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12-letter words containing c, a, t, s, u, p

  • picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
  • platanaceous — relating to the family Platanaceae
  • plattdeutsch — the Low German vernacular dialects spoken in northern Germany.
  • plug casting — bait casting in which a plug is used as the lure.
  • pneumatocyst — the cavity of a pneumatophore.
  • polychaetous — of or relating to the genus Polychaeta
  • post-nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
  • postfracture — taking place after a fracture
  • postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
  • pratincolous — living in a meadow.
  • proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
  • promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
  • prosecutable — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
  • pterocarpous — having winged fruit.
  • purchase tax — a sales tax on nonessential and luxury goods.
  • ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
  • rescue party — a group of people who attempt to rescue, find or save a person or people for danger, esp a person or people who have got lost while mountain climbing
  • scatophagous — feeding on dung or excrement
  • scripturally — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or in accordance with sacred writings, especially the Scriptures.
  • septuplicate — a group, series, or set of seven identical copies (usually preceded by in).
  • sextuplicate — a group, series, or set of six identical copies: The application is to be submitted in sextuplicate.
  • sitka spruce — a spruce, Picea sitchensis, of western North America, having long, silvery-white needles, grown as an ornamental.
  • sivapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene primates of Asia that resemble the modern orangutan.
  • speculatrice — a female speculator
  • standing cup — a tall decorative cup of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, having a raised cover.
  • starch syrup — glucose (def 2).
  • starch-syrup — a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
  • stegocarpous — (of a moss) belonging to the division Stegocarpi, having an operculate capsule
  • stipulaceous — of, relating to, having, resembling, or living on stipules
  • stomach pump — a suction pump for removing the contents of the stomach, used especially in cases of poisoning.
  • stupefacient — stupefying; producing stupor.
  • stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
  • stupefactive — serving to stupefy.
  • sub-tropical — Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions.
  • subapostolic — of or relating to the era after that of the Apostles
  • subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
  • suboccipital — situated below the occipital bone or the occipital lobe of the brain.
  • subspecialty — a lesser or minor specialty: a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.
  • suicide pact — an agreement between two or more people to commit suicide together.
  • supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
  • supercapital — a member situated between a capital and the spring of an arch, as a dosseret.
  • superelastic — capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded: an elastic waistband; elastic fiber.
  • superplastic — (of some metals and alloys) having the capacity to undergo extreme deformation at high temperatures.
  • supplication — an act or instance of supplicating; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition.
  • supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
  • supracrustal — relating to rocks that overlie the basement rock of the crust
  • swamp locust — water locust.
  • therapeutics — a therapeutic substance.
  • time capsule — a receptacle containing documents or objects typical of the current period, placed in the earth or in a cornerstone for discovery in the future.
  • trachypterus — a dealfish or ribbonfish
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