12-letter words containing y, e, n, a
- remuneratory — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- renewability — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
- renunciatory — an act or instance of relinquishing, abandoning, repudiating, or sacrificing something, as a right, title, person, or ambition: the king's renunciation of the throne.
- residentiary — residing; resident.
- resyndicated — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- reversionary — of, relating to, or involving a reversion.
- rhyming game — a game played using rhyme
- rock and rye — a bottled drink made with rye whiskey, rock candy, and fruit.
- rockumentary — a documentary about rock music.
- roentgen ray — (sometimes lowercase) x-ray.
- rogue's yarn — a yarn of distinctive color, material, or twist, laid in a strand or strands of a rope to identify the owner or the maker.
- role playing — role-play used as a method of training or education
- role-playing — a method of instruction or psychotherapy aimed at changing attitudes and behavior, in which participants act out designated roles relevant to real-life situations.
- romney marsh — one of an English breed of hardy sheep, having coarse, long wool.
- royal antler — the third prong from the base of a stag's antler.
- royal assent — (in Britain) the formal signing of an act of Parliament by the sovereign, by which it becomes law
- royal tennis — court tennis.
- saccharinely — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
- sacramentary — a sacramentarian
- safety chain — a chain on the fastening of a bracelet, watch, etc, to ensure that it cannot open enough to fall off accidentally
- salary range — pay scale
- sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
- sand-sprayed — noting an exterior wall finish composed of mortar to which is added a mixture of sand and cement in equal parts while the mortar is still wet.
- sanity check — (programming) 1. Checking code (or anything else, e.g. a Usenet posting) for completely stupid mistakes. Implies that the check is to make sure the author was sane when it was written; e.g. if a piece of scientific software relied on a particular formula and was giving unexpected results, one might first look at the nesting of parentheses or the coding of the formula, as a "sanity check", before looking at the more complex I/O or data structure manipulation routines, much less the algorithm itself. Compare reality check. 2. A run-time test, either validating input or ensuring that the program hasn't screwed up internally (producing an inconsistent value or state).
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- scatteringly — in a scattering manner
- sclerenchyma — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
- security van — an armoured van used to transport money or other valuables
- selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
- self-playing — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- semantically — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- semiannually — occurring, done, or published every half year or twice a year; semiyearly.
- semiautonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
- sequentially — characterized by regular sequence of parts.
- serotaxonomy — the study of the taxonomy of proteins using serological methods
- sexcentenary — pertaining to 600 or a period of 600 years; marking the completion of 600 years.
- shagreen ray — a species of skate, Leucoraja fullonica
- shame on you — expressing disapproval
- silly season — a time of year, usually in midsummer or during a holiday period, characterized by exaggerated news stories, frivolous entertainments, outlandish publicity stunts, etc.: The new movie reminds us that the silly season is here.
- simultaneity — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- single-party — of or relating to a form of government in which only a single political party constitutes the government
- single-payer — noting or relating to a healthcare or health insurance system in which the government or a publicly owned and regulated agency pays all medical costs from a single fund.
- snotty-faced — having visible nasal mucus on the face
- solar energy — energy derived from the sun in the form of solar radiation.
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- sphenography — the art of writing in cuneiform characters.
- splenomegaly — enlargement of the spleen.
- 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)