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12-letter words containing t, e, n, s, o, r

  • reversionist — a person who advocates reverting to the conditions, customs, ideals, etc., of an earlier era.
  • revisitation — the act of visiting.
  • ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
  • risorgimento — the period of or the movement for the liberation and unification of Italy 1750–1870.
  • roasting ear — an ear of sweet corn suitable for roasting while still in the husk.
  • roman strike — a striking mechanism of c1700, giving the equivalent in tones of Roman numerals, a bell of one pitch striking once for each number I, a bell of another pitch striking once for V, twice for X.
  • rooseveltian — of, pertaining to, advocating, or following the principles, views, or policies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt or of Theodore Roosevelt.
  • root version — The initial value of an object in a change management system.
  • rooter skunk — hog-nosed skunk (def 1).
  • rootlessness — having no roots.
  • roseate tern — a seabird, Sterna dougallii, of the tern family Sternidae
  • rostenkowski — Dan(iel) 1928–2010, U.S. politician: congressman 1959–94.
  • royal assent — (in Britain) the formal signing of an act of Parliament by the sovereign, by which it becomes law
  • royal tennis — court tennis.
  • run the show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
  • saint jerome — Saint (Eusebius Hieronymus) a.d. c340–420, Christian ascetic and Biblical scholar: chief preparer of the Vulgate version of the Bible.
  • saint-tropez — a town in SE France, on the French Riviera: beach resort.
  • sandbox tree — a tropical American tree, Hura crepitans, of the spurge family, bearing a furrowed, roundish fruit about the size of an orange that when ripe and dry bursts with a sharp report and scatters the seeds.
  • satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • scatteration — the act of scattering.
  • screen actor — a film actor
  • sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
  • second birth — spiritual rebirth.
  • second-story — of or located on the second story or floor.
  • section mark — section (def 16).
  • self-control — control or restraint of oneself or one's actions, feelings, etc.
  • self-torment — an act or instance of tormenting oneself, as with worry or guilt.
  • semi-dormant — lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.
  • senarmontite — a mineral, antimony trioxide, Sb 2 O 3 , occurring in pearl-colored isometric octahedrons: a dimorph of valentinite.
  • send out for — If you send out for food, for example pizzas or sandwiches, you phone and ask for it to be delivered to you.
  • sensitometer — an instrument for testing the sensitivity of various types of film, consisting of an apparatus for exposing successive parts of the film to a light of standard intensity at successively increasing lengths of exposure.
  • sensitometry — the science of determining the sensitivity of photographic materials.
  • sensorimotor — Psychology. of or relating to motor activity caused by sensory stimuli. Compare ideomotor.
  • sensory root — a nerve fiber bundle that emerges from either side of the spinal cord and joins with a complementary bundle to form each spinal nerve in the series of spinal nerves: the root at the rear of the spinal cord (dorsal root or sensory root) conveys sensations to the central nervous system, and the root at the front (ventral root or motor root) conveys impulses to the muscles.
  • septentrions — the seven stars of the Plough
  • seronegative — showing no significant level of serum antibodies, or other immunologic marker in the serum, that would indicate previous exposure to the infectious agent being tested.
  • seropurulent — composed of or containing both serum and pus
  • seroreaction — any reaction occurring in serum.
  • serotaxonomy — the study of the taxonomy of proteins using serological methods
  • serotonergic — containing or activated by serotonin.
  • serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
  • serpentinous — of the nature of serpentine; containing or consisting of serpentine
  • serve notice — to give formal warning or information, as of intentions; announce
  • servocontrol — control by means of a servomechanism.
  • seventy-four — a cardinal number, 70 plus 4.
  • share option — A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price.
  • 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.
  • shatter cone — a cone-shaped fragment of rock, probably formed by violent shock waves, as from meteoritic impact or atomic explosions
  • sheet anchor — Nautical. a large anchor used only in cases of emergency.
  • short notice — little warning
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