12-letter words containing s, t, e, r, i, l
- strata title — a system of registered ownership of space in multistorey buildings, to be equivalent to the ownership of the land of a single-storey building
- straticulate — made up of or arranged in thin layers.
- streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- street child — Street children are homeless children who live outdoors in a city and live by begging or stealing.
- streptolysin — a type of hemolysin produced by certain species of streptococcus.
- stretch limo — A stretch limo is a very long and luxurious car in which a rich, famous, or important person is driven somewhere.
- stretch mill — a mill for rolling and stretching seamless tubes, the rolls of each successive stand operating more quickly than those of the preceding.
- strike fault — a fault that trends parallel to the strike of the strata that it offsets.
- strike lucky — If you strike lucky or strike it lucky, you have some good luck.
- strike plate — strike (def 67).
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- stringholder — an oblong piece of wood at the lower end of the body of a viol or other stringed instrument to which the strings are attached.
- strobe light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- strobe-light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- stromatolite — a laminated calcareous fossil structure built by marine algae and having a rounded or columnar form.
- strongsville — a town in N Ohio.
- strophiolate — having a strophiole
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
- subfertility — below-average fertility
- super-polite — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- 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.
- superquality — above-average quality
- suppletorily — supplying a deficiency.
- surrealistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of surrealism; surreal.
- sweater girl — a young woman with a shapely bosom, especially one who wears tight sweaters.
- sylvester ii — (Gerbert) died 1003, French ecclesiastic: pope 999–1003.
- sylviculture — the cultivation of forest trees; forestry.
- tapsalteerie — topsy-turvy.
- teleosaurian — of or relating to the teleosaur
- teleservices — any services available through teletext
- tenuirostral — pertaining to a group of birds Tenuirostres which have slender bills
- terribleness — distressing; severe: a terrible winter.
- the flickers — the cinema
- the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
- the whirlies — illness induced by excessive use of alcohol or drugs
- therein lies — When you say therein lies a situation or problem, you mean that an existing situation has caused that situation or problem.
- thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
- time-release — timed-release.
- torremolinos — a seaport in S Spain, on the Mediterranean, SW of Málaga: resort.
- 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.
- tragicalness — the quality or state of being tragic
- transdialect — to translate (speech, writing, etc.) into a different dialect.
- transilience — leaping or passing from one thing or state to another.
- transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- transleithan — beyond the river Leitha, which once formed part of the boundary between Austria and Hungary
- transpirable — to occur; happen; take place.
- transponible — capable of being transposed.