12-letter words containing s, l, o, p, i, n
- scolopendrid — any myriapod of the order Scolopendrida, including many large, poisonous centipedes.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- 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
- span loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
- speciational — relating to speciation
- 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.
- splenization — the transformation of something into a spleenlike tissue
- split second — a fraction of a second.
- 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.
- stool pigeon — a pigeon used as a decoy.
- streptolysin — a type of hemolysin produced by certain species of streptococcus.
- 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.
- superordinal — relating to the superorder
- supplication — an act or instance of supplicating; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition.
- supportingly — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- suspensorial — relating to a suspensorium
- 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.
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- unpolishable — incapable of being made smooth or shiny
- unpoliteness — the quality or state of being impolite