12-letter words containing e, u, r, o, p, t
- serpentinous — of the nature of serpentine; containing or consisting of serpentine
- sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
- somatopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the upper layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the overlying ectoderm, functioning in the formation of the body wall and amnion.
- stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
- stegocarpous — (of a moss) belonging to the division Stegocarpi, having an operculate capsule
- stirrup bone — the stapes, one of the three bones of the middle ear
- study period — a period of time or lesson used for studying
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- stunt person — a stunt man or stunt woman.
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- super-polite — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- super-smooth — dead-smooth.
- superconduct — to conduct electricity very efficiently or without resistance, to act as a superconductor
- supererogate — to do more than duty requires.
- superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
- superovulate — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- superpatriot — a person who is patriotic to an extreme.
- superstardom — a person, as a performer or athlete, who enjoys wide recognition, is esteemed for exceptional talent, and is eagerly sought after for his or her services.
- 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.
- support area — a minimum price below which a specific stock is not supposed to fall, as because of the stock's inherent worth.
- support hose — elastic stockings worn to reduce pressure on the veins of the leg, esp for people with varicose veins
- supraprotest — an acceptance or a payment of a bill by a third person after protest for nonacceptance or nonpayment by the drawee.
- target group — intended audience or customers
- tech support — an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.
- telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
- telautograph — a telegraphic device for reproducing handwriting, drawings, etc, the movements of an electromagnetically controlled pen at one end being transmitted along a line to a similar pen at the receiving end
- telecomputer — teleprocessing.
- teleutospore — a spore of certain rust fungi, which carries the fungus through the winter and which, on germination, produces the promycelium.
- temporaneous — lasting a short while
- tetrapterous — Zoology. having four wings or winglike appendages.
- the bosporus — a strait between European and Asian Turkey, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
- the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
- theophrastus — 372?–287 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- thermocouple — a device that consists of the junction of two dissimilar metallic conductors, as copper and iron, in which an electromotive force is induced when the conductors are maintained at different temperatures, the force being related to the temperature difference: used to determine the temperature of a third substance by connecting it to the junction of the metals and measuring the electromotive force produced.
- tomato puree — liquidized tomatoes
- top security — ultra secure
- torpedo tube — a tube through which a self-propelled torpedo is launched, usually by the explosion of a charge of powder.
- torture porn — a genre of horror films in which sadistic violence or torture is a central aspect of the plot
- trepidatious — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- trou-de-loup — a conical or pyramidal pit with a pointed stake fixed vertically in the center, rows of which are dug in front of a fortification to hinder an enemy's approach, formerly used chiefly against cavalry.
- trouble spot — an area in which trouble exists or is expected to develop: There are several diplomatic trouble spots in Central America.
- troubleproof — not easily disturbed, disabled, injured, or put out of working order.
- 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
- tutor period — (in British secondary schools) a school period for which a tutor group comes together with their tutor
- type founder — a person engaged in the making of metallic types for printers.