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12-letter words containing c, a, n, p

  • spanish rice — rice prepared with chopped onions, tomatoes, green peppers, and sometimes diced ham, seasoned with cayenne pepper and mixed with butter.
  • sparcstation — (computer)   A family of workstations from Sun Microsystems based on the SPARC architecture. Models include the SPARCStation 1, 1+, SLC, SPARCStation ELC, IPX, SPARCStation 5, SPARCStation 10 and SPARCStation 20.
  • spatter cone — a low, steep-sided volcanic cone built up of droplets or blobs of lava erupted from a fissure or vent.
  • specialising — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
  • speciational — relating to speciation
  • speech organ — any part of the body, as the tongue, velum, diaphragm, or lungs, that participates, actively or passively, voluntarily or involuntarily, in the production of the sounds of speech.
  • sphacelation — the process of mortification
  • sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
  • spiflication — rough treatment
  • spin casting — spinning (def 3).
  • spin machine — an organization or group of people acting together to present news or information in a way that creates a particular desired impression
  • spinach beet — chard, a plant cultivated for its edible leaves
  • spinal block — spinal anesthesia.
  • spinal canal — the tube formed by the vertebrae in which the spinal cord and its membranes are located.
  • sprechgesang — a vocal style intermediate between speech and singing but without exact pitch intonation.
  • spring catch — a catch for an interior or cabinet door that has a bolt operated by a spring.
  • spring-clean — to subject (a place) to a spring-cleaning.
  • standing cup — a tall decorative cup of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, having a raised cover.
  • stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
  • stereoptican — a projector usually consisting of two complete lanterns arranged so that one picture appears to dissolve while the next is forming.
  • stocking cap — a long, conical, knitted cap, usually with a tassel or pompon at the tip.
  • stupefacient — stupefying; producing stupor.
  • stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
  • subprincipal — an assistant or deputy principal.
  • sunday punch — Boxing. the most powerful and effective punch of a boxer, especially the punch used in trying to gain a knockout.
  • supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
  • supernacular — relating to supernaculum
  • supernaculum — a highly regarded liquor, to be drunk to the very last drop
  • superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
  • supplication — an act or instance of supplicating; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition.
  • supply chain — process of manufacture and sale
  • swimming cap — A swimming cap is a rubber cap which you wear to keep your hair dry when you are swimming.
  • sycophantish — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • sycophantism — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • sycophantize — to act the sycophant
  • tape machine — a tape recorder.
  • tapioca snow — snow pellets.
  • team captain — the captain of a sporting team
  • technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
  • technophilia — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
  • technophobia — abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced technology.
  • tenths-place — next after ninth; being the ordinal number for ten.
  • the cenotaph — the monument in Whitehall, London, honouring the dead of both World Wars: designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens: erected in 1920
  • the pandects — a digest of Roman civil law in fifty books, compiled for the emperor Justinian in the 6th cent. a.d.; the Digest
  • theanthropic — of or relating to both God or a god and human beings; both divine and human.
  • thinking cap — a state of mind marked by reflection or concentration: If we put on our thinking caps, we may come up with the answer.
  • tracing tape — (on a building site) one of several lines stretched between batter boards to outline the foundations.
  • transit camp — a camp in which refugees, soldiers, etc, live temporarily before moving to another destination
  • transpacific — passing or extending across the Pacific.
  • transparence — Also, transparence. the quality or state of being transparent.
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