12-letter words containing si
- irreversible — not reversible; incapable of being changed: His refusal is irreversible.
- irreversibly — not reversible; incapable of being changed: His refusal is irreversible.
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
- job analysis — a detailed study of the requirements necessary to complete a job, taking into consideration chiefly the order of operation, material and machinery needed, and the necessary qualifications of workers.
- joe six-pack — Slang. the average or typical blue-collar man.
- karyokinesis — mitosis.
- ketoacidosis — (pathology) A severe form of ketosis, most commonly seen in diabetics, in which so much ketone is produced that acidosis occurs.
- kinaesthesia — kinesthesia.
- kinaesthesis — kinesthesia.
- kinesiatrics — the treatment of disease by the use of gymnastics or muscle exercises
- kinesipathic — of or relating to kinesipathy
- kirk session — the lowest court of the Presbyterian Church
- kissing gate — a gate hung in a narrow enclosure having the shape of a U or a V , allowing only one person to pass at a time.
- kitchen sink — basin in kitchen
- kitchen-sink — marked by an indiscriminate and omnivorous use of elements: a kitchen-sink approach to moviemaking.
- lachrymosity — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- law of sines — a law stating that the ratio of a side of a plane triangle to the sine of the opposite angle is the same for all three sides.
- laxadaisical — Misspelling of lackadaisical.
- lay siege to — attack
- le corbusier — (Charles Édouard Jeanneret) 1887–1965, Swiss architect in France.
- legitimising — Present participle of legitimise.
- lepidosirens — Plural form of lepidosiren.
- leucocytosis — an increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- leucopoiesis — the formation and development of white blood cells.
- leukocytosis — an increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- leukopedesis — an outward flow of white blood cells through a blood-vessel wall.
- leukopoiesis — the formation and development of white blood cells.
- levalloisian — of, relating to, or characteristic of a distinctive late Lower and Middle Paleolithic method of preparing a stone core so that preformed thin, oval or triangular flakes with sharp edges could be struck from it.
- liberalising — Present participle of liberalise.
- libidinosity — lustfulness
- line of site — a straight line from the muzzle of an artillery gun to its target.
- lithogenesis — (geology) The formation of sedimentary rock.
- lobotomising — Present participle of lobotomise.
- long residue — Long residue is the heaviest fraction from the crude oil distillation process.
- long-sighted — farsighted; hypermetropic.
- lopsidedness — heavier, larger, or more developed on one side than on the other; unevenly balanced; unsymmetrical.
- lounge music — a type of popular music often including jazz, swing, and pop elements and played in cocktail lounges, piano bars, etc.
- lovesickness — Quality or property of being lovesick.
- lowsing time — the time at which work or school finishes; knocking-off time
- lugubriosity — mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
- luminosities — Plural form of luminosity.
- macrocytosis — The presence of macrocytes in the blood.
- macrofossils — Plural form of macrofossil.
- macroglossia — Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.
- macrophysics — the branch of physics that deals with physical objects large enough to be observed and treated directly.
- magnoliopsid — (botany) a member of the class Magnoliopsida. Circumscription of this class will vary with the taxonomic system being used.
- make sb sick — disgust sb morally
- malocclusion — faulty occlusion; irregular contact of opposing teeth in the upper and lower jaws.
- malpositions — Plural form of malposition.
- manumissions — Plural form of manumission.