12-letter words containing sil
- silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
- silver paper — silver foil.
- silver perch — Also called mademoiselle. Ichthyology. a drum, Bairdiella chrysoura, of southern U.S. waters.
- silver plate — thin coat of silver
- silver point — the melting point of silver, equal to 960.8°C, used as a fixed point on the international temperature scale.
- silver spoon — spoon (def 16).
- silver state — Nevada (used as a nickname).
- silver trout — a variety of cutthroat trout, Salmo clarki henshawi, having silvery coloration, inhabiting Lake Tahoe.
- silver-plate — to coat (base metal) with silver, especially by electroplating.
- silvester ii — (Gerbert) died 1003, French ecclesiastic: pope 999–1003.
- silviculture — the cultivation of forest trees; forestry.
- sorosilicate — any of the silicates in which each silicate tetrahedron shares one of its four oxygen atoms with a neighboring tetrahedron, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being two to seven.
- sydney silky — silky terrier.
- the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
- tonsillotomy — incision or excision of a portion of a tonsil.
- 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.
- transilience — leaping or passing from one thing or state to another.
- unfossilized — not fossilized
- watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish