated Eucharistic elements, the bread and wine, are subject to decay and pass through the body like other ingested things
- stercoranist — a person who believes in stercoranism
- stereognosis — the ability to determine the shape and weight of an object by touching or lifting it.
- stereophonic — pertaining to a system of sound recording or reproduction using two or more separate channels to produce a more realistic effect by capturing the spatial dimensions of a performance (the location of performers as well as their acoustic surroundings), used especially with high-fidelity recordings and reproduction systems (opposed to monophonic).
- stereoptican — a projector usually consisting of two complete lanterns arranged so that one picture appears to dissolve while the next is forming.
- stereopticon — a projector usually consisting of two complete lanterns arranged so that one picture appears to dissolve while the next is forming.
- stereotyping — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- stereovision — visual perception in three dimensions.
- sternutation — the act of sneezing.
- stirrup bone — the stapes, one of the three bones of the middle ear
- stone bruise — a bruise on the sole of the foot, caused by walking on or striking against a small stone or other hard object.
- stone circle — a circle of standing stones erected in prehistoric times
- stones river — river in central Tenn., flowing into the Cumberland: c. 60 mi (97 km)
- storage ring — a device for storing charged particles fed from an accelerator, consisting of a set of magnets placed in a ring and adjusted to keep the particles circulating until they are used.
- storage unit — rented space to store items
- storytelling — the telling or writing of stories.
- strepitation — the quality or state of being strepitant
- streptolysin — a type of hemolysin produced by certain species of streptococcus.