12-letter words containing c, r, i, o, s, p
- cryptorchism — failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum.
- cupuliferous — of or relating to the Cupuliferae family of trees which includes oak, hazel, chestnut, etc
- cyclosporine — a drug, produced by a fungus (Tolypocladium inflatum), that suppresses the T cells that reject foreign tissue after an organ transplant without suppressing other cells that fight infections and cancer
- cyprinodonts — Plural form of cyprinodont.
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- desaparecido — one who has disappeared: used, especially in Latin America, in referring to a person who has been secretly imprisoned or killed during a government's program of political suppression.
- descriptions — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
- dictatorship — Dictatorship is government by a dictator.
- directorship — a person or thing that directs.
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- discographic — of or relating to a discography
- discomposure — the state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; perturbation.
- discorporate — Having no material body.
- drop biscuit — a biscuit made by dropping baking powder biscuit dough from a spoon onto a pan for baking.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- ectoparasite — an external parasite (opposed to endoparasite).
- emancipators — Plural form of emancipator.
- executorship — The office or position of an executor.
- factory ship — a whaling ship equipped to process killed whales and to transport the oil and by-products.
- fiber optics — the branch of optics that deals with the transmission of light through transparent fibers, as in the form of pulses for the transmission of data or communications, or through fiber bundles for the transmission of images.
- fibre optics — optical fibre
- fluoroscopic — of or relating to the fluoroscope or fluoroscopy.
- fort pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
- frontispiece — an illustrated leaf preceding the title page of a book.
- garrison cap — overseas cap.
- gastroscopic — Of or pertaining to gastroscopy.
- gospel choir — a choir performing gospel music
- harpsichords — Plural form of harpsichord.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- heliospheric — Of or pertaining to the heliosphere.
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- holophrastic — using or consisting of a single word that functions as a phrase or sentence.
- house prices — the sums in money for which houses may be bought or sold
- hyper-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hypocoristic — endearing, as a pet name, diminutive, or euphemism.
- hypsochromic — (physics) Of a change in the position of a spectral band, to a higher frequency.
- hypsographic — a branch of geography that deals with the measurement and mapping of the topography of the earth above sea level.
- importancies — Plural form of importancy.
- imprecations — Plural form of imprecation.
- incorporates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incorporate.
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- inscriptions — Plural form of inscription.
- inspectorate — the office or function of an inspector.
- inspectorial — Of or pertaining to an inspector or to inspection.
- interceptors — Plural form of interceptor.
- introspected — Simple past tense and past participle of introspect.
- introspector — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- laparoscopic — a flexible fiberoptic instrument, passed through a small incision in the abdominal wall and equipped with biopsy forceps, an obturator, scissors or the like, with which to examine the abdominal cavity or perform minor surgery.
- liposarcomas — Plural form of liposarcoma.