12-letter words containing o, p, s, n, i
- talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
- tapioca snow — snow pellets.
- teleshopping — electronic shopping via videotex or other interactive information service.
- the hoppings — an annual fair in Newcastle
- the passions — feeling, as opposed to reason
- the pointers — the two brightest stars in the Plough (Dubhe and Merak), which lie in the direction pointing towards the Pole Star and are therefore used to locate it
- the scorpion — the constellation Scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac
- the-pioneers — a historical novel (1823) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- thermosiphon — an arrangement of siphon tubes that enables water in a heating apparatus to circulate by means of convection.
- third person — the grammatical person used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to anyone or anything other than the speaker or the one (third person singular) or ones (third person plural) being addressed.
- thomas paine — Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- top dressing — tennis court
- topstitching — decorative stitching, usually near and parallel to a seam, sewn so as to be visible on the right side of a garment, shoe, belt, etc.
- trading post — a store established in an unsettled or thinly settled region by a trader or trading company to obtain furs and local products in exchange for supplies, clothing, other goods, or for cash.
- trainspotter — A trainspotter is someone who is very interested in trains and spends time going to stations and recording the numbers of the trains that they see.
- transit stop — a stop made by a vehicle such as an aircraft, train or bus on the way to its final destination
- transpicuous — transparent.
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- transpontine — across or beyond a bridge.
- transportive — to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
- transumption — an act of metaphorical transference
- trapshooting — the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from a trap.
- trepidations — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- trunk piston — a piston with a long skirt to take the side thrust, as in an automobile engine.
- type section — the sequence of strata referred to in establishing a stratigraphic unit, as a member or formation.
- unauspicious — inauspicious; unfavourable; unlucky
- uncompassion — a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.
- underpassion — an underlying or subconscious passion
- uneuphonious — pleasant in sound; agreeable to the ear; characterized by euphony: a sweet, euphonious voice.
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- unimprisoned — not confined in a prison
- unit process — any of a number of standard operations, such as filtration or distillation, that are widely used in various chemical and process industries
- unoppressive — not cruel or harsh
- unoptimistic — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- unpassionate — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- unpolishable — incapable of being made smooth or shiny
- unpoliteness — the quality or state of being impolite
- unpossessing — having no possessions or ownership
- unpropitious — presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
- unprotesting — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- unresponding — to reply or answer in words: to respond briefly to a question.
- unresponsive — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- unsaponified — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- unsupporting — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- unsupportive — giving support.
- unsuspicious — not feeling suspicion
- unworshipful — not worshipful; not showing reverence or admiration
- unworshipped — not worshipped; not admired or revered
- vaporishness — the quality or state of being vaporish
- video porn's — pornographic movies available on videocassette or optical disk, on the Internet, or on subscription television.