12-letter words containing t, e, n, y, s
- sputteringly — in a sputtering manner
- staggeringly — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
- stand surety — to act as a surety
- stanley pool — a lake between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Congo-Brazzaville, formed by a widening of the River Congo. Area: 829 sq km (320 sq miles)
- stanleyville — former name of Kisangani.
- steady-going — steadfast; faithful; unchanging: steady-going service to the cause of justice.
- 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.
- sternutatory — Also, sternutative. causing or tending to cause sneezing.
- stoney creek — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- stonyhearted — unfeeling; pitiless; cruel
- stop payment — an order by the drawer of a check to his or her bank not to pay a specified check.
- storytelling — the telling or writing of stories.
- street money — walking-around money (def 2).
- 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.
- student body — all the students enrolled at an educational institution.
- stupefyingly — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- stupendously — causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news.
- sub-attorney — a lawyer; attorney-at-law.
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
- subsequently — occurring or coming later or after (often followed by to): subsequent events; Subsequent to their arrival in Chicago, they bought a new car.
- successantly — in succession
- sufficiently — adequate for the purpose; enough: sufficient proof; sufficient protection.
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
- synaesthesia — synesthesia.
- synaesthesis — the harmonious combination of differing impulses arising from a work of art
- synaesthetic — synesthesia.
- synantherous — with united anthers
- synarthroses — immovable articulation; a fixed or immovable joint; suture.
- synchroneity — the state of being synchronous; synchronism.
- syncretistic — the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
- synecologist — a student of, or expert in, synecology
- synectically — from a synectic point of view
- syntagmatite — a dark crystalline form of hornblende
- synthesizing — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
- syntheticism — a synthetic nature or approach
- testamentary — of, relating to, or of the nature of a testament or will.
- theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
- thirty-seven — a cardinal number, 30 plus 7.
- tmj syndrome — a condition attributed to tension in or faulty articulation of the temporomandibular joint, having a wide range of symptoms that include dizziness, ringing in the ears, and pain in the head, neck, and shoulders.
- transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- translucency — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
- transparency — Also, transparence. the quality or state of being transparent.
- transversely — lying or extending across or in a cross direction; cross.
- tremendously — extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
- twenty-first — next after the twentieth; being the ordinal number for 21.
- twenty-seven — a cardinal number, 20 plus 7.
- twenty-sixer — a liquor bottle of around 26 ounces (0.750 litre) capacity