12-letter words containing a, r, e, p, s
- spray millet — the seeds of millet left on the spike and sold in pet shops for cage birds.
- spread eagle — the representation of an eagle with outstretched wings, used as an emblem of the US
- spread-eagle — having or suggesting the form of a spread eagle.
- spreadeagled — Someone who is spreadeagled is lying with their arms and legs spread out.
- sprechgesang — a vocal style intermediate between speech and singing but without exact pitch intonation.
- spring break — a vacation from school or college during the spring term, lasting about a week.
- spring water — water from natural underground source
- spring-clean — to subject (a place) to a spring-cleaning.
- spur gearing — a system of spur gears.
- square piano — a piano with a rectangular, horizontal body.
- stamp dealer — someone who buys and sells postage stamps (to collectors)
- starter pack — a pack containing basic equipment or information
- state prison — a prison maintained by a state for the confinement of felons.
- statesperson — a statesman or stateswoman, a respected senior politician
- stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
- steganograph — a piece of coded writing; cipher
- 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.
- stepdaughter — a daughter of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
- 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.
- stirrup-vase — a Mycenaean vase having a spherical body, a spout on the shoulder, and a handle, curving across the top, supported by a solid conical neck.
- 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
- sub-parallel — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
- subopercular — of or relating to the suboperculum
- subtemperate — of, relating to, or occurring in the colder parts of the Temperate Zone.
- suckers' gap — a temporary improvement, occurring between two periods of inclement weather, which deceives people into acting in expectation of continued fine weather
- sunday paper — a newspaper which is only published on Sundays
- super pascal — (language) A Pascal variant used in the reference below. Super Pascal adds non-numeric labels, a return statement and expressions as names of types.
- 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.
- supercarrier — a large aircraft carrier
- supercharged — equipped with a supercharger.
- supercharger — a mechanism for forcing air into an internal-combustion engine in order to increase engine power.
- superciliary — of or relating to the eyebrow.
- 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.