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12-letter words containing s, l, i, p, o

  • scalp lotion — A scalp lotion is a liquid medication for the treatment of scalp conditions and disorders.
  • scolopendrid — any myriapod of the order Scolopendrida, including many large, poisonous centipedes.
  • scopes trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
  • scopophiliac — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
  • scoptophilia — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
  • scorpion fly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
  • scrophularia — a member of a genus of flowering plants which have a square stem and are known as figworts
  • scrupulosity — having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: scrupulous about defending human rights.
  • self-imposed — imposed on one by oneself: a self-imposed task.
  • self-opinion — opinion of oneself, especially when unduly high.
  • self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
  • self-worship — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
  • semi-popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
  • semitropical — subtropical.
  • shoo-fly pie — an open pie filled with a sweet crumb and molasses mixture and baked.
  • short splice — a splice used when an increased thickness of the united rope is not objectionable, made by unlaying the rope ends a certain distance, uniting them so that their strands overlap, then tucking each alternately over and under others several times.
  • siderophilic — having characteristics of siderophile
  • signal corps — a branch of the army responsible for military communications, meteorological studies, and related work.
  • silicon chip — A silicon chip is a very small piece of silicon inside a computer. It has electronic circuits on it and can hold large quantities of information or perform mathematical or logical operations.
  • 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).
  • simple group — a group that has no normal subgroup except the group itself and the identity.
  • simple simon — a simpleton.
  • simplon pass — a pass over the Lepontine Alps in S Switzerland, between Brig (Switzerland) and Iselle (Italy). Height: 2009 m (6590 ft)
  • siphonostele — a hollow tube of vascular tissue enclosing a pith and embedded in ground tissue.
  • sleep it off — to rid oneself of the effects of some excess, overindulgence, etc., specif. of the aftereffects of drinking much alcoholic liquor, by sleeping
  • slip through — be undetected
  • slipper foot — an elongated pad foot.
  • slipper sock — a sock with a soft leather or vinyl sole sewn onto it, used as indoor footwear.
  • sloop-rigged — (of a sailboat) fore-and-aft rigged with a mainsail and a jib.
  • slopping out — In prisons where prisoners have to use buckets as toilets, slopping out is the practice in which they empty the buckets.
  • slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
  • 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.
  • snowy mespil — a N American tree, Amelanchier Lamarckii, that produces small white flowers in spring
  • soil profile — a vertical succession of horizons, commonly lettered A, B, C (beginning at the surface), that have been subjected to soil-forming processes, chiefly leaching and oxidation.
  • sophomorical — characteristic of a sophomore
  • span loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
  • spasmophilia — a condition in which only moderate mechanical or electrical stimulation produces spasms, convulsions, or tetany.
  • spasmophilic — of or noting spasmophilia.
  • special sort — a character, such as an accented letter, that is not a usual member of any font
  • speciational — relating to speciation
  • spectatorial — a person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer.
  • speleologist — the exploration and study of caves.
  • sphacelation — the process of mortification
  • spiflication — rough treatment
  • spin control — Slang. an attempt to give a bias to news coverage, especially of a political candidate or event.
  • spinal block — spinal anesthesia.
  • spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
  • spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
  • splenization — the transformation of something into a spleenlike tissue
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