12-letter words that end in l
- saw-whet owl — a very small North American owl, Aegolius acadicus, having streaked, brown plumage and lacking ear tufts.
- scatological — the study of or preoccupation with excrement or obscenity.
- schistosomal — relating to or characteristic of a schistosome or member of the genus Schistosoma
- schwann cell — a cell of the peripheral nervous system that wraps around a nerve fiber, jelly-roll fashion, forming the myelin sheath.
- scissor bill — a type of skimmer bird
- 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.
- secobarbital — a white, odorless, slightly bitter powder, C 1 2 H 1 8 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative and hypnotic.
- secure shell — (operating system) (ssh) A Unix shell program for logging into, and executing commands on, a remote computer. ssh is intended to replace rlogin and rsh, and provide secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts over an insecure network. X11 connections and arbitrary TCP/IP ports can also be forwarded over the secure channel.
- seed capital — small sum invested in new business
- self-control — control or restraint of oneself or one's actions, feelings, etc.
- self-renewal — the act of renewing.
- semiarboreal — (of animals) spending half or some of their life in trees
- semicolonial — partly colonial
- semimystical — somewhat mystical; having a mystical quality to a partial degree
- semiofficial — having some degree of official authority.
- semiological — the study of signs and symbols; semiotics.
- semitropical — subtropical.
- seo de urgel — Urgel.
- septilateral — having seven sides.
- servant girl — a girl or woman employed as a servant who performs household duties
- servocontrol — control by means of a servomechanism.
- shark patrol — a watch for sharks kept by an aircraft flying over beaches used by swimmers
- sheep laurel — a small E North American plant (Kalmia angustifolia) of the heath family, with pinkish flowers and evergreen leaves poisonous to sheep and other animals
- sheep sorrel — a slender weed, Rumex acetosella, of the buckwheat family, found in poor, dry soils, having arrow-shaped leaves with an acid taste.
- shore patrol — (often initial capital letters) members of an organization in the U.S. Navy having police duties similar to those performed by military police. Abbreviation: SP.
- shot on goal — a shot that enters the goal or would have entered the goal if it had not been blocked by the goalkeeper or another defensive player.
- shower stall — an individual compartment or self-contained unit, having a single shower and accommodating one person.
- shut-in well — confined to one's home, a hospital, etc., as from illness.
- silbury hill — the largest prehistoric artificial mound in Europe, located near Avebury, England, and dating from 2600 b.c.
- silky cornel — a cornel, Cornus amomum, of the eastern U.S., having leaves covered with short, silky hairs on the underside and bearing blue berries.
- silver medal — a medal, traditionally of silver or silver in color, awarded to a person or team finishing second in a competition, meet, or tournament.
- single modal — modal (def 3).
- sitting bull — 1834–90, American Indian warrior: leader of the Hunkpapa; victor at Little Bighorn, 1876.
- small barbel — any small cyprinid fish of the genus Barbus
- smart casual — (of clothing) neat or professional-looking but fairly casual: The dress code for the event will be smart casual.
- smoke signal — If someone such as a politician or businessman sends out smoke signals, they give an indication of their views and intentions. This indication is often not clear and needs to be worked out.
- snow crystal — a crystal of ice sufficiently heavy to fall from the atmosphere.
- snowy mespil — a N American tree, Amelanchier Lamarckii, that produces small white flowers in spring
- sociological — of, relating to, or characteristic of sociology and its methodology.
- somatic cell — one of the cells that take part in the formation of the body, becoming differentiated into the various tissues, organs, etc.
- sophomorical — characteristic of a sophomore
- space travel — spaceflight of manned vehicles.
- spanish heel — a high, curved heel with a straight heel breast, used on women's shoes.
- speciational — relating to speciation
- spectatorial — a person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer.
- sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
- spin control — Slang. an attempt to give a bias to news coverage, especially of a political candidate or event.
- spinal canal — the tube formed by the vertebrae in which the spinal cord and its membranes are located.
- spirit level — a device for determining true horizontal or vertical directions by the centering of a bubble in a slightly curved glass tube or tubes filled with alcohol or ether.
- spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes