12-letter words containing t, e, n, s, o, r
- stereo sound — reproduction of sound using two or more separate microphones to feed two or more loudspeakers through separate channels in order to give a spatial effect to the sound
- stereognosis — the ability to determine the shape and weight of an object by touching or lifting it.
- stereophonic — pertaining to a system of sound recording or reproduction using two or more separate channels to produce a more realistic effect by capturing the spatial dimensions of a performance (the location of performers as well as their acoustic surroundings), used especially with high-fidelity recordings and reproduction systems (opposed to monophonic).
- stereoptican — a projector usually consisting of two complete lanterns arranged so that one picture appears to dissolve while the next is forming.
- stereopticon — a projector usually consisting of two complete lanterns arranged so that one picture appears to dissolve while the next is forming.
- stereotyping — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- stereovision — visual perception in three dimensions.
- sternocostal — of, relating to, or situated between the sternum and ribs.
- sternutation — the act of sneezing.
- sternutatory — Also, sternutative. causing or tending to cause sneezing.
- stirrup bone — the stapes, one of the three bones of the middle ear
- stone bruise — a bruise on the sole of the foot, caused by walking on or striking against a small stone or other hard object.
- stone circle — a circle of standing stones erected in prehistoric times
- stone curlew — thick-knee.
- stone marten — a marten, Mustela foina, of Europe and Asia, having a white mark on the throat and breast.
- stone roller — an American minnow, Campostoma anomalum, named from its habit of moving stones as it feeds.
- stone-ground — (of wheat or other grain) ground between millstones, especially those made of burstone, so as to retain the whole of the grain and preserve nutritional content.
- stonebreaker — a person that breaks up stone
- stones river — river in central Tenn., flowing into the Cumberland: c. 60 mi (97 km)
- stoney creek — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- stonyhearted — unfeeling; pitiless; cruel
- storage ring — a device for storing charged particles fed from an accelerator, consisting of a set of magnets placed in a ring and adjusted to keep the particles circulating until they are used.
- storage tank — A storage tank is a large vessel for storing oil, gas, and other petrochemical products.
- storage unit — rented space to store items
- storm center — the center of a cyclonic storm, the area of lowest pressure and of comparative calm.
- storm centre — the centre of a cyclonic storm, etc, where pressure is lowest
- stormfulness — the quality or state of being stormful
- storytelling — the telling or writing of stories.
- stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
- stratotanker — an aircraft that can refuel other aircrafts at high speeds and altitudes
- street money — walking-around money (def 2).
- strepitation — the quality or state of being strepitant
- streptolysin — a type of hemolysin produced by certain species of streptococcus.
- streptomycin — an antibiotic, C 2 1 H 3 9 N 7 O 1 2 , produced by a soil actinomycete, Streptomyces griseus, and used in medicine in the form of its white, water-soluble sulfate salt, chiefly in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- streptosolen — a type of South American shrub grown for ornamental purposes, with orange trumpet-shaped flowers
- stride piano — a style of jazz piano playing in which the right hand plays the melody while the left hand plays a single bass note or octave on the strong beat and a chord on the weak beat, developed in Harlem during the 1920s, partly from ragtime piano playing.
- 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.
- 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 tuner — an electronic instrument tuner that uses stroboscopic light
- strong force — Also called nuclear force. the short-range attractive force between baryons that holds together the nucleus of the atom.
- strongsville — a town in N Ohio.
- strontianite — a mineral, strontium carbonate, SrCO 3 , occurring in radiating, fibrous, or granular aggregates and crystals, varying from white to yellow and pale green: a minor ore of strontium.
- stubbornness — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- stunt person — a stunt man or stunt woman.
- sub-attorney — a lawyer; attorney-at-law.
- suberization — the impregnation of cell walls with suberin, causing the formation of cork.
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.