12-letter words containing a, r, e, p, s
- milk parsley — a wetland plant belonging to the family Apiaceae
- milliamperes — Plural form of milliampere.
- misanthropes — Plural form of misanthrope.
- misapprehend — to misunderstand.
- misoperation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- montparnasse — a district in S Paris, France, on the left bank of the Seine: noted for its cafés and the artists and writers who have frequented and lived in the area.
- mousetrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of mousetrap.
- muckspreader — a machine for spreading manure over farmland
- mycoparasite — a parasitic fungus whose host is another fungus.
- mystery play — a medieval dramatic form based on a Biblical story, usually dealing with the life, death, and resurrection of Christ.
- napier grass — a tall, leafy grass, Pennisetum purpureum, native to Africa, grown as a forage plant.
- nature strip — a grass strip in front of a house between a fence or footpath and a roadway
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- needle-sharp — very sharp
- neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
- neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
- newport east — a town in SE Rhode Island.
- newspaperdom — The realm or sphere of newspaper publishing or journalism.
- newspapering — Present participle of newspaper.
- newspaperism — anything characteristic of newspapers, esp a word or phrase used only by journalists
- newspaperman — a person employed by a newspaper or wire service as a reporter, writer, editor, etc.
- newspapermen — a person employed by a newspaper or wire service as a reporter, writer, editor, etc.
- nonpassenger — One who is not a passenger.
- nonpasserine — (of a bird) not belonging or relating to the Passeriformes
- nonspherical — not spherical
- normed space — any vector space on which a norm is defined.
- nosey parker — a persistently nosy, prying person; busybody.
- obstreperate — to be extremely noisy or to create a resounding din
- offset paper — paper used in a printing method in which the impression is made onto an intermediate surface, such as a rubber blanket, which transfers it to the paper
- oilseed rape — Oilseed rape is a plant with yellow flowers which is grown as a crop. Its seeds are crushed to make cooking oil.
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- open slather — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- opera singer — a professional singer of opera
- operationism — the doctrine that the meaning of a scientific term, concept, or proposition consists of the operation or operations performed in defining or demonstrating it.
- operatorless — Without an operator (person who operates); fully automatic.
- operatorship — (in the oil and gas industries) the right to operate a well, field, or other oil source.
- oppressional — Exhibiting or relating to oppression.
- oropharynxes — Plural form of oropharynx.
- orthopaedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthopaedist — Alternative spelling of orthopedist.
- orthopterans — Plural form of orthopteran.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- overemphasis — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overpersuade — to persuade (a person) against his or her inclination or intention: By threats and taunts they had overpersuaded him to steal the car.
- overpurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- overseas cap — a soft, brimless military cap
- oyster plant — salsify.
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- pacific rose — a large variety of eating apple from New Zealand, with sweet flesh