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12-letter words containing p, a, s, t, r

  • stenographer — a person who specializes in taking dictation in shorthand.
  • stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
  • stepdaughter — a daughter of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
  • stereography — the art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane.
  • stereoptican — a projector usually consisting of two complete lanterns arranged so that one picture appears to dissolve while the next is forming.
  • stirrup-vase — a Mycenaean vase having a spherical body, a spout on the shoulder, and a handle, curving across the top, supported by a solid conical neck.
  • straight pin — pin (sense 2)
  • stratigraphy — a branch of geology dealing with the classification, nomenclature, correlation, and interpretation of stratified rocks.
  • stratosphere — the region of the upper atmosphere extending upward from the tropopause to about 30 miles (50 km) above the earth, characterized by little vertical change in temperature.
  • street party — A street party is the same as a block party.
  • strep throat — an acute sore throat caused by hemolytic streptococci and accompanied by fever and prostration.
  • strepitation — the quality or state of being strepitant
  • stride piano — a style of jazz piano playing in which the right hand plays the melody while the left hand plays a single bass note or octave on the strong beat and a chord on the weak beat, developed in Harlem during the 1920s, partly from ragtime piano playing.
  • strike plate — strike (def 67).
  • strip-search — to search (a suspect who has been required to remove all clothing) especially for concealed weapons, contraband, or evidence of drug abuse.
  • striped bass — an important American game fish, Morone saxatilis, having blackish stripes along each side.
  • strophanthin — a very poisonous, bitter glycoside or mixture of glycosides obtained from the dried, ripe seeds of a strophanthus, especially Strophanthus kombe, used as a cardiac stimulant.
  • strophanthus — any of various shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Strophanthus, of the dogbane family, chiefly of tropical Africa.
  • strophiolate — having a strophiole
  • stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
  • sub-tropical — Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions.
  • subtemperate — of, relating to, or occurring in the colder parts of the Temperate Zone.
  • sukarnoputri — Megawati (ˈmɛɡəˌwɒtɪ). born 1947, Indonesian politician; president of Indonesia (2001–04): daughter of Achmed Sukarno
  • sulphur bath — a curative bath in which the water used has sulphates dissolved in it, especially one in which the water comes from a natural hot spring
  • superannuate — to allow to retire from service or office on a pension because of age or infirmity.
  • superathlete — a highly accomplished athlete, an exceptional athlete
  • supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
  • supercapital — a member situated between a capital and the spring of an arch, as a dosseret.
  • superelastic — capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded: an elastic waistband; elastic fiber.
  • superelevate — to raise above a normal level
  • supererogate — to do more than duty requires.
  • superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
  • supergravity — a hypothetical symmetry among groups of particles containing fermions and bosons, especially in theories of gravity (supergravity) that unify electromagnetism, the weak force, and the strong force with gravity into a single unified force.
  • superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
  • supernatural — of, relating to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.
  • superovulate — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
  • superpatriot — a person who is patriotic to an extreme.
  • superplastic — (of some metals and alloys) having the capacity to undergo extreme deformation at high temperatures.
  • superquality — above-average quality
  • 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.
  • superstation — an independent television station whose signal is transmitted by satellite to subscribers on a cable system.
  • superstratum — an overlying stratum or layer.
  • supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
  • support area — a minimum price below which a specific stock is not supposed to fall, as because of the stock's inherent worth.
  • support band — a band, pop group, rock group, etc not topping the bill
  • supracrustal — relating to rocks that overlie the basement rock of the crust
  • supraglottal — situated above the glottis
  • supranatural — beyond what is natural; supernatural.
  • supraorbital — situated above the eye socket.
  • supraprotest — an acceptance or a payment of a bill by a third person after protest for nonacceptance or nonpayment by the drawee.
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