12-letter words containing a, s, c, l, e, p
- schiaparelli — Elsa [el-sah] /ˈɛl sɑ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1973, French fashion designer, born in Italy.
- scolopaceous — (of birds or other animals) like a snipe, a shore bird with a straight beak
- scopes trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- scrap dealer — a person who deals in scrap
- scratchplate — a plastic or metal plate attached to the front of a guitar to protect it from pick scratches
- seed capital — small sum invested in new business
- seed capsule — the part of a fruit enclosing the seeds; pericarp
- semitropical — subtropical.
- septuplicate — a group, series, or set of seven identical copies (usually preceded by in).
- seraphically — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- sextuplicate — a group, series, or set of six identical copies: The application is to be submitted in sextuplicate.
- single-space — to type (copy) on each line space.
- slash pocket — a pocket set into a garment, especially below the waistline, to which easy access is provided by an exterior, vertical or diagonal slit.
- sleeping car — a railroad car fitted with berths, compartments, bedrooms, or drawing rooms for passengers to sleep in.
- snail's pace — an extremely slow rate: The work progresses at a snail's pace.
- soprano clef — a sign locating middle C on the bottom line of the staff.
- space flight — journey into outer space
- space helmet — a helmet worn by astronauts while in outer space
- space travel — spaceflight of manned vehicles.
- space-filler — a short article of little or no importance written to fill space in a magazine or newspaper
- special area — distressed area.
- special case — exception
- special jury — struck jury.
- special plea — a plea that alleges special or new matter as an answer to the allegations made by the opposite side and not as a denial of them.
- special rule — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- special sort — a character, such as an accented letter, that is not a usual member of any font
- special team — Football. a group of players fielded for kicking plays, as punts, kickoffs, and field-goal attempts.
- special term — the sitting of a court for the trial of a special case.
- specialising — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
- specialistic — pertaining to or characteristic of specialists or specialism.
- specialities — specialty.
- speciational — relating to speciation
- specifically — in a definite or precise manner: The suspect was not specifically named in the report. More specifically, you will be responsible for half the total cost.
- spectatorial — a person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer.
- speculatrice — a female speculator
- spermatocele — a swelling of the testicle
- sphacelation — the process of mortification
- sphericality — the state of being a sphere
- sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
- spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
- sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
- spring-clean — to subject (a place) to a spring-cleaning.
- state police — a police force under state authority rather than under the authority of a city or county in the state.
- steeplechase — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
- stipulaceous — of, relating to, having, resembling, or living on stipules
- subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
- subopercular — of or relating to the suboperculum
- subspecialty — a lesser or minor specialty: a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.
- 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.
- supercapital — a member situated between a capital and the spring of an arch, as a dosseret.