12-letter words containing a, c, e, s, p, o
- mesocephalic — having a head with a cephalic index between that of dolichocephaly and brachycephaly.
- metapolitics — political theory: often used derogatorily
- microamperes — Plural form of microampere.
- microcapsule — a tiny capsule, 20–150 microns in diameter, used for slow-release application of drugs, pesticides, flavors, etc.
- mycoparasite — a parasitic fungus whose host is another fungus.
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- nepotistical — Nepotistic.
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
- nonspherical — not spherical
- normed space — any vector space on which a norm is defined.
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- octapeptides — Plural form of octapeptide.
- octopetalous — containing or consisting of eight petals
- octosepalous — having or consisting of eight sepals
- office space — part of a building for business use
- opalescently — In an opalescent manner.
- orthopaedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- osteoplastic — Surgery. pertaining to osteoplasty.
- overpurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- overseas cap — a soft, brimless military cap
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- pacific rose — a large variety of eating apple from New Zealand, with sweet flesh
- pack of lies — false account
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- paedodontics — the branch of dentistry that focuses on the care of children's teeth
- pandanaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Pandanaceae, an Old World tropical family of monocotyledonous plants including the screw pines
- parochialise — to make parochial.
- pasch flower — pasqueflower
- peccadilloes — a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault.
- percussional — of or relating to percussion
- percutaneous — administered, removed, or absorbed by way of the skin, as an injection, needle biopsy, or transdermal drug.
- periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
- peristomatic — surrounding a leaf's stoma or stomata
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- pervicacious — extremely willful; obstinate; stubborn.
- pestological — relating to pestology
- phagocytoses — phagocytize.
- photoelastic — displaying photoelasticity; of or relating to photoelasticity
- piece of ass — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
- pirate coast — an independent federation in E Arabia, formed in 1971, now comprising seven emirates on the S coast (formerly, Pirate Coast or Trucial Coast) of the Persian Gulf, formerly under British protection: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah (joined 1972), and Fujairah. About 32,300 sq. mi. (83,657 sq. km). Capital: Abu Dhabi. Abbreviation: U.A.E.
- plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- platanaceous — relating to the family Platanaceae
- play clothes — clothes that are suitable for playing in
- pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
- plumulaceous — having the texture of down.
- pneumatocyst — the cavity of a pneumatophore.
- poeticalness — the characteristic of being poetical
- pole compass — (formerly) a ship's compass elevated on a wooden pole to isolate it as much as possible from local magnetism.
- police state — a nation in which the police, especially a secret police, summarily suppresses any social, economic, or political act that conflicts with governmental policy.
- policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.