12-letter words containing s, u, i, c
- solicitously — anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person's health.
- solifluction — creep (def 22a).
- soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
- south africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town.
- south euclid — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- south-facing — facing towards the south
- spaciousness — containing much space, as a house, room, or vehicle; amply large.
- special jury — struck jury.
- special rule — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- speciousness — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
- speculatrice — a female speculator
- spinulescent — producing spines
- spongicolous — relating to the skeleton of some marine animals
- standing cup — a tall decorative cup of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, having a raised cover.
- stereoacuity — the ability of a person to see objects as separate entities along a range of distances
- 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.
- stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stick figure — a diagrammatic drawing representing a human or animal, usually made with one line each for the torso and appendages, and often a circle for the head.
- stick it out — to carry on or endure something until it is ended
- stick up for — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stipulaceous — of, relating to, having, resembling, or living on stipules
- stockpunisht — punished by being put in stocks
- straticulate — made up of or arranged in thin layers.
- strike lucky — If you strike lucky or strike it lucky, you have some good luck.
- stringcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- studio couch — an upholstered couch, usually without a back, convertible into a double bed by sliding a bed frame out from beneath it and covering the frame with the mattress that forms the upper thickness of the upholstery.
- stupefacient — stupefying; producing stupor.
- stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
- stupefactive — serving to stupefy.
- sub-function — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- sub-mediocre — of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
- 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.
- subapostolic — of or relating to the era after that of the Apostles
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- subarcuation — a structure that is somewhat arched
- subauricular — situated below the ear.
- subcelestial — being beneath the heavens; terrestrial.
- subcivilized — not quite civilized
- subcommittee — a secondary committee appointed out of a main committee.
- subcommunity — a self-contained community usually within the suburbs of a large urban area.
- subconscious — existing or operating in the mind beneath or beyond consciousness: the subconscious self. Compare preconscious, unconscious.
- subcontinent — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
- subcuticular — the nonliving epidermis that surrounds the edges of the fingernail or toenail.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
- suberic acid — a crystalline dibasic acid, C 8 H 1 4 O 4 , obtained especially from suberin, castor oil, and cork: used chiefly in the preparation of plastics and plasticizers.
- 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
- subinfection — an act or fact of infecting; state of being infected.
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector