12-letter words containing t, a, o, u
- secretagogue — a substance or situation that promotes secretion.
- semiautonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
- separate out — filter, sift
- sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
- shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
- short radius — the perpendicular distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a side
- simultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- sinanthropus — the genus to which Peking man was formerly assigned.
- situationism — the theory that behavior is chiefly response to immediate situations.
- situationist — the theory that behavior is chiefly response to immediate situations.
- slaughterous — murderous; destructive.
- slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
- smoky quartz — a smoky-yellow to dark brown or black variety of quartz, used as a gem.
- smooth sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus glabra, of the cashew family, native to North America, having pinnate leaves and green flowers in a dense terminal cluster.
- sneak out of — leave secretly
- soda biscuit — a biscuit having soda and sour milk or buttermilk as leavening agents.
- software bus — A support environment for heterogeneous distributed processing, such as the ANSA Testbench.
- somatopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the upper layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the overlying ectoderm, functioning in the formation of the body wall and amnion.
- somnambulant — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulate — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulist — sleepwalking.
- sought after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- sought-after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- 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 arabia — Protectorate of, a former protectorate of Great Britain in S Arabia, now part of the Republic of Yemen.
- south dakota — a state in the N central United States: a part of the Midwest. 77,047 sq. mi. (199,550 sq. km). Capital: Pierre. Abbreviation: SD (for use with zip code), S. Dak.
- south hadley — a city in W Massachusetts.
- south island — the largest island of New Zealand. 58,093 sq. mi. (150,460 sq. km).
- south korean — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
- south kvaløy — an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the N coast of Norway. Area: 735 sq km (284 sq miles)
- south orange — a city in NE New Jersey.
- south platte — a river flowing NE from central Colorado to the Platte River in W Nebraska. 424 miles (683 km) long.
- south-facing — facing towards the south
- southeastern — from the south east
- squash court — an enclosed court used in the game of squash
- squattocracy — squatters collectively, regarded as rich and influential
- stand up for — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- stanniferous — containing tin; tin-bearing
- status group — a social stratum sharing the same lifestyle or occupation and having the same level of prestige.
- statute book — a book containing the laws enacted by the legislature of a state or nation.
- stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
- steatomatous — of or resembling a steatoma
- steatopygous — extreme accumulation of fat on and about the buttocks, especially of women.
- stegocarpous — (of a moss) belonging to the division Stegocarpi, having an operculate capsule
- stegosaurian — having the characteristics of a stegosaur
- stenophagous — (of an animal) feeding on a limited variety of foods (opposed to euryphagous).
- stereoacuity — the ability of a person to see objects as separate entities along a range of distances
- sternutation — the act of sneezing.
- sternutatory — Also, sternutative. causing or tending to cause sneezing.
- stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.