12-letter words containing s, t, e, r, i, l
- simple fruit — a fruit formed from one pistil.
- simple meter — any time signature in which the upper figure indicates two, three, or four beats per measure, as 2/8, 3/2, 4/4, etc.
- single entry — an item noted only once.
- single track — a single pair of lines so that trains can travel in only one direction at a time
- single-party — of or relating to a form of government in which only a single political party constitutes the government
- single-track — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
- skeletonizer — any of numerous insect species that reduce leaves to a skeleton
- skirt length — the length of someone's skirt
- slide guitar — bottleneck (def 3).
- slipper bath — a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
- slipper foot — an elongated pad foot.
- smotheringly — in a smothering manner
- snail darter — a tan, striped, snail-eating perch, Percina tanasi, 3 inches (7.5 cm) long, occurring only in the Tennessee River: a threatened species.
- solid rocket — any of various rockets using solid fuel
- solitariness — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
- solitary bee — any of numerous bees, as the leaf-cutting bees, that do not live in a community.
- sorosilicate — any of the silicates in which each silicate tetrahedron shares one of its four oxygen atoms with a neighboring tetrahedron, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being two to seven.
- special sort — a character, such as an accented letter, that is not a usual member of any font
- special term — the sitting of a court for the trial of a special case.
- spectatorial — a person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer.
- speculatrice — a female speculator
- sphericality — the state of being a sphere
- sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
- spider plant — Also called ribbon plant. a plant, Chlorophytum comosum, of the lily family, native to southern Africa, that has long, narrow leaves and clusters of white flowers and is widely cultivated as a houseplant.
- spindle tree — any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Euonymus, esp E. europaeus, of Europe and W Asia, typically having red fruits and yielding a hard wood formerly used in making spindles: family Celastraceae
- spirit level — a device for determining true horizontal or vertical directions by the centering of a bubble in a slightly curved glass tube or tubes filled with alcohol or ether.
- spiritualize — to make spiritual.
- spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
- split screen — Also called composite shot. Movies, Television. a type of process photography in which two or more shots are juxtaposed and projected simultaneously on the screen.
- split-screen — Split-screen is used to describe the technique in making films and television programmes in which two different pieces of film are shown at the same time.
- spray millet — the seeds of millet left on the spike and sold in pet shops for cage birds.
- sputteringly — in a sputtering manner
- square-built — sturdy and strong-looking
- stabilimeter — stabilograph.
- staggeringly — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
- star thistle — any of several naturalized Eurasian plants of the genus Centaurea, especially C. calcitrapa, having purplish, spiny flower heads.
- steam boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- steam-boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- steel guitar — an acoustic, handheld guitar having a metal resonator and producing a wailing, variable sound.
- steerability — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
- stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
- stelliferous — having or abounding with stars.
- stem reptile — any member of the extinct order Cotylosauria, comprising heavy-bodied, splay-limbed, plant-eating reptiles that arose during the Carboniferous Period and that are considered to include the ancestors of all other reptiles.
- stereocilium — any of the long, flexible microvilli that superficially resemble cilia and occur as a brush border or series of tufts on the surface of various epithelial tissues.
- sterlingness — the state of being sterling or having the quality of sterling
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- stigmasterol — a crystalline, water-insoluble steroid, C 2 9 H 4 8 O, present in soybeans or calabar beans, used chiefly as a raw material in the manufacture of progesterone.
- stone circle — a circle of standing stones erected in prehistoric times
- storytelling — the telling or writing of stories.
- strait-laced — excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish: strait-laced censors.