12-letter words containing e, p, i, s, t, o
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- receptionism — the doctrine that in the communion service the communicant receives the body and blood of Christ but that the bread and wine are not transubstantiated.
- receptionist — a person employed to receive and assist callers, clients, etc., as in an office.
- reciprocates — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- redemptorist — a member of the “Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer,” founded by St. Alphonsus Liguori in 1732.
- reinspection — the act or process of reinspecting
- relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
- repositorium — a place for the storage of valuables, as in an ancient Roman temple or a church.
- respirometer — an instrument for measuring the extent of respiratory movement.
- respirometry — the branch of medical science dealing with the measurement and analysis of respiration.
- respondentia — a loan upon a ship's cargo, which is repaid with interest if the ship reaches its destination, and if the ship does not, the loan is not repaid
- responsivity — the quality or state of being responsive.
- resupination — a resupinate condition.
- retropulsion — an abnormal tendency to walk backwards: a symptom of Parkinson's disease
- retropulsive — of or relating to retropulsion
- 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.
- safe-deposit — providing safekeeping for valuables: a safe-deposit vault.
- saint joseph — a city in NW Missouri, on the Missouri River.
- saint-tropez — a town in SE France, on the French Riviera: beach resort.
- sample point — a possible result of an experiment, represented as a point.
- scapegoating — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- scapegoatism — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- 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.
- semideponent — (of a Latin verb) active in meaning but passive in form in the perfect tense
- semitropical — subtropical.
- septentrions — the seven stars of the Plough
- septic shock — condition caused by blood poisoning
- seropositive — showing a significant level of serum antibodies, or other immunologic marker in the serum, indicating previous exposure to the infectious agent being tested.
- serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
- serpentinous — of the nature of serpentine; containing or consisting of serpentine
- servitorship — the office or position of a servitor; the condition of being a servitor
- sex-positive — explicitly stated, stipulated, or expressed: a positive acceptance of the agreement.
- share option — A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price.
- ship's store — a retail store aboard a navy ship that sells toiletries, cigarettes, etc., to the ship's personnel.
- 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.
- silver point — the melting point of silver, equal to 960.8°C, used as a fixed point on the international temperature scale.
- siphonostele — a hollow tube of vascular tissue enclosing a pith and embedded in ground tissue.
- sleep it off — to rid oneself of the effects of some excess, overindulgence, etc., specif. of the aftereffects of drinking much alcoholic liquor, by sleeping
- slipper foot — an elongated pad foot.
- soccer pitch — the field of play used in soccer
- somers point — a town in SE New Jersey.
- sophisticate — a sophisticated person.
- soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
- special sort — a character, such as an accented letter, that is not a usual member of any font
- speciational — relating to speciation
- spectatorial — a person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer.
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- speleologist — the exploration and study of caves.
- spermatocide — spermicide.
- spermatozoid — a motile male gamete produced in an antheridium.