12-letter words containing d, i, s, p, e, n
- sapindaceous — belonging to the Sapindaceae, the soapberry family of plants.
- scolopendrid — any myriapod of the order Scolopendrida, including many large, poisonous centipedes.
- semideponent — (of a Latin verb) active in meaning but passive in form in the perfect tense
- send packing — to dismiss peremptorily
- serendipiter — an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.
- sheepherding — the act of herding or tending sheep
- shepherdling — a young or little shepherd
- sidestepping — the act of ascending or descending by facing sideways and lifting each ski alternately
- simpleminded — free of deceit or guile; artless or unsophisticated.
- skip welding — a technique of spacing welds on thin structural members in order to balance and minimize internal stresses due to heat.
- snake-hipped — having thin, sinuous hips.
- spade guinea — a guinea decorated with a spade-shaped shield, coined during the reign of George III
- spearheading — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
- speed dating — an organized social event in which participants have one-on-one conversations typically limited to less than ten minutes, for the purpose of meeting people they would like to date.
- speedballing — the practice of taking cocaine and heroin together intravenously
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- speedskating — a form of ice skating in which contestants race against each other or the clock over various distances
- speedwriting — a system of shorthand that is based on the sound of words and utilizes letters of the alphabet rather than symbols.
- spellbinding — to hold or bind by or as if by a spell; enchant; entrance; fascinate.
- spider plant — Also called ribbon plant. a plant, Chlorophytum comosum, of the lily family, native to southern Africa, that has long, narrow leaves and clusters of white flowers and is widely cultivated as a houseplant.
- spiderhunter — any of several sunbirds of the genus Arachnothera, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having dull-colored plumage and a long bill.
- spindle file — a device for holding bills, memos, etc., having a projecting metal spike or hooked object on which to stick papers.
- spindle side — the female side or line of descent of a family; distaff side (opposed to spear side).
- spindle tree — any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Euonymus, esp E. europaeus, of Europe and W Asia, typically having red fruits and yielding a hard wood formerly used in making spindles: family Celastraceae
- spinsterhood — Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
- spiny-finned — having fins with sharp bony rays, as an acanthopterygian.
- spiritedness — having or showing mettle, courage, vigor, liveliness, etc.: a spirited defense of poetry.
- split second — a fraction of a second.
- spot welding — fusing metal
- stride piano — a style of jazz piano playing in which the right hand plays the melody while the left hand plays a single bass note or octave on the strong beat and a chord on the weak beat, developed in Harlem during the 1920s, partly from ragtime piano playing.
- suet pudding — a pudding made of chopped beef suet and flour, boiled or steamed in a cloth, often with other ingredients, as raisins, spices, etc.
- sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
- sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
- sunnyside up — (of an egg) fried without breaking the yolk or being turned over, with the yolk remaining visible and somewhat liquid inside.
- superevident — extremely or very evident
- superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
- superordinal — relating to the superorder
- synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
- third person — the grammatical person used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to anyone or anything other than the speaker or the one (third person singular) or ones (third person plural) being addressed.
- top dressing — tennis court
- trepidations — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- typing speed — the number of words someone can accurately type in one minute
- un-disrupted — to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.
- under-script — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- underpassion — an underlying or subconscious passion
- underspecify — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- undespairing — not despairing; not giving in to despair
- undiscipline — the trait or characteristic of not having discipline
- undispatched — not dispatched; not delivered or sent out
- undisputable — capable of being disputed; debatable; questionable.