12-letter words containing ace
- rubber-faced — having a face with unusually mobile features: a rubber-faced comedian.
- run in place — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- salsolaceous — relating to the genus Salsola
- sample space — the collection of all possible results of an experiment, represented as points.
- santalaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Santalaceae, a family of semiparasitic plants of Australia and Malaysia including sandalwood and quandong
- sapindaceous — belonging to the Sapindaceae, the soapberry family of plants.
- saving grace — a quality that makes up for other generally negative characteristics; redeeming feature.
- scolopaceous — (of birds or other animals) like a snipe, a shore bird with a straight beak
- scratch race — a race in which all contestants start on equal terms
- screen peace — (tool) A screen saver for Microsoft Windows by Anthony Andersen. Released as charityware. It can load extension modules with filename extension ".SPX".
- selling race — a claiming race at the end of which the winning horse is offered for sale.
- set the pace — a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.: to walk at a brisk pace of five miles an hour.
- shamefacedly — modest or bashful.
- single-space — to type (copy) on each line space.
- slalom racer — someone who takes part in a slalom
- smilacaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Smilacaceae, a temperate and tropical family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, most of which are climbing shrubs with prickly stems: includes smilax
- smooth-faced — beardless; smooth-shaven.
- snail's pace — an extremely slow rate: The work progresses at a snail's pace.
- snotty-faced — having visible nasal mucus on the face
- space charge — a distribution of an excess of electrons or ions over a three-dimensional region, in contrast to the distribution of an electric charge over the surface of a conductor.
- space flight — journey into outer space
- space heater — the heating of a limited area, as a room, by means of a heater (space heater) within the area.
- space helmet — a helmet worn by astronauts while in outer space
- space travel — spaceflight of manned vehicles.
- space writer — a journalist or copywriter paid according to a space rate. Also called space man. Compare stringer (def 6).
- space-filler — a short article of little or no importance written to fill space in a magazine or newspaper
- space-saving — that saves space.
- sphacelation — the process of mortification
- square-faced — having a front shaped so as to be square or rectangular
- stipulaceous — of, relating to, having, resembling, or living on stipules
- strait-laced — excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish: strait-laced censors.
- styracaceous — belonging to the Styracaceae, the storax family of plants.
- surface area — the total area on the surface of a three-dimensional figure
- surface mail — the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by truck, train, or boat, as opposed to airmail.
- surface road — a road or street level with its surroundings: surface roads and elevated highways.
- surface wave — a seismic wave that travels along or parallel to the earth's surface (distinguished from body wave).
- tenths-place — next after ninth; being the ordinal number for ten.
- thoracectomy — excision of part or all of a rib.
- to keep pace — If something keeps pace with something else that is changing, it changes quickly in response to it.
- to lose face — If you lose face, you do something which makes you appear weak and makes people respect or admire you less. If you do something in order to save face, you do it in order to avoid appearing weak and losing people's respect or admiration.
- to sb's face — If you say something to someone's face, you say it openly in their presence.
- torchon lace — a bobbin-made linen or cotton lace with loosely twisted threads in simple, open patterns.
- trace fossil — a fossilized track, trail, burrow, boring, or other structure in sedimentary rock that records the presence or behavior of the organism that made it.
- traceability — capable of being traced.
- triple-space — to type (copy) so as to leave two full spaces between lines
- uncomplacent — pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
- undersurface — underside; bottom surface.
- ungracefully — in an ungraceful manner
- unit's place — unit (def 8).
- unpeacefully — in an unpeaceful manner