12-letter words containing h, e, r, p, s, l
- prayer shawl — a tallith.
- preestablish — to establish beforehand.
- prehensorial — relating to a part that grasps
- prepublished — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
- prerehearsal — relating to the period before a rehearsal
- prescheduled — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
- press launch — the launch of a product, exhibition, event, etc, to which journalists are invited, in order to publicize it
- pyrosulphate — any salt of pyrosulphuric acid
- raphaelesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of the style of the painter Raphael.
- relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
- replenishing — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
- reproachless — irreproachable.
- reupholstery — the materials used to cushion and cover furniture.
- schiaparelli — Elsa [el-sah] /ˈɛl sɑ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1973, French fashion designer, born in Italy.
- sclerophylly — the normal development of much sclerenchyma in the leaves of certain plants, as some desert plants, resulting in thickened, hardened foliage that resists loss of moisture.
- scratchplate — a plastic or metal plate attached to the front of a guitar to protect it from pick scratches
- selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
- self-worship — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- seraphically — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- sheep laurel — a small E North American plant (Kalmia angustifolia) of the heath family, with pinkish flowers and evergreen leaves poisonous to sheep and other animals
- sheep sorrel — a slender weed, Rumex acetosella, of the buckwheat family, found in poor, dry soils, having arrow-shaped leaves with an acid taste.
- shepherdless — lacking a shepherd
- shepherdling — a young or little shepherd
- shore patrol — (often initial capital letters) members of an organization in the U.S. Navy having police duties similar to those performed by military police. Abbreviation: SP.
- 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.
- shoulder pad — clothing: insert in shoulder
- siderophilic — having characteristics of siderophile
- silver perch — Also called mademoiselle. Ichthyology. a drum, Bairdiella chrysoura, of southern U.S. waters.
- slipper bath — a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
- spellchecker — a computer program for checking the spelling of words in an electronic document.
- sphericality — the state of being a sphere
- sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
- spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
- sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
- stepmotherly — related to or having the characteristics of a stepmother
- strophiolate — having a strophiole
- super-sleuth — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
- superathlete — a highly accomplished athlete, an exceptional athlete
- superhelical — of, relating to, or consisting of a superhelix
- superhumeral — an ecclesiastical vestment worn over the shoulders
- telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
- telegraphese — a style of writing or speaking distinguished by the omissions, abbreviations, and combinations that are characteristic of telegrams, as in “ expect arrive six evening. ”.
- the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- unperishable — imperishable
- unsepulchred — not sepulchred
- upper school — a scholastic division, especially in a private school, including the terminal secondary grades.