12-letter words containing s, i, t, o, l, g
- speleologist — the exploration and study of caves.
- spongioblast — one of the primordial cells in the embryonic brain and spinal cord capable of developing into neuroglia.
- spongologist — a person who studies sponges
- spot welding — fusing metal
- spotlighting — a strong, focused light thrown upon a particular spot, as on a small area of a stage or in a television studio, for making some object, person, or group especially conspicuous.
- stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
- stegophilist — a person who enjoys climbing up the outside of buildings
- stigmasterol — a crystalline, water-insoluble steroid, C 2 9 H 4 8 O, present in soybeans or calabar beans, used chiefly as a raw material in the manufacture of progesterone.
- stockingless — not wearing or having stockings
- stoichiology — the branch of biology concerned with the study of the cellular components of animal tissues
- stonewalling — the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.
- stool pigeon — a pigeon used as a decoy.
- storiologist — a person who studies storiology
- storm signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
- storytelling — the telling or writing of stories.
- string along — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- stringholder — an oblong piece of wood at the lower end of the body of a viol or other stringed instrument to which the strings are attached.
- strobe light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- strobe-light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- strongsville — a town in N Ohio.
- strongylosis — a disease, especially of horses, caused by an infestation by strongyles and characterized in serious cases by weakness and anemia.
- studio glass — art glass produced by an independent artisan in the studio.
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- supportingly — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- synecologist — a student of, or expert in, synecology
- 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.
- technologies — the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
- technologist — a person who specializes in technology.
- teleshopping — electronic shopping via videotex or other interactive information service.
- timbrologist — a stamp-collector
- to the gills — the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
- toga virilis — the white toga assumed by boys in ancient Rome at the end of their 14th year.
- trichologist — the science dealing with the study of the hair and its diseases.
- troglodytism — the condition of being a troglodyte
- urbanologist — a sociologist specializing in urban life and problems
- vasoligation — ligation of the vas deferens.
- vasoligature — vasoligation.
- vital organs — organs in the body that are essential to life
- vitiliginous — a skin disorder characterized by smooth, white patches on various parts of the body, caused by the loss of the natural pigment.
- wigglesworth — Michael, 1631–1705, U.S. theologian and author, born in England.
- withholdings — Plural form of withholding.
- wood's light — ultraviolet light filtered through glass containing nickel oxide, used in detecting forgeries, in detecting microbes in hair, etc.