12-letter words containing m, a, s, t, o, p
- pneumatocyst — the cavity of a pneumatophore.
- polygamistic — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- porismatical — porismatic
- post-primary — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- postal meter — a postal franking machine
- postimperial — of, relating to, or designating the period after an empire
- postliminary — of or relating to postliminy
- postmedieval — occurring or existing after the Middle Ages, of or related to the period after the Middle Ages
- postmeridian — of or relating to the afternoon.
- postorgasmic — of or relating to the period after an orgasm
- postromantic — of or relating to the period after Romanticism
- postvagotomy — of or occurring in the period after a vagotomy
- potamologist — a specialist in potamology
- power-stream — to stream and watch (multiple videos, episodes of a TV show, etc.) in one sitting or over a short period of time.
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- protoplasmic — Biology. (no longer in technical use) the colloidal and liquid substance of which cells are formed, excluding horny, chitinous, and other structural material; the cytoplasm and nucleus.
- psammophytic — relating to psammophytes
- pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
- put to shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- recompensate — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- sample point — a possible result of an experiment, represented as a point.
- saprophytism — living and feeding on dead organic matter
- saw palmetto — a shrublike palmetto, Serenoa repens, of the palm family, native to the southern U.S., having green or blue leafstalks set with spiny teeth.
- scapegoatism — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- semitropical — subtropical.
- skeleton map — a map showing only basic details of a land, place, etc
- slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
- 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.
- somatotropin — a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, that stimulates growth in humans.
- spermatocele — a swelling of the testicle
- spermatocide — spermicide.
- spermatocyte — a male germ cell (primary spermatocyte) that gives rise by meiosis to a pair of haploid cells (secondary spermatocytes) that give rise in turn to spermatids.
- spermatozoid — a motile male gamete produced in an antheridium.
- spermatozoon — one of the minute, usually actively motile gametes in semen, which serve to fertilize the ovum; a mature male reproductive cell.
- stapedectomy — a microsurgical procedure to relieve deafness by replacing the stapes of the ear with a prosthetic device.
- stomach pump — a suction pump for removing the contents of the stomach, used especially in cases of poisoning.
- stop payment — an order by the drawer of a check to his or her bank not to pay a specified check.
- 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.
- swamp locust — water locust.
- sycophantism — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- symptomatize — symptomize.
- synaptosomal — pertaining to a synaptosome
- temporaneous — lasting a short while
- thomas paine — Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- tomato aspic — aspic1 (def 2).
- tomato paste — a soft, smooth substance made from crushed tomatoes, used in cooking
- transumption — an act of metaphorical transference