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12-letter words containing a, r, e, p, s

  • gastroscopes — Plural form of gastroscope.
  • general shop — a shop that sells various types of goods
  • generalships — Plural form of generalship.
  • gopher snake — a bullsnake, Pituophis melanoleucus, of western North America, that invades burrows to prey on rodents.
  • gopher state — Minnesota (used as a nickname).
  • graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
  • grandnephews — Plural form of grandnephew.
  • grandparents — a parent of a parent.
  • grapple shot — a grapnellike projectile fired from a gun and used as a hold for the end of a line in rescue operations or in kedging.
  • graspingness — The quality of being grasping.
  • grass sponge — a large, dark brown, commercial sponge, Spongia graminea, of Florida, the West Indies, and the Gulf of Mexico.
  • grasshoppers — Plural form of grasshopper.
  • gray snapper — a snapper, Lutjanus griseus, of shallow waters off the coast of Florida, having a grayish-green body with a brown spot on each scale.
  • grease paint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
  • greasy spoon — a cheap and rather unsanitary restaurant.
  • great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
  • great spirit — the chief deity in the religion of many North American Indian tribes.
  • grimsel pass — an Alpine pass in S Switzerland. 7159 feet (2184 meters) high.
  • hall process — a process in which aluminum is refined by electrolytic reduction of alumina fused with cryolite.
  • handicappers — Plural form of handicapper.
  • handypersons — Plural form of handyperson.
  • hard pressed — heavily burdened or oppressed, as by overwork or financial difficulties; harried; put-upon.
  • hard-pressed — heavily burdened or oppressed, as by overwork or financial difficulties; harried; put-upon.
  • harper woods — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
  • hasenpfeffer — a stew of marinated rabbit meat garnished usually with sour cream.
  • heart-shaped — shaped like a stylized heart with a double rounded top
  • heartstopper — something so frightening or emotionally gripping as to make one's heart seem to stop beating: We didn't crash, but it was a heartstopper.
  • helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
  • hemapheresis — apheresis.
  • hemiparasite — A plant that obtains or may obtain part of its food by parasitism, e.g., mistletoe, which also photosynthesizes.
  • hepadnavirus — Any member of the virus family Hepadnaviridae, capable of causing liver infections in humans and animals.
  • heptahedrons — Plural form of heptahedron.
  • hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
  • heteroplasia — the replacement of normal cells by abnormal cells, as in cancer.
  • heteroplasty — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
  • heterotopias — Plural form of heterotopia.
  • hierophanies — Plural form of hierophany.
  • higher apsis — See under apsis.
  • horse parlor — a gambling room where people can bet on horse races with a bookmaker.
  • horsemanship — the art, ability, skill, or manner of a horseman.
  • horseplayers — Plural form of horseplayer.
  • housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
  • hunger pangs — sudden strong feelings of hunger
  • hyper-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
  • hyperalgesia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
  • hyperalgesic — Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia.
  • hyperarousal — A state of heightened psychological and physiological tension resulting in reduced pain tolerance, anxiety, excessive response to sensory stimulation, insomnia, and fatigue.
  • hypercoaster — Megacoaster.
  • hyperkinesia — Pathology. an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm.
  • hypermarkets — Plural form of hypermarket.
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