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12-letter words containing s, t, a, l, m, n

  • remnant sale — a sale of items that are unwanted or left over, sold at a lower price
  • sacramentals — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
  • saint-mihiel — a town in NE France, on the Meuse River, NW of Nancy: captured by American forces 1918.
  • salmon steak — a thick slice of salmon
  • salmon trout — a European trout, Salmo trutta.
  • salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
  • saltationism — any of several theories holding that the evolution of species proceeds in major steps by the abrupt transformation of an ancestral species into a descendant species of a different type, rather than by the gradual accumulation of small changes.
  • saltpetreman — a supplier of saltpetre
  • sample point — a possible result of an experiment, represented as a point.
  • san clemente — a town in S California.
  • sectionalism — excessive regard for sectional or local interests; regional or local spirit, prejudice, etc.
  • sedimentable — capable of forming sediment
  • segmentalize — to make segmentalized.
  • semantically — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
  • semifinalist — a participant or one qualified to participate in a semifinal.
  • semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
  • shrimp plant — a small, sprawling shrub, Justicia brandegeana (or Beloperone guttata), of the acanthus family, native to Mexico, having small white flowers protruding from a series of overlapping reddish bracts and often cultivated as a houseplant.
  • silent alarm — an alarm that alerts security personnel or the police without the knowledge of the intruder or criminal whose presence triggers it: The silent alarm set off a flashing light at the police station.
  • simultaneity — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
  • simultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
  • skeleton map — a map showing only basic details of a land, place, etc
  • slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
  • slot machine — a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom.
  • slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
  • smith island — a group of islands in S Maryland and N Virginia, in Chesapeake Bay.
  • somnambulant — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
  • somnambulate — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
  • somnambulist — sleepwalking.
  • stenothermal — (of animals or plants) able to exist only within a narrow range of temperature
  • storm signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
  • stove enamel — a type of enamel made heatproof by treatment in a stove
  • streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
  • student lamp — a table lamp whose light source can be adjusted in height.
  • supplemental — supplementary.
  • surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
  • sweet almond — the nutlike kernel of the fruit of either of two trees, Prunus dulcis (sweet almond) or P. dulcis amara (bitter almond) which grow in warm temperate regions.
  • synaptosomal — pertaining to a synaptosome
  • syndactylism — having certain digits joined together.
  • tamelessness — the character or state of being tameless
  • the midlands — the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries
  • thymus gland — a ductless, butterfly-shaped gland lying at the base of the neck, formed mostly of lymphatic tissue and aiding in the production of T cells of the immune system: after puberty, the lymphatic tissue gradually degenerates.
  • trans female — a person who was born male but whose gender identity is female.
  • transelement — to change the elements of; transmute.
  • translumenal — (of a surgical procedure) performed within a blood vessel, duct, or cavity
  • trinomialism — the trinomial system of naming
  • trinomialist — a person who advocates trinomialism
  • undismantled — not dismantled or disassembled; complete, in one piece
  • unmistakable — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
  • unmistakably — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
  • unstimulated — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
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