12-letter words containing a, s, e, p, i
- professorial — a teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university, who has been awarded the title Professor in a particular branch of learning; a full professor: a professor of Spanish literature.
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- proscribable — to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
- prosectorial — characteristic of a prosector
- prosopopoeia — personification, as of inanimate things.
- protestation — the act of protesting or affirming.
- pseudoanemia — Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- pseudopodial — a temporary protrusion of the protoplasm, as of certain protozoans, usually serving as an organ of locomotion or prehension.
- pseudorabies — a highly contagious, usually fatal disease of cattle, sheep, and other animals, caused by the herpesvirus Herpes suis, and characterized by severe pruritus and progressive central nervous system involvement sometimes including an aggressive excitement phase.
- psi particle — any of a family of mesons consisting of a charmed quark and a charmed antiquark.
- psittacinite — mottramite.
- psychoactive — of or relating to a substance having a profound or significant effect on mental processes: a psychoactive drug.
- pterosaurian — a pterosaur
- ptyalectasis — spontaneous or surgical dilatation of a salivary duct.
- quarterpipes — Plural form of quarterpipe.
- radioisotope — a radioactive isotope, usually artificially produced: used in physical and biological research, therapeutics, etc.
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- rapeseed oil — a brownish-yellow oil obtained by expression from rapeseed and used chiefly as a lubricant, an illuminant, and in the manufacture of rubber substitutes.
- re-emphasize — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- reabsorption — resorption (def 2).
- real nappies — resuable cloth nappies
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- reciprocates — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- reemphasized — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
- renal pelvis — a small funnel-shaped cavity of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter
- repairperson — a person whose occupation is the making of repairs, readjustments, etc.
- replevisable — capable of being replevied.
- repristinate — to restore to the first or original state or condition.
- respite care — Respite care is short-term care that is provided for very old or very sick people so that the person who usually cares for them can have a break.
- respondentia — a loan upon a ship's cargo, which is repaid with interest if the ship reaches its destination, and if the ship does not, the loan is not repaid
- responsorial — of or relating to response; responsive
- resupination — a resupinate condition.
- retainership — the condition of being a retainer or of having retainers.
- ring spanner — tool for turning screws
- rose campion — a plant, Lychnis coronaria, of the pink family, having reddish purple flowers, and leaves covered with whitish down.
- rose pogonia — a North American terrestrial orchid, Pogonia ophioglossoides, having a fragrant, usually solitary rose-pink or white flower.
- saddle point — a point at which a function of two variables has partial derivatives equal to zero but at which the function has neither a maximum nor a minimum value.
- safe-deposit — providing safekeeping for valuables: a safe-deposit vault.
- safe-keeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
- saint joseph — a city in NW Missouri, on the Missouri River.
- saint phalle — Niki de [nik-ee duh;; French nee-kee duh] /ˈnɪk i də;; French niˈki də/ (Show IPA), 1930–2002, French sculptor and painter.
- saint-pierre — two small groups of islands off the S coast of Newfoundland: an overseas territory of France; important base for fishing. 3 sq. mi. (240 sq. km). Capital: St. Pierre.
- saint-tropez — a town in SE France, on the French Riviera: beach resort.
- salesmanship — the technique of selling a product: They used a promotional gimmick that was the last word in salesmanship.
- sample point — a possible result of an experiment, represented as a point.
- sandpapering — the act or process of polishing or grinding a surface with or as if with sandpaper
- sapindaceous — belonging to the Sapindaceae, the soapberry family of plants.
- scafell pike — a mountain in NW England, in Cumberland: highest peak in England. 3210 feet (978 meters).
- scampishness — the quality of being scampish