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12-letter words containing a, p, e, n, i, s

  • bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
  • base jumping — a sport in which a participant parachutes from any of a variety of fixed objects such as high buildings, cliffs, etc
  • base pairing — the hydrogen bonding that occurs between complementary nitrogenous bases in the two polynucleotide chains of a DNA molecule
  • base-pairing — the process of binding separate DNA sequences by base pairs.
  • bernina alps — a mountain group in SE Switzerland, extending from the Rhateian Alps on the Italian border. Highest peak, Piz Bernina, 13,304 feet (4055 meters).
  • bernina pass — a pass in the Alps between SE Switzerland and N Italy, east of Piz Bernina. Height: 2323 m (7622 ft)
  • bien pensant — a right-thinking person
  • caesalpinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caesalpinoideae, a mainly tropical subfamily of leguminous plants that have irregular flowers: includes carob, senna, brazil, cassia, and poinciana
  • camping site — A camping site is the same as a campsite.
  • campshedding — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
  • candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
  • canine corps — a military or law enforcement body which uses dogs for the detection of explosives or drugs or for security, tracking, etc
  • capacitances — Plural form of capacitance.
  • cape jasmine — a widely cultivated gardenia shrub, Gardenia jasminoides
  • cape sounionCape, a cape in E central Greece, SE of Athens, at the tip of the Attica peninsula, in W Aegean Sea.
  • captiousness — The state of being captious.
  • ceratopsians — Plural form of ceratopsian.
  • chairpersons — Plural form of chairperson.
  • chaplinesque — characteristic of or resembling the comedy or filmmaking style of Charlie Chaplin.
  • cheeseparing — penny-pinching; stingy
  • chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
  • compassioned — a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.
  • compensating — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
  • compensation — Compensation is money that someone who has experienced loss or suffering claims from the person or organization responsible, or from the state.
  • compensative — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
  • complaisance — deference to the wishes of others; willing compliance
  • compliancies — compliance (defs 1, 2, 4).
  • conspiracies — Plural form of conspiracy.
  • cooperations — an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit; joint action.
  • cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
  • dancing step — balanced step.
  • dead spindle — a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.
  • deaspiration — the act of deaspirating
  • dependancies — Plural form of dependancy.
  • deportations — Plural form of deportation.
  • deposit loan — a loan to cover the cost of a deposit on something such as rented accommodation
  • depositation — the act of depositing
  • depositional — of or relating to a deposition
  • depredations — the act of preying upon or plundering; robbery; ravage.
  • deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
  • despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
  • despoliation — the act of despoiling; plunder or pillage
  • die stamping — the production of words or decoration on a surface by using a steel die so that the printed images stand in relief
  • dinosaur pen — A traditional mainframe computer room complete with raised flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers. See boa.
  • disappearing — Present participle of disappear.
  • disappointed — depressed or discouraged by the failure of one's hopes or expectations: a disappointed suitor.
  • disceptation — (archaic) Controversy; disputation; discussion.
  • discrepances — Plural form of discrepance.
  • disoperation — a relationship between two organisms in a community that is harmful to both
  • dispensaries — Plural form of dispensary.
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