12-letter words containing n, o, s, p
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- receptionism — the doctrine that in the communion service the communicant receives the body and blood of Christ but that the bread and wine are not transubstantiated.
- receptionist — a person employed to receive and assist callers, clients, etc., as in an office.
- recompensate — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- reimpression — a second or repeated impression.
- reinspection — the act or process of reinspecting
- relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
- repairperson — a person whose occupation is the making of repairs, readjustments, etc.
- repercussion — an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.
- repossession — to possess again; regain possession of, especially for nonpayment of money due.
- reprehension — the act of reprehending; reproof; censure.
- reprocessing — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- respondentia — a loan upon a ship's cargo, which is repaid with interest if the ship reaches its destination, and if the ship does not, the loan is not repaid
- responseless — an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
- responsively — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- responsivity — the quality or state of being responsive.
- responsorial — of or relating to response; responsive
- resupination — a resupinate condition.
- resuspension — the act of suspending.
- retropulsion — an abnormal tendency to walk backwards: a symptom of Parkinson's disease
- ribbon strip — ribbon (def 8).
- risk pooling — Risk pooling is the practice of sharing all risks among a group of insurance companies.
- rock springs — a city in SW Wyoming.
- rose campion — a plant, Lychnis coronaria, of the pink family, having reddish purple flowers, and leaves covered with whitish down.
- rose pogonia — a North American terrestrial orchid, Pogonia ophioglossoides, having a fragrant, usually solitary rose-pink or white flower.
- rough-spoken — coarse or vulgar in speech.
- rustproofing — the process of making metal rustproof.
- saddle point — a point at which a function of two variables has partial derivatives equal to zero but at which the function has neither a maximum nor a minimum value.
- sago pudding — a sweet pudding made with sago and milk
- saint joseph — a city in NW Missouri, on the Missouri River.
- saint-tropez — a town in SE France, on the French Riviera: beach resort.
- saloonkeeper — a person who operates a saloon (sense 3)
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- sample point — a possible result of an experiment, represented as a point.
- sancho panza — Sancho, Sancho Panza.
- sankt pölten — a city in NE Austria, the capital of Lower Austria state. Pop: 49 121 (2001)
- sapindaceous — belonging to the Sapindaceae, the soapberry family of plants.
- sarrusophone — a metal double-reed wind instrument with a conical bore, related to the oboe and used especially in military bands.
- satanophobia — a morbid fear of the devil or Satan
- scalp lotion — A scalp lotion is a liquid medication for the treatment of scalp conditions and disorders.
- scapegoating — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- scapulomancy — divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- schizophrene — a person with schizophrenia or one who tends toward schizophrenia
- school prawn — a common olive-green prawn, Metapenaeus macleayi
- schopenhauer — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
- scolopendrid — any myriapod of the order Scolopendrida, including many large, poisonous centipedes.
- scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
- scorpion fly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
- scorpionfish — any of several tropical and temperate marine scorpaenid fishes, especially members of the genus Scorpaena, many having venomous dorsal spines.