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

  • separateness — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
  • separatrices — something that divides or separates, as the line between light and dark areas on a partially illuminated surface.
  • sepher torah — a scroll of the Torah, typically of parchment, from which the designated Parashah is chanted or read on the prescribed days.
  • septemvirate — the ruling body of septemvirs.
  • septilateral — having seven sides.
  • seringapatam — a town in S Karnataka, in S India, former capital of Mysore state: taken by the British 1799.
  • serpent star — brittle star.
  • serpentarium — a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.
  • share option — A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price.
  • sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
  • sharp-witted — having or showing mental acuity; intellectually discerning; acute.
  • sharpshooter — a person skilled in shooting, especially with a rifle.
  • shatterproof — designed or made to resist shattering: shatterproof glass in automobile windows.
  • shop steward — commerce: union rep
  • shore patrol — (often initial capital letters) members of an organization in the U.S. Navy having police duties similar to those performed by military police. Abbreviation: SP.
  • silver plate — thin coat of silver
  • silver-plate — to coat (base metal) with silver, especially by electroplating.
  • single-party — of or relating to a form of government in which only a single political party constitutes the government
  • sitka spruce — a spruce, Picea sitchensis, of western North America, having long, silvery-white needles, grown as an ornamental.
  • sleeper seat — a seat, as on an airplane, that can be extended horizontally to permit sleeping.
  • slipper bath — a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
  • somatopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the upper layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the overlying ectoderm, functioning in the formation of the body wall and amnion.
  • space heater — the heating of a limited area, as a room, by means of a heater (space heater) within the area.
  • space travel — spaceflight of manned vehicles.
  • space writer — a journalist or copywriter paid according to a space rate. Also called space man. Compare stringer (def 6).
  • spatter cone — a low, steep-sided volcanic cone built up of droplets or blobs of lava erupted from a fissure or vent.
  • spatter dash — roughcast (def 1).
  • spatter-dash — Also called spatter dash. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall. Compare pebble dash.
  • specbaserate — A variant of SPECrate that reports "baseline" results, using stricter run rules. See SPECrate_base_fp92, SPECrate_base_int92.
  • special sort — a character, such as an accented letter, that is not a usual member of any font
  • special term — the sitting of a court for the trial of a special case.
  • spectatorial — a person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer.
  • spectrograph — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
  • speculatrice — a female speculator
  • spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
  • spermaticide — spermicide.
  • spermatocele — a swelling of the testicle
  • spermatocide — spermicide.
  • spermatocyte — a male germ cell (primary spermatocyte) that gives rise by meiosis to a pair of haploid cells (secondary spermatocytes) that give rise in turn to spermatids.
  • spermatozoid — a motile male gamete produced in an antheridium.
  • spermatozoon — one of the minute, usually actively motile gametes in semen, which serve to fertilize the ovum; a mature male reproductive cell.
  • sphericality — the state of being a sphere
  • sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
  • spider plant — Also called ribbon plant. a plant, Chlorophytum comosum, of the lily family, native to southern Africa, that has long, narrow leaves and clusters of white flowers and is widely cultivated as a houseplant.
  • spiritualize — to make spiritual.
  • spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
  • spit-roasted — cooked on a spit
  • splatterpunk — a form of fiction featuring extremely graphic violence.
  • sport jacket — A sport jacket is the same as a sport coat.
  • sportscaster — A sportscaster is a radio or television broadcaster who describes or comments on sporting events.
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