12-letter words containing e, t, y, p, i
- spermophytic — able to produce seed
- sphericality — the state of being a sphere
- spray millet — the seeds of millet left on the spike and sold in pet shops for cage birds.
- sputteringly — in a sputtering manner
- stereotyping — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- stereotypist — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- streptolysin — a type of hemolysin produced by certain species of streptococcus.
- streptomycin — an antibiotic, C 2 1 H 3 9 N 7 O 1 2 , produced by a soil actinomycete, Streptomyces griseus, and used in medicine in the form of its white, water-soluble sulfate salt, chiefly in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- study period — a period of time or lesson used for studying
- stupefyingly — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- subspecialty — a lesser or minor specialty: a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.
- supergravity — a hypothetical symmetry among groups of particles containing fermions and bosons, especially in theories of gravity (supergravity) that unify electromagnetism, the weak force, and the strong force with gravity into a single unified force.
- superquality — above-average quality
- suppletorily — supplying a deficiency.
- susceptivity — receptive.
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- symptomatize — symptomize.
- synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
- take pity on — show compassion, mercy
- temptability — the state of being liable to temptation
- the olympics — the Olympic Games
- theophylline — a white, crystalline, poisonous alkaloid, C 7 H 8 N 4 O 2 , an isomer of theobromine, extracted from tea leaves or produced synthetically: used to relieve bronchial spasms, in the treatment of certain heart conditions, and as a diuretic.
- top security — ultra secure
- triple bogey — a score of three strokes over par on a hole.
- triple rhyme — a rhyme either of two syllables of which the second is unstressed (double rhyme) as in motion, notion, or of three syllables of which the second and third are unstressed (triple rhyme) as in fortunate, importunate.
- trying plane — a plane with a long body for planing the edges of long boards
- trypaflavine — acriflavine hydrochloride.
- tryparsamide — a white, crystalline powder, C 8 H 10 O 4 N 2 AsNa·½H 2 , used chiefly in treating African sleeping sickness.
- type i error — the error made in the statistical testing of a hypothesis by rejecting the null hypothesis when it is actually true.
- type section — the sequence of strata referred to in establishing a stratigraphic unit, as a member or formation.
- type species — the species of a genus that is regarded as the best example of the generic characters of the genus; the species from which a genus was originally named.
- typicalities — of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
- typing error — an error made while using a keyboard to write something
- typing paper — paper for typing on
- typing speed — the number of words someone can accurately type in one minute
- undisputedly — to engage in argument or debate.
- united party — (formerly, in South Africa) the major opposition party, founded by General Smuts in 1934: the official Opposition in Parliament from 1948, the party was disbanded in 1977
- unpoetically — in an unpoetic manner
- utility pole — one of a series of large, upright poles used to support telephone wires, electric cables, or the like.
- vanity plate — a vehicle license plate bearing a combination of letters or numbers requested by the licensee, as a name or occupation.
- vanity press — a printing house that specializes in publishing books for which the authors pay all or most of the costs.
- vituperatory — abusive or blaming