12-letter words containing s, l, i, p, n
- splenization — the transformation of something into a spleenlike tissue
- split screen — Also called composite shot. Movies, Television. a type of process photography in which two or more shots are juxtaposed and projected simultaneously on the screen.
- split second — a fraction of a second.
- split-screen — Split-screen is used to describe the technique in making films and television programmes in which two different pieces of film are shown at the same time.
- splotchiness — the state or condition of being splotchy
- spoil ground — an area within a body of water, especially in the sea, where dredged material is deposited.
- spongicolous — relating to the skeleton of some marine animals
- spongillafly — spongefly.
- spongioblast — one of the primordial cells in the embryonic brain and spinal cord capable of developing into neuroglia.
- spongologist — a person who studies sponges
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- 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.
- spotsylvania — a village in NE Virginia: the scene of Civil War battles between the armies of Grant and Lee, May 8–21, 1864.
- spring-clean — to subject (a place) to a spring-cleaning.
- sputteringly — in a sputtering manner
- stephenville — a town in central Texas.
- stool pigeon — a pigeon used as a decoy.
- streptolysin — a type of hemolysin produced by certain species of streptococcus.
- stupefyingly — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- sublapsarian — infralapsarianism.
- subprincipal — an assistant or deputy principal.
- suckling pig — piglet not yet weaned
- sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
- sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
- sulphonation — the action or process of converting or being converted into a sulphonate
- supercooling — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- superluminal — appearing to travel faster than the speed of light.
- superordinal — relating to the superorder
- supplication — an act or instance of supplicating; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition.
- supply chain — process of manufacture and sale
- supportingly — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- supraliminal — being above the threshold of perception of a stimulus.
- surpassingly — of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary: structures of surpassing magnificence.
- surprisingly — causing surprise, wonder, or astonishment.
- suspensorial — relating to a suspensorium
- swine plague — hemorrhagic septicemia of hogs, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella suiseptica, characterized by an accompanying infection of pneumonia.
- synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
- 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.
- teleshopping — electronic shopping via videotex or other interactive information service.
- transpirable — to occur; happen; take place.
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- unapplausive — not giving applause; not expressing praise
- unaspiringly — in an unambitious or unaspiring manner
- uncapsizable — (of a boat, etc) that cannot be capsized
- undiscipline — the trait or characteristic of not having discipline
- undisputable — capable of being disputed; debatable; questionable.
- undisputedly — to engage in argument or debate.
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- unit's place — unit (def 8).