12-letter words containing e, p, i, s, t, l
- spray millet — the seeds of millet left on the spike and sold in pet shops for cage birds.
- sputteringly — in a sputtering manner
- state police — a police force under state authority rather than under the authority of a city or county in the state.
- stegophilist — a person who enjoys climbing up the outside of buildings
- stem reptile — any member of the extinct order Cotylosauria, comprising heavy-bodied, splay-limbed, plant-eating reptiles that arose during the Carboniferous Period and that are considered to include the ancestors of all other reptiles.
- stephenville — a town in central Texas.
- stipulaceous — of, relating to, having, resembling, or living on stipules
- stool pigeon — a pigeon used as a decoy.
- streptolysin — a type of hemolysin produced by certain species of streptococcus.
- strike plate — strike (def 67).
- strophiolate — having a strophiole
- stupefyingly — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
- subspecialty — a lesser or minor specialty: a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.
- sulfite pulp — wood pulp made by the sulfite process.
- super-polite — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- supercapital — a member situated between a capital and the spring of an arch, as a dosseret.
- superelastic — capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded: an elastic waistband; elastic fiber.
- superplastic — (of some metals and alloys) having the capacity to undergo extreme deformation at high temperatures.
- superquality — above-average quality
- suppletorily — supplying a deficiency.
- switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
- synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
- tapsalteerie — topsy-turvy.
- teleshopping — electronic shopping via videotex or other interactive information service.
- the olympics — the Olympic Games
- the psalmist — King David, to whom all or certain of the Psalms are variously attributed
- thiosulphate — any salt of thiosulphuric acid
- time capsule — a receptacle containing documents or objects typical of the current period, placed in the earth or in a cornerstone for discovery in the future.
- transpirable — to occur; happen; take place.
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tribespeople — members of a tribe; people living a tribal lifestyle
- tricephalous — with three heads
- triple-space — to type (copy) so as to leave two full spaces between lines
- tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- trouser clip — a clip that is worn around the bottom of a trouser leg to stop the material getting caught in the chain of a bicycle
- typicalities — of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
- ultraprecise — extremely accurate
- undisputable — capable of being disputed; debatable; questionable.
- undisputedly — to engage in argument or debate.
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- unit's place — unit (def 8).
- unnilseptium — bohrium.
- unpoliteness — the quality or state of being impolite
- unsplittable — to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.
- unstipulated — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- velcro strip — a strip or roll of Velcro, able to be cut to the required length
- vespertilian — of, relating to, or resembling a bat
- water pistol — a toy gun that shoots a stream of liquid.