12-letter words containing s, o, l, y
- silly season — a time of year, usually in midsummer or during a holiday period, characterized by exaggerated news stories, frivolous entertainments, outlandish publicity stunts, etc.: The new movie reminds us that the silly season is here.
- sinusoidally — Mathematics. of or relating to a sinusoid.
- six-year-old — being six years in age
- skeleton key — a key with nearly the whole substance of the bit filed away so that it may open various locks.
- skew polygon — the figure formed by joining four or more points, not all in one plane, by the same number of lines
- sleeper goby — any gobioid fish of the family Eleotridae, of brackish or fresh tropical waters, resembling the gobies but lacking a ventral sucker
- sloppy joe's — a sandwich of ground beef cooked in a spicy tomato or barbecue sauce and usually served on a bun.
- smotheringly — in a smothering manner
- snollygoster — a clever, unscrupulous person.
- snow crystal — a crystal of ice sufficiently heavy to fall from the atmosphere.
- snowy mespil — a N American tree, Amelanchier Lamarckii, that produces small white flowers in spring
- snowy plover — a small plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, mainly of the U.S. and Mexico, having a white breast and sand-colored upper parts.
- sociobiology — the study of social behavior in animals with emphasis on the role of behavior in survival and reproduction, engaging branches of ethology, population genetics, and ecology.
- socratically — of or relating to Socrates or his philosophy, followers, etc., or to the Socratic method.
- softheadedly — in a soft-headed manner
- solar energy — energy derived from the sun in the form of solar radiation.
- solar system — the sun together with all the planets and other bodies that revolve around it.
- sole custody — custody, as of a child whose parents are separated, in which one person has sole responsibility.
- solicitously — anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person's health.
- solitary bee — any of numerous bees, as the leaf-cutting bees, that do not live in a community.
- solstitially — in a solstitial manner
- solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
- solzhenitsyn — Alexander or Aleksandr (Isayevich) [al-ig-zan-der ee-sahy-uh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr ee-sah-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər iˈsaɪ ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr iˈsɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1918–2008, Russian novelist: Nobel prize 1970; in the U.S. 1974–94.
- sonnet cycle — a group of sonnets composed by one poet and having a unifying theme or subject.
- sooty blotch — a disease, especially of apples and pears, characterized by sootlike spots or blotches on the fruit, caused by a fungus, Gloeodes pomigena.
- sothic cycle — (in the ancient Egyptian calendar) a period of 1460 Sothic years.
- south hadley — a city in W Massachusetts.
- south kvaløy — an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the N coast of Norway. Area: 735 sq km (284 sq miles)
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- splenomegaly — enlargement of the spleen.
- spongillafly — spongefly.
- sporadically — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- sportability — suitability to be used in or as a sport
- spotsylvania — a village in NE Virginia: the scene of Civil War battles between the armies of Grant and Lee, May 8–21, 1864.
- stanley pool — a lake between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Congo-Brazzaville, formed by a widening of the River Congo. Area: 829 sq km (320 sq miles)
- stately home — a country mansion, usually of architectural interest and often open to the public.
- stepmotherly — related to or having the characteristics of a stepmother
- sticky blood — a condition of the blood, particularly associated with Hughes syndrome, in which antibodies tend to adhere to platelets and glue them together, leading to an increased likelihood of clotting
- stock symbol — A stock symbol is a standard abbreviation for a publicly traded stock.
- stoichiology — the branch of biology concerned with the study of the cellular components of animal tissues
- storytelling — the telling or writing of stories.
- straw yellow — a pale yellow; straw color.
- streptolysin — a type of hemolysin produced by certain species of streptococcus.
- strongylosis — a disease, especially of horses, caused by an infestation by strongyles and characterized in serious cases by weakness and anemia.
- stupendously — causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news.
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- subsonically — at a velocity below that of sound
- subsultorily — in a subsultory manner
- sulfonylurea — any of a group of oral drugs, as tolbutamide, that stimulate the pancreas to secrete more insulin, used to treat diabetes
- superpolymer — a superior polymer