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12-letter words that end in n

  • soviet union — the legislature of the former Soviet Union and its successor states, consisting of an upper house (Soviet of the Union or Council of the Union) whose delegates are elected on the basis of population, and a lower house (Soviet of Nationalities or Council of Nationalities) whose delegates are elected to represent the various nationalities.
  • spanish main — (formerly) the mainland of America adjacent to the Caribbean Sea, especially the area between the mouth of the Orinoco River and the Isthmus of Panama.
  • sparcstation — (computer)   A family of workstations from Sun Microsystems based on the SPARC architecture. Models include the SPARCStation 1, 1+, SLC, SPARCStation ELC, IPX, SPARCStation 5, SPARCStation 10 and SPARCStation 20.
  • speech organ — any part of the body, as the tongue, velum, diaphragm, or lungs, that participates, actively or passively, voluntarily or involuntarily, in the production of the sounds of speech.
  • spermatozoon — one of the minute, usually actively motile gametes in semen, which serve to fertilize the ovum; a mature male reproductive cell.
  • sphacelation — the process of mortification
  • spiegeleisen — a lustrous, crystalline pig iron containing a large amount of manganese, sometimes 15 percent or more, used in making steel.
  • spiflication — rough treatment
  • splenization — the transformation of something into a spleenlike tissue
  • split screen — Also called composite shot. Movies, Television. a type of process photography in which two or more shots are juxtaposed and projected simultaneously on the screen.
  • split-screen — Split-screen is used to describe the technique in making films and television programmes in which two different pieces of film are shown at the same time.
  • spokesperson — a person who speaks for another or for a group.
  • sporting gun — a gun intended for hunting
  • sportsperson — athlete
  • spring onion — scallion
  • spring-clean — to subject (a place) to a spring-cleaning.
  • state prison — a prison maintained by a state for the confinement of felons.
  • statesperson — a statesman or stateswoman, a respected senior politician
  • statistician — an expert in or compiler of statistics.
  • stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
  • steam-driven — powered by steam
  • stefan dušan — 1308–55, king of Serbia (1331–55), who conquered Albania (1343) and large parts of the Byzantine empire, into which he introduced legal and administrative reforms
  • stegosaurian — having the characteristics of a stegosaur
  • stereoptican — a projector usually consisting of two complete lanterns arranged so that one picture appears to dissolve while the next is forming.
  • stereopticon — a projector usually consisting of two complete lanterns arranged so that one picture appears to dissolve while the next is forming.
  • stereovision — visual perception in three dimensions.
  • sternutation — the act of sneezing.
  • stock option — an option giving the holder, usually an officer or employee, the right to buy stock of the issuing corporation at a specific price within a stated period.
  • stone marten — a marten, Mustela foina, of Europe and Asia, having a white mark on the throat and breast.
  • stool pigeon — a pigeon used as a decoy.
  • straight man — an entertainer who plays the part of a foil for a comic partner.
  • straight pin — pin (sense 2)
  • stravinskian — of, relating to, or suggesting the composer Igor Stravinsky or his works.
  • strepitation — the quality or state of being strepitant
  • streptolysin — a type of hemolysin produced by certain species of streptococcus.
  • streptomycin — an antibiotic, C 2 1 H 3 9 N 7 O 1 2 , produced by a soil actinomycete, Streptomyces griseus, and used in medicine in the form of its white, water-soluble sulfate salt, chiefly in the treatment of tuberculosis.
  • streptosolen — a type of South American shrub grown for ornamental purposes, with orange trumpet-shaped flowers
  • strobilation — asexual reproduction by division into segments, as in tapeworms and jellyfishes
  • strophanthin — a very poisonous, bitter glycoside or mixture of glycosides obtained from the dried, ripe seeds of a strophanthus, especially Strophanthus kombe, used as a cardiac stimulant.
  • student loan — A student loan is a government loan that is available to students at a college or university in order to help them pay their expenses.
  • stunt person — a stunt man or stunt woman.
  • stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
  • sub-function — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
  • sub-religion — a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
  • subarcuation — a structure that is somewhat arched
  • suberization — the impregnation of cell walls with suberin, causing the formation of cork.
  • subhastation — a public auction or sale
  • subinfection — an act or fact of infecting; state of being infected.
  • sublapsarian — infralapsarianism.
  • sublineation — an underlining
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