12-letter words containing l, e, t, r, p, s
- strophiolate — having a strophiole
- super twelve — an annual international southern hemisphere Rugby Union tournament between teams from South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand
- super-polite — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- super-sleuth — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
- superathlete — a highly accomplished athlete, an exceptional athlete
- supercapital — a member situated between a capital and the spring of an arch, as a dosseret.
- supercluster — a cluster of open clusters.
- superculture — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- 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
- supernatural — of, relating to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.
- 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.
- superquality — above-average quality
- suppletorily — supplying a deficiency.
- tapsalteerie — topsy-turvy.
- 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. ”.
- telepresence — the use of virtual reality technology to operate machinery by remote control or to create the effect of being at a different or imaginary location
- teleutospore — a spore of certain rust fungi, which carries the fungus through the winter and which, on germination, produces the promycelium.
- the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
- tradespeople — people engaged in trade, esp shopkeepers
- transpirable — to occur; happen; take place.
- transplantee — a person who is undergoing or has undergone an organ transplant.
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tribespeople — members of a tribe; people living a tribal lifestyle
- tricephalous — with three heads
- triple-space — to type (copy) so as to leave two full spaces between lines
- tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- trouble spot — an area in which trouble exists or is expected to develop: There are several diplomatic trouble spots in Central America.
- 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
- ultraprecise — extremely accurate
- unpleasantry — an unpleasant word, action, comment, etc.: comments filled with unpleasantries.
- unrespectful — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
- unsculptured — not resembling a sculpture
- velcro strip — a strip or roll of Velcro, able to be cut to the required length
- vespertilian — of, relating to, or resembling a bat
- water pistol — a toy gun that shoots a stream of liquid.
- water splash — a place where a stream runs over a road
- water supply — the supply of purified water available to a community.
- wheeltappers — Plural form of wheeltapper.
- whippletrees — Plural form of whippletree.
- wool stapler — a dealer in wool.