12-letter words containing t, e, s, i, c
- selfie stick — a rod on which a camera or mobile phone may be mounted in order to take a photograph of oneself
- semantic web — an extension of the World Wide Web in which data is structured and XML-tagged on the basis of its meaning or content, so that computers can process and integrate the information without human intervention: the semantic Web acting as a global database or huge brain.
- semantically — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- semi-fiction — the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
- semiabstract — of or relating to art or sculpture which is abstract but in which the subject can still be recognized
- semiattached — partially attached; semidetached.
- semicomatose — a light coma from which a person can be roused.
- semidetached — partly detached.
- semimetallic — partially metallic; of the nature of a semi-metal
- semimonastic — somewhat monastic; monastic in certain respects
- semimystical — somewhat mystical; having a mystical quality to a partial degree
- semitropical — subtropical.
- sensualistic — of or pertaining to the philosophical position of sensualism
- separatrices — something that divides or separates, as the line between light and dark areas on a partially illuminated surface.
- septic shock — condition caused by blood poisoning
- septuplicate — a group, series, or set of seven identical copies (usually preceded by in).
- seroreaction — any reaction occurring in serum.
- serotonergic — containing or activated by serotonin.
- serve notice — to give formal warning or information, as of intentions; announce
- service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
- service lift — a lift which carries heavy goods in a place of business, as for example, plates in a restaurant
- service tree — either of two European trees, Sorbus domestica, bearing a small, acid fruit that is edible when overripe, or S. torminalis (wild service tree) bearing a similar fruit.
- set function — a function having a collection of sets as domain.
- set to music — to compose music for (a poem, etc.)
- sextuplicate — a group, series, or set of six identical copies: The application is to be submitted in sextuplicate.
- shield match — a cricket match for the Sheffield Shield
- shirt jacket — a shirtlike jacket.
- short notice — little warning
- short splice — a splice used when an increased thickness of the united rope is not objectionable, made by unlaying the rope ends a certain distance, uniting them so that their strands overlap, then tucking each alternately over and under others several times.
- side circuit — a circuit derived from two suitably arranged pairs of wires, each pair being a circuit (side circuit) and also acting as one half of an additional derived circuit, the entire system providing the capabilities of three circuits while requiring wires for only two.
- sight screen — a white screen set in line with the wicket as an aid to the batsman in seeing the ball when it is bowled.
- silviculture — the cultivation of forest trees; forestry.
- single track — a single pair of lines so that trains can travel in only one direction at a time
- single-track — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
- sitka spruce — a spruce, Picea sitchensis, of western North America, having long, silvery-white needles, grown as an ornamental.
- sivapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene primates of Asia that resemble the modern orangutan.
- six counties — the historic counties of Northern Ireland, which no longer have a local government function
- sixty-second — next after the sixty-first; being the ordinal number for 62.
- skirt chaser — a womanizer.
- skirt-chaser — a womanizer.
- slide-action — (of a rifle or shotgun) having a lever that when slid back and forth ejects the empty case and cocks and reloads the piece.
- slot machine — a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom.
- smart cookie — intelligent or sharp-witted person
- soccer pitch — the field of play used in soccer
- sociocentric — oriented toward or focused on one's own social group.
- sociogenetic — contributing to or affecting the course of social development: sociogenetic factors leading to war.
- socket joint — a joint in which the rounded end of one part fits into the cavity of another part
- soft science — any of the specialized fields or disciplines, as psychology, sociology, anthropology, or political science, that interpret human behavior, institutions, society, etc., on the basis of scientific investigations for which it may be difficult to establish strictly measurable criteria.
- solid rocket — any of various rockets using solid fuel
- somatic cell — one of the cells that take part in the formation of the body, becoming differentiated into the various tissues, organs, etc.