12-letter words containing e, s, p, o, u, i
- sapindaceous — belonging to the Sapindaceae, the soapberry family of plants.
- semi-popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
- semiprecious — (of a stone) having commercial value as a gem but not classified as precious, as the amethyst or garnet.
- serpentinous — of the nature of serpentine; containing or consisting of serpentine
- simple group — a group that has no normal subgroup except the group itself and the identity.
- skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- soporiferous — bringing sleep; soporific.
- soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
- spaciousness — containing much space, as a house, room, or vehicle; amply large.
- speciousness — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
- spermogonium — one of the cup-shaped or flask-shaped receptacles in which the spermatia of certain fungi and red algae are produced.
- square piano — a piano with a rectangular, horizontal body.
- stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
- stipulaceous — of, relating to, having, resembling, or living on stipules
- stirrup bone — the stapes, one of the three bones of the middle ear
- study period — a period of time or lesson used for studying
- stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- 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
- super-polite — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- supercilious — haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
- supercooling — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- superheroine — a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: Esther and other biblical heroines.
- superimposed — (of a stream or drainage system) having a course not adjusted to the structure of the rocks presently undergoing erosion but determined rather by a prior erosion cycle or by formerly overlying rocks or sediments.
- superiorship — the state or position of being superior
- 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
- superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
- superpatriot — a person who is patriotic to an extreme.
- supersession — the act of superseding.
- superstation — an independent television station whose signal is transmitted by satellite to subscribers on a cable system.
- superstition — a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like.
- supervention — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
- suppletorily — supplying a deficiency.
- suspensorial — relating to a suspensorium
- suspensorium — a part that supports or suspends, esp the mandibular suspensorium, which suspends the lower jaw from the skull
- thiosulphate — any salt of thiosulphuric acid
- top security — ultra secure
- trepidatious — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- 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
- underpassion — an underlying or subconscious passion
- uneuphonious — pleasant in sound; agreeable to the ear; characterized by euphony: a sweet, euphonious voice.
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- unimprisoned — not confined in a prison
- unit process — any of a number of standard operations, such as filtration or distillation, that are widely used in various chemical and process industries
- unoppressive — not cruel or harsh