12-letter words containing e, l, i, p
- responsorial — of or relating to response; responsive
- retail group — a group of companies under single ownership, which sell goods to individual customers
- retail price — amount sth costs in shops
- retrophiliac — someone who has a strong liking for things from the past
- retropulsion — an abnormal tendency to walk backwards: a symptom of Parkinson's disease
- retropulsive — of or relating to retropulsion
- ripe old age — advanced age
- role playing — role-play used as a method of training or education
- role-playing — a method of instruction or psychotherapy aimed at changing attitudes and behavior, in which participants act out designated roles relevant to real-life situations.
- rumble strip — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
- run in place — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- saddle point — a point at which a function of two variables has partial derivatives equal to zero but at which the function has neither a maximum nor a minimum value.
- saint phalle — Niki de [nik-ee duh;; French nee-kee duh] /ˈnɪk i də;; French niˈki də/ (Show IPA), 1930–2002, French sculptor and painter.
- salesmanship — the technique of selling a product: They used a promotional gimmick that was the last word in salesmanship.
- sample point — a possible result of an experiment, represented as a point.
- scafell pike — a mountain in NW England, in Cumberland: highest peak in England. 3210 feet (978 meters).
- schappe silk — a yarn or fabric of or similar to spun silk.
- schiaparelli — Elsa [el-sah] /ˈɛl sɑ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1973, French fashion designer, born in Italy.
- 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.
- seating plan — layout of seats at a venue or on transport
- seed capital — small sum invested in new business
- self-imposed — imposed on one by oneself: a self-imposed task.
- self-opinion — opinion of oneself, especially when unduly high.
- self-pitying — Someone who is self-pitying is full of self-pity.
- self-playing — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- self-priming — the powder or other material used to ignite a charge.
- self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- self-tapping — (of a screw) cutting its own thread when screwed into a plain hole in a metal sheet
- self-worship — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- semi-popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
- semipellucid — somewhat pellucid; partially translucent or transparent
- semitropical — subtropical.
- separability — capable of being separated, parted, or dissociated.
- septilateral — having seven sides.
- septuplicate — a group, series, or set of seven identical copies (usually preceded by in).
- seraphically — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- serpentinely — in a serpentine fashion
- sextuplicate — a group, series, or set of six identical copies: The application is to be submitted in sextuplicate.
- shepherdling — a young or little shepherd
- shoo-fly pie — an open pie filled with a sweet crumb and molasses mixture and baked.
- 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
- sidesplitter — something that is uproariously funny, as a joke or a situation.
- sieve-plates — an elongated cell whose walls contain perforations (sieve pores) that are arranged in circumscribed areas (sieve plates) and that afford communication with similar adjacent cells.
- silver maple — a maple, Acer saccharinum, having leaves that are light green above and silvery white beneath.
- silver paper — silver foil.
- silver perch — Also called mademoiselle. Ichthyology. a drum, Bairdiella chrysoura, of southern U.S. waters.
- silver plate — thin coat of silver
- silver point — the melting point of silver, equal to 960.8°C, used as a fixed point on the international temperature scale.