12-letter words containing s, t, a, r, c
- storm collar — a high collar on a coat
- straddleback — astride, on horseback
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- strait-laced — excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish: strait-laced censors.
- straitjacket — a garment made of strong material and designed to bind the arms, as of a violently disoriented person.
- straticulate — made up of or arranged in thin layers.
- stretch mark — a silvery streak occurring typically on the abdomen or thighs and caused by stretching of the skin over a short period of time, as during pregnancy or rapid weight gain.
- stretchmarks — marks that remain visible on the abdomen after its distension, esp in pregnancy
- strip-search — to search (a suspect who has been required to remove all clothing) especially for concealed weapons, contraband, or evidence of drug abuse.
- structurally — of or relating to structure; pertaining or essential to a structure.
- student card — a card verifying somebody's identity as a university student and entitling them to services, discounts, etc
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- styracaceous — belonging to the Styracaceae, the storax family of plants.
- sub-tropical — Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions.
- subantarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately north of the Antarctic Circle; subpolar.
- subarcuation — a structure that is somewhat arched
- subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
- subcuticular — the nonliving epidermis that surrounds the edges of the fingernail or toenail.
- subfactorial — the number of ways a group of objects can be arranged so that none of the objects are in their original or correct place
- subsecretary — a secretary subordinate to another secretary
- substraction — the act or process of subtracting
- sugar-coated — Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
- sugarcoating — the act or process of covering something with sugar.
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- supercapital — a member situated between a capital and the spring of an arch, as a dosseret.
- superelastic — capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded: an elastic waistband; elastic fiber.
- superplastic — (of some metals and alloys) having the capacity to undergo extreme deformation at high temperatures.
- supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- supracrustal — relating to rocks that overlie the basement rock of the crust
- surf casting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- surrealistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of surrealism; surreal.
- swagger coat — a woman's pyramid-shaped coat with a full flared back and usually raglan sleeves, first popularized in the 1930s.
- switch grass — a North American grass, Panicum virgatum, having an open, branching inflorescence.
- tachyphrasia — a communication disorder involving rapid, unintelligible speech
- tartar sauce — a mayonnaise dressing for fish and seafood, usually with chopped pickles, onions, olives, capers, and green herbs added.
- tax increase — an increase in the amount of tax that people and companies are obliged to pay
- testificator — a person who witnesses
- thalassocrat — a nation that has dominion over the seas.
- the jurassic — the Jurassic period or rock system
- the triassic — the Triassic period or rock system
- therapeutics — a therapeutic substance.
- thermostatic — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- thoracoscope — an instrument used for examining the pleural cavity
- thoracostomy — the construction of an artificial opening through the chest wall, usually for the drainage of fluid or the release of an abnormal accumulation of air.
- tinea cruris — jock itch.
- toxocariasis — the infection of humans with the larvae of a genus of roundworms, Toxocara, of dogs and cats. It can cause swelling of the liver and, sometimes, damage to the eyes
- trace fossil — a fossilized track, trail, burrow, boring, or other structure in sedimentary rock that records the presence or behavior of the organism that made it.
- tracheoscopy — examination of the interior of the trachea, as with a laryngoscope.
- tracheostomy — the construction of an artificial opening through the neck into the trachea, usually for the relief of difficulty in breathing.
- trachomatous — a chronic, contagious infection of the conjunctiva and cornea, characterized by the formation of granulations and scarring and caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.