12-letter words containing a, p, o, s, t, r
- stegocarpous — (of a moss) belonging to the division Stegocarpi, having an operculate capsule
- stenographer — a person who specializes in taking dictation in shorthand.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stereography — the art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane.
- stereoptican — a projector usually consisting of two complete lanterns arranged so that one picture appears to dissolve while the next is forming.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- strophanthus — any of various shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Strophanthus, of the dogbane family, chiefly of tropical Africa.
- strophiolate — having a strophiole
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- sub-tropical — Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions.
- sukarnoputri — Megawati (ˈmɛɡəˌwɒtɪ). born 1947, Indonesian politician; president of Indonesia (2001–04): daughter of Achmed Sukarno
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- support area — a minimum price below which a specific stock is not supposed to fall, as because of the stock's inherent worth.
- support band — a band, pop group, rock group, etc not topping the bill
- supraglottal — situated above the glottis
- supraorbital — situated above the eye socket.
- supraprotest — an acceptance or a payment of a bill by a third person after protest for nonacceptance or nonpayment by the drawee.
- telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
- temporaneous — lasting a short while
- tetrapterous — Zoology. having four wings or winglike appendages.
- the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
- theophrastus — 372?–287 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- thoracoscope — an instrument used for examining the pleural cavity
- top sergeant — a first sergeant.
- torreys peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Front Range, in the E Rocky Mountains. 14,267 feet (4349 meters).
- tourist trap — a place, as a restaurant, shop, or hotel, that exploits tourists by overcharging.
- tracheoscopy — examination of the interior of the trachea, as with a laryngoscope.
- tradespeople — people engaged in trade, esp shopkeepers
- tradesperson — a skilled worker
- trading post — a store established in an unsettled or thinly settled region by a trader or trading company to obtain furs and local products in exchange for supplies, clothing, other goods, or for cash.
- trainspotter — A trainspotter is someone who is very interested in trains and spends time going to stations and recording the numbers of the trains that they see.
- trans person — a person who is transgender or transsexual.
- transit stop — a stop made by a vehicle such as an aircraft, train or bus on the way to its final destination
- transpicuous — transparent.
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- transpontine — across or beyond a bridge.
- transportive — to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
- transumption — an act of metaphorical transference
- trapshooting — the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from a trap.
- tree sparrow — a Eurasian bird, Passer montanus, related to but smaller than the house sparrow.