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12-letter words containing l, a, s, p, e

  • spider plant — Also called ribbon plant. a plant, Chlorophytum comosum, of the lily family, native to southern Africa, that has long, narrow leaves and clusters of white flowers and is widely cultivated as a houseplant.
  • spinal nerve — any of a series of paired nerves that originate in the nerve roots of the spinal cord and emerge from the vertebrae on both sides of the spinal column, each branching out to innervate a specific region of the neck, trunk, or limbs.
  • spiritualize — to make spiritual.
  • spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
  • splatterpunk — a form of fiction featuring extremely graphic violence.
  • splenization — the transformation of something into a spleenlike tissue
  • splenomegaly — enlargement of the spleen.
  • spotted tail — (Sinte-galeshka) 1833?–81, Brulé Sioux leader.
  • sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
  • spray millet — the seeds of millet left on the spike and sold in pet shops for cage birds.
  • spread eagle — the representation of an eagle with outstretched wings, used as an emblem of the US
  • spread-eagle — having or suggesting the form of a spread eagle.
  • spreadeagled — Someone who is spreadeagled is lying with their arms and legs spread out.
  • spring-clean — to subject (a place) to a spring-cleaning.
  • squeeze play — Baseball. Also called suicide squeeze, suicide squeeze play. a play executed when there is a runner on third base and usually not more than one out, in which the runner starts for home as soon as the pitcher makes a motion to pitch, and the batter bunts. Also called safety squeeze, safety squeeze play. a similar play in which the runner on third base waits until the batter has successfully bunted before trying to score.
  • stamp dealer — someone who buys and sells postage stamps (to collectors)
  • stanley pool — a lake between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Congo-Brazzaville, formed by a widening of the River Congo. Area: 829 sq km (320 sq miles)
  • state police — a police force under state authority rather than under the authority of a city or county in the state.
  • steel-plated — covered with steel
  • steeplechase — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
  • stipulaceous — of, relating to, having, resembling, or living on stipules
  • strike plate — strike (def 67).
  • strophiolate — having a strophiole
  • student lamp — a table lamp whose light source can be adjusted in height.
  • sub-parallel — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
  • subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
  • subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
  • subopercular — of or relating to the suboperculum
  • subspecialty — a lesser or minor specialty: a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.
  • sulfate pulp — wood pulp made by the sulfate process.
  • 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 pascal — (language)   A Pascal variant used in the reference below. Super Pascal adds non-numeric labels, a return statement and expressions as names of types.
  • superathlete — a highly accomplished athlete, an exceptional athlete
  • supercapital — a member situated between a capital and the spring of an arch, as a dosseret.
  • superciliary — of or relating to the eyebrow.
  • superelastic — capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded: an elastic waistband; elastic fiber.
  • superelevate — to raise above a normal level
  • superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
  • superglacial — on the surface of a glacier.
  • superhelical — of, relating to, or consisting of a superhelix
  • superhumeral — an ecclesiastical vestment worn over the shoulders
  • superluminal — appearing to travel faster than the speed of light.
  • supermaxilla — the upper jaw.
  • supernacular — relating to supernaculum
  • supernaculum — a highly regarded liquor, to be drunk to the very last drop
  • supernatural — of, relating to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.
  • superordinal — relating to the superorder
  • superovulate — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
  • superplastic — (of some metals and alloys) having the capacity to undergo extreme deformation at high temperatures.
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