12-letter words containing m, i, a, s, p
- small magpie — an unrelated micro, Eurrhypara hortulata
- smoking lamp — formerly, a lamp aboard ship for lighting pipes, now used figuratively to indicate when smoking is or is not allowed: The smoking lamp is lit.
- somatotropin — a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, that stimulates growth in humans.
- sophomorical — characteristic of a sophomore
- spanish main — (formerly) the mainland of America adjacent to the Caribbean Sea, especially the area between the mouth of the Orinoco River and the Isthmus of Panama.
- spanish moss — an epiphytic plant, Tillandsia usneoides, of the southern U.S., having narrow, grayish leaves and growing in long festoons that drape the branches of trees.
- spasmophilia — a condition in which only moderate mechanical or electrical stimulation produces spasms, convulsions, or tetany.
- spasmophilic — of or noting spasmophilia.
- special team — Football. a group of players fielded for kicking plays, as punts, kickoffs, and field-goal attempts.
- special term — the sitting of a court for the trial of a special case.
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
- spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
- spermaticide — spermicide.
- spermatocide — spermicide.
- spermatozoid — a motile male gamete produced in an antheridium.
- spin machine — an organization or group of people acting together to present news or information in a way that creates a particular desired impression
- spiritualism — the belief or doctrine that the spirits of the dead, surviving after the mortal life, can and do communicate with the living, especially through a person (a medium) particularly susceptible to their influence.
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- spray millet — the seeds of millet left on the spike and sold in pet shops for cage birds.
- standpattism — belief in or the practice of resisting or refusing to accept change, especially in politics.
- subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
- 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
- superluminal — appearing to travel faster than the speed of light.
- supermassive — (of a black hole or star) having a mass in the range of millions or billions of times that of the sun
- supermaxilla — the upper jaw.
- superrealism — photorealism.
- supraliminal — being above the threshold of perception of a stimulus.
- swamp rabbit — any of several southern cottontails, especially Sylvilagus aquaticus, of swamps and lowlands.
- swimming cap — A swimming cap is a rubber cap which you wear to keep your hair dry when you are swimming.
- sycophantism — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sympathizing — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- symptomatize — symptomize.
- the psalmist — King David, to whom all or certain of the Psalms are variously attributed
- thomas paine — Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- time capsule — a receptacle containing documents or objects typical of the current period, placed in the earth or in a cornerstone for discovery in the future.
- tomato aspic — aspic1 (def 2).
- transit camp — a camp in which refugees, soldiers, etc, live temporarily before moving to another destination
- transumption — an act of metaphorical transference
- transumptive — of or relating to transumption
- triumphalism — triumphant spirit or character.
- triumphalist — Triumphalist behaviour is behaviour in which politicians or organizations celebrate a victory or a great success, especially when this is intended to upset the people they have defeated.
- tryparsamide — a white, crystalline powder, C 8 H 10 O 4 N 2 AsNa·½H 2 , used chiefly in treating African sleeping sickness.
- uncompassion — a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.
- unemphasized — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- watermanship — the skill, duties, business, etc., of a waterman.
- williamsport — a city in central Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River.