12-letter words containing a, p, e, s, t
- stop payment — an order by the drawer of a check to his or her bank not to pay a specified check.
- stratosphere — the region of the upper atmosphere extending upward from the tropopause to about 30 miles (50 km) above the earth, characterized by little vertical change in temperature.
- street party — A street party is the same as a block party.
- strep throat — an acute sore throat caused by hemolytic streptococci and accompanied by fever and prostration.
- strepitation — the quality or state of being strepitant
- stride piano — a style of jazz piano playing in which the right hand plays the melody while the left hand plays a single bass note or octave on the strong beat and a chord on the weak beat, developed in Harlem during the 1920s, partly from ragtime piano playing.
- strike plate — strike (def 67).
- strip-search — to search (a suspect who has been required to remove all clothing) especially for concealed weapons, contraband, or evidence of drug abuse.
- striped bass — an important American game fish, Morone saxatilis, having blackish stripes along each side.
- strophiolate — having a strophiole
- student lamp — a table lamp whose light source can be adjusted in height.
- stupefacient — stupefying; producing stupor.
- stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
- stupefactive — serving to stupefy.
- subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
- subspecialty — a lesser or minor specialty: a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.
- subtemperate — of, relating to, or occurring in the colder parts of the Temperate Zone.
- suicide pact — an agreement between two or more people to commit suicide together.
- sulfate pulp — wood pulp made by the sulfate process.
- superannuate — to allow to retire from service or office on a pension because of age or infirmity.
- superathlete — a highly accomplished athlete, an exceptional athlete
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- supercapital — a member situated between a capital and the spring of an arch, as a dosseret.
- superelastic — capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded: an elastic waistband; elastic fiber.
- superelevate — to raise above a normal level
- supererogate — to do more than duty requires.
- superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
- supergravity — a hypothetical symmetry among groups of particles containing fermions and bosons, especially in theories of gravity (supergravity) that unify electromagnetism, the weak force, and the strong force with gravity into a single unified force.
- superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
- supernatural — of, relating to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.
- superovulate — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- superpatriot — a person who is patriotic to an extreme.
- superplastic — (of some metals and alloys) having the capacity to undergo extreme deformation at high temperatures.
- superquality — above-average quality
- superstardom — a person, as a performer or athlete, who enjoys wide recognition, is esteemed for exceptional talent, and is eagerly sought after for his or her services.
- superstation — an independent television station whose signal is transmitted by satellite to subscribers on a cable system.
- superstratum — an overlying stratum or layer.
- supplemental — supplementary.
- support area — a minimum price below which a specific stock is not supposed to fall, as because of the stock's inherent worth.
- supraprotest — an acceptance or a payment of a bill by a third person after protest for nonacceptance or nonpayment by the drawee.
- sweet potato — a plant, Ipomoea batatas, of the morning glory family, grown for its sweet, edible, tuberous roots.
- switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- symptomatize — symptomize.
- synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
- take up arms — Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
- tape measure — a long, flexible strip or ribbon, as of cloth or metal, marked with subdivisions of the foot or meter and used for measuring.
- tapsalteerie — topsy-turvy.
- telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
- telegraphese — a style of writing or speaking distinguished by the omissions, abbreviations, and combinations that are characteristic of telegrams, as in “ expect arrive six evening. ”.