12-letter words containing p, a, s, t, r
- factory ship — a whaling ship equipped to process killed whales and to transport the oil and by-products.
- flaky pastry — variety of puff pastry
- fore-topmast — the spar or section of a pole mast serving as the topmast of a foremast on a ship.
- fore-topsail — a topsail set on a foremast on a ship.
- foretopmasts — Plural form of foretopmast.
- foretopsails — Plural form of foretopsail.
- fort pulaski — Count Casimir [kaz-uh-meer] /ˈkæz əˌmɪər/ (Show IPA), 1748–79, Polish patriot; general in the American Revolutionary army.
- fortepianist — the player of a fortepiano
- fortran-plus — Fortran for the DAP parallel machine, implements many Fortran 90 features.
- forward post — the position held by a soldier on the forward line
- gametophores — Plural form of gametophore.
- gangster rap — a type of rap music whose lyrics feature violence, sexual exploits, and the like.
- gas-operated — (of a firearm) using some of the exhaust gases to operate the action.
- gastroplasty — any plastic surgery on the stomach.
- gastroscopes — Plural form of gastroscope.
- gastroscopic — Of or pertaining to gastroscopy.
- gopher state — Minnesota (used as a nickname).
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- gramophonist — a person who uses a gramophone
- grandparents — a parent of a parent.
- graphic arts — any of the fine or applied visual arts based on drawing or the use of line, as opposed to colour or relief, on a plane surface, esp illustration and printmaking of all kinds
- graphologist — the study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.
- grapple shot — a grapnellike projectile fired from a gun and used as a hold for the end of a line in rescue operations or in kedging.
- gravitropism — (biology, botany) a plant's ability to change its growth in response to gravity.
- grease paint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
- great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
- great spirit — the chief deity in the religion of many North American Indian tribes.
- heart-shaped — shaped like a stylized heart with a double rounded top
- heartstopper — something so frightening or emotionally gripping as to make one's heart seem to stop beating: We didn't crash, but it was a heartstopper.
- hemiparasite — A plant that obtains or may obtain part of its food by parasitism, e.g., mistletoe, which also photosynthesizes.
- heptahedrons — Plural form of heptahedron.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heteroplasia — the replacement of normal cells by abnormal cells, as in cancer.
- heteroplasty — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heterotopias — Plural form of heterotopia.
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- holophrastic — using or consisting of a single word that functions as a phrase or sentence.
- host adaptor — SCSI adaptor
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- hyannis port — a town in SE Massachusetts, on Nantucket Sound: summer resort.
- hypercoaster — Megacoaster.
- hypermarkets — Plural form of hypermarket.
- hyperplastic — Of, or relating to hyperplasia.
- hyperspatial — Pertaining to hyperspace.
- hypersthenia — abnormal strength or tension
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hypoplastron — the third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles
- impartialist — Someone who is or pretends to be impartial.
- imperforates — Plural form of imperforate.
- imperialists — Plural form of imperialist.