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12-letter words containing c, o, r, p

  • rocket plane — aircraft that launches rockets
  • rose campion — a plant, Lychnis coronaria, of the pink family, having reddish purple flowers, and leaves covered with whitish down.
  • rostropovich — Mstislav (Leopoldovich) [mis-tuh-slahv lee-uh-pohl-duh-vich;; Russian mstyi-slahf lyi-uh-pawl-duh-vyich] /ˈmɪs təˌslɑv ˌli əˈpoʊl də vɪtʃ;; Russian mstyɪˈslɑf lyɪ əˈpɔl də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1927–2007, Soviet cellist and conductor (husband of Galina Vishnevskaya).
  • router patch — a plywood panel patch with parallel sides and rounded ends.
  • sarcophagous — carnivorous.
  • scatter plot — a graphic representation of bivariate data as a set of points in the plane that have Cartesian coordinates equal to corresponding values of the two variates.
  • scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
  • schizocarpic — a dry, dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more one-seeded carpels.
  • schizophrene — a person with schizophrenia or one who tends toward schizophrenia
  • school prawn — a common olive-green prawn, Metapenaeus macleayi
  • schopenhauer — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
  • scissor jump — a type of jump involving a scissor-like movement of the legs
  • sclerophylly — the normal development of much sclerenchyma in the leaves of certain plants, as some desert plants, resulting in thickened, hardened foliage that resists loss of moisture.
  • scolopendrid — any myriapod of the order Scolopendrida, including many large, poisonous centipedes.
  • 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.
  • scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
  • scorpion fly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
  • scorpionfish — any of several tropical and temperate marine scorpaenid fishes, especially members of the genus Scorpaena, many having venomous dorsal spines.
  • scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
  • scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
  • scraperboard — scratchboard.
  • scratchproof — resistant to scratches.
  • scrophularia — a member of a genus of flowering plants which have a square stem and are known as figworts
  • scrupulosity — having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: scrupulous about defending human rights.
  • scrupulously — having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: scrupulous about defending human rights.
  • scsi adaptor — (hardware)   (Or "host adaptor") A device that communicates between a computer and its SCSI peripherals. The SCSI adaptor is usually assigned SCSI ID 7. It is often a separate card that is connected to the computer's bus (e.g. PCI, ISA, PCMCIA) though increasinly, SCSI adaptors are built in to the motherboard. Apart from being cheaper, busses like PCI are too slow to keep up with the newer SCSI standards like Ultra SCSI and Ultra-Wide SCSI. There are several varieties of SCSI (and their connectors) and an adaptor will not support them all. The performance of SCSI devices is limited by the speed of the SCSI adaptor and its connection to the computer. An adaptor that plugs into a parallel port is unlikely to be as fast as one incorporated into a motherboard. Fast adaptors use DMA or bus mastering. Some SCSI adaptors include a BIOS to allow PCs to boot from a SCSI hard disk, if their own BIOS supports it. Note that it is not a "SCSI controller" - it does not control the devices, and "SCSI interface" is redundant - the "I" of "SCSI" stands for "interface".
  • sea scorpion — scorpionfish.
  • season creep — the gradual changing in the length of the seasons, as demonstrated by earlier flowering of plants, etc, thought by many to be caused by climate change
  • semiprecious — (of a stone) having commercial value as a gem but not classified as precious, as the amethyst or garnet.
  • semitropical — subtropical.
  • shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
  • shamrock-pea — a trailing plant, Parochetus communis, of the legume family, native to Asia and east Africa, having shamrocklike leaves with a brown crescent at the base and pea-shaped, pink and blue flowers.
  • sharecropper — a tenant farmer who pays as rent a share of the crop.
  • shock troops — soldiers trained to attack
  • short splice — a splice used when an increased thickness of the united rope is not objectionable, made by unlaying the rope ends a certain distance, uniting them so that their strands overlap, then tucking each alternately over and under others several times.
  • siderophilic — having characteristics of siderophile
  • signal corps — a branch of the army responsible for military communications, meteorological studies, and related work.
  • skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
  • slipper sock — a sock with a soft leather or vinyl sole sewn onto it, used as indoor footwear.
  • snooperscope — a device that displays on a fluorescent screen reflected infrared radiation, enabling the user to see objects obscured by darkness.
  • soccer pitch — the field of play used in soccer
  • sociographic — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
  • sophomorical — characteristic of a sophomore
  • soprano clef — a sign locating middle C on the bottom line of the staff.
  • 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.
  • special sort — a character, such as an accented letter, that is not a usual member of any font
  • specksioneer — a whaler
  • spectatorial — a person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer.
  • spectrograph — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
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