12-letter words containing n, s, p
- counterspell — a spell or charm which acts against another spell, esp in fantasy or role-playing games
- counterspies — Plural form of counterspy.
- counterstamp — a stamp added to a stamped paper or document as a qualifying mark.
- countertypes — Plural form of countertype.
- craftmanship — Alternative form of craftsmanship.
- craftsperson — an artisan
- cranioplasty — Surgical repair of a defect or deformity in the skull.
- criosphinxes — Plural form of criosphinx.
- crop dusting — Crop dusting is the spreading of pesticides on crops, usually from an aircraft.
- crop-dusting — the spraying of powdered fungicides or insecticides on crops, usually from an airplane.
- crospovidone — Crospovidone is a substance used in tablets as a binder or disintegrant.
- cross potent — a cross with equal arms, each of which ends in a bar
- crossposting — Present participle of crosspost.
- cryptanalyst — the procedures, processes, methods, etc., used to translate or interpret secret writings, as codes and ciphers, for which the key is unknown.
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
- cryptomnesic — of, relating to, or characterized by cryptomnesia
- cryptomonads — Plural form of cryptomonad.
- cryptonymous — having a code name or secret name
- culpableness — The state or quality of being culpable.
- cushion pink — a low-growing mountain plant, Silene acaulis, of Europe and North America, having deep pink to purplish, solitary flowers and forming mosslike patches on rocky or barren ground.
- cusip number — A CUSIP number is a number that identifies an individual security like a stock or a bond.
- cyclosporine — a drug, produced by a fungus (Tolypocladium inflatum), that suppresses the T cells that reject foreign tissue after an organ transplant without suppressing other cells that fight infections and cancer
- cypress knee — one of the woody growths that project above water from the roots of the bald cypress.
- cypress pine — any coniferous tree of the Australian genus Callitrus, having leaves in whorls and yielding valuable timber: family Cupressaceae
- cypress vine — a tropical American convolvulaceous climbing plant, Ipomoea pennata, having finely divided compound leaves and scarlet or white tubular flowers
- cyprinodonts — Plural form of cyprinodont.
- dancing step — balanced step.
- de profundis — out of the depths of misery or dejection
- dead spindle — a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.
- deaspiration — the act of deaspirating
- decompensate — to undergo decompensation due to disease or impairment
- deep kissing — the act of taking part in a deep kiss
- demi-pension — an arrangement whereby a guest or resident pays, usually at a fixed rate, for room, breakfast, and one other daily meal offered in a hotel or boardinghouse; half board. Compare modified American plan.
- dependancies — Plural form of dependancy.
- dependencies — the state of being dependent; dependence.
- deportations — Plural form of deportation.
- deposit loan — a loan to cover the cost of a deposit on something such as rented accommodation
- depositation — the act of depositing
- depositional — of or relating to a deposition
- depravedness — The state of being depraved; depravity.
- depredations — the act of preying upon or plundering; robbery; ravage.
- depressingly — In a depressing manner.
- deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
- derepression — the act of derepressing a gene
- descriptions — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- despisedness — the quality or state of being despised
- despoliation — the act of despoiling; plunder or pillage
- despondences — Plural form of despondence.
- despondently — feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom: despondent about failing health.