12-letter words containing c, u, s, p, l
- precociously — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
- prescheduled — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- press launch — the launch of a product, exhibition, event, etc, to which journalists are invited, in order to publicize it
- primulaceous — belonging to the plant family Primulaceae.
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
- 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.
- pseudocereal — any of several plants, as buckwheat and quinoa, that produce fruits and seeds used as flour but are not of the grass family.
- pseudocoelom — the body cavity of certain invertebrate metazoan animals between the body wall and the intestine, which is not lined with a mesodermal epithelium.
- pseudoscalar — a scalar quantity that changes sign when the sense of the orientation of the coordinate system is changed.
- psychosexual — of or relating to the relationship of psychological and sexual phenomena.
- public goods — services such as national defence, law enforcement, and road building, that are for the benefit of, and available to, all members of the public
- public house — British. a tavern.
- public works — government-funded construction
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pyrosulfuric — of or derived from pyrosulfuric acid; disulfuric.
- respectfully — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
- scapulimancy — divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.
- scapulomancy — divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.
- schuman plan — the plan for establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, proposed by Robert Schuman, French political leader, in 1950.
- scolopaceous — (of birds or other animals) like a snipe, a shore bird with a straight beak
- scripturally — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or in accordance with sacred writings, especially the Scriptures.
- 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.
- seed capsule — the part of a fruit enclosing the seeds; pericarp
- semipellucid — somewhat pellucid; partially translucent or transparent
- 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.
- special jury — struck jury.
- special rule — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- speculatrice — a female speculator
- spencer gulf — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in S Australia, between the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas. Length: about 320 km (200 miles). Greatest width: about 145 km (90 miles)
- spinulescent — producing spines
- spongicolous — relating to the skeleton of some marine animals
- sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
- stipulaceous — of, relating to, having, resembling, or living on stipules
- 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.
- subopercular — of or relating to the suboperculum
- suboperculum — a bone in fishes behind the operculum or gill covering
- subprincipal — an assistant or deputy principal.
- subspecialty — a lesser or minor specialty: a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.
- suckling pig — piglet not yet weaned
- super pascal — (language) A Pascal variant used in the reference below. Super Pascal adds non-numeric labels, a return statement and expressions as names of types.
- supercapital — a member situated between a capital and the spring of an arch, as a dosseret.
- superciliary — of or relating to the eyebrow.
- supercilious — haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
- supercluster — a cluster of open clusters.