12-letter words containing t, r, i, a, l, s
- registerable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- reichsthaler — a silver thaler of Germany, originally issued in 1566; rix-dollar.
- reillustrate — to furnish (a book, magazine, etc.) with drawings, pictures, or other artwork intended for explanation, elucidation, or adornment.
- reinstalment — a further or new instalment
- relationless — having no family relations
- relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
- relativeness — the state or fact of being relative.
- relativistic — of or relating to relativity or relativism.
- restrainable — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- rheumatismal — of or relating to rheumatism
- risk capital — venture capital.
- rooseveltian — of, pertaining to, advocating, or following the principles, views, or policies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt or of Theodore Roosevelt.
- rooster tail — the wake thrown up behind a speeding boat or the dust thrown up behind a speeding vehicle.
- royal tennis — court tennis.
- rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
- sacroiliitis — the inflammation of the sacroiliac joint
- sail through — If someone or something sails through a difficult situation or experience, they deal with it easily and successfully.
- saint helier — a British island in the English Channel: the largest of the Channel Islands. 44 sq. mi. (116 sq. km). Capital: St. Helier.
- salescritter — /sayls'kri"tr/ Pejorative hackerism for a computer salesperson. Hackers tell the following joke: Q. What's the difference between a used-car dealer and a computer salesman? A. The used-car dealer knows he's lying. [Some versions add: ...and probably knows how to drive.] This reflects the widespread hacker belief that salescritters are self-selected for stupidity (after all, if they had brains and the inclination to use them, they'd be in programming). The terms "salesthing" and "salesdroid" are also common. Compare marketroid, suit.
- salutatorian — (in some U.S. schools and colleges) the student ranking second highest in the graduating class, who delivers the salutatory at commencement.
- salutatorium — a porch or room in a monastery or church serving as a meeting or almsgiving place for monks or priests and the laity.
- salutiferous — salutary.
- sat sri akal — a salutation used in India
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- saturability — capable of being saturated.
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- scarlatinoid — resembling scarlatina or its eruptions.
- scatteringly — in a scattering manner
- scintillator — a phosphor capable of producing scintillations.
- scopes trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- scratch file — A scratch file is a temporary computer file which you use as a work area or as a store while a program is operating.
- scratch line — a line that marks the start of a race.
- scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
- scratchbuilt — describing something which has been constructed by scratchbuilding
- scratchingly — in a scratching manner, with a scratching action
- scripturally — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or in accordance with sacred writings, especially the Scriptures.
- scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
- scrutability — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
- secobarbital — a white, odorless, slightly bitter powder, C 1 2 H 1 8 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative and hypnotic.
- self-reliant — relying on oneself or on one's own powers, resources, etc.
- selling rate — the rate at which a bank is willing to sell foreign currency
- semi-trailer — Also called semi. a detachable trailer for hauling freight, with wheels at the rear end, the forward end being supported by the rear of a truck tractor when attached. Compare full trailer.
- semiliterate — a person who is semiliterate.
- semitropical — subtropical.
- separability — capable of being separated, parted, or dissociated.
- septilateral — having seven sides.
- servant girl — a girl or woman employed as a servant who performs household duties
- service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
- sesquialtera — a mixture stop on an organ