12-letter words containing p, a, t, i, e, n
- speed dating — an organized social event in which participants have one-on-one conversations typically limited to less than ten minutes, for the purpose of meeting people they would like to date.
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- speedskating — a form of ice skating in which contestants race against each other or the clock over various distances
- sphacelation — the process of mortification
- sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
- spider plant — Also called ribbon plant. a plant, Chlorophytum comosum, of the lily family, native to southern Africa, that has long, narrow leaves and clusters of white flowers and is widely cultivated as a houseplant.
- spinach beet — chard, a plant cultivated for its edible leaves
- splenization — the transformation of something into a spleenlike tissue
- spring water — water from natural underground source
- state prison — a prison maintained by a state for the confinement of felons.
- stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stereoptican — a projector usually consisting of two complete lanterns arranged so that one picture appears to dissolve while the next is forming.
- 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.
- stupefacient — stupefying; producing stupor.
- stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
- superstation — an independent television station whose signal is transmitted by satellite to subscribers on a cable system.
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
- take part in — join in
- take pity on — show compassion, mercy
- tape editing — the process of putting the various segments of a master video or audio tape into a predetermined sequence: usually done electronically.
- tape machine — a tape recorder.
- team captain — the captain of a sporting team
- technophilia — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
- technophobia — abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced technology.
- temptational — the act of tempting; enticement or allurement.
- tetrapolitan — of or related to a tetrapolis
- the passions — feeling, as opposed to reason
- the-persians — a tragedy (472 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
- theanthropic — of or relating to both God or a god and human beings; both divine and human.
- thomas paine — Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- tracing tape — (on a building site) one of several lines stretched between batter boards to outline the foundations.
- tragelaphine — of or relating to a tragelaph
- 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.
- transpirable — to occur; happen; take place.
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- transpontine — across or beyond a bridge.
- transportive — to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
- transumptive — of or relating to transumption
- trephination — a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft to which is attached a transverse handle: used in surgery to remove circular disks of bone from the skull.
- trepidations — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- trichopteran — trichopterous.
- trying plane — a plane with a long body for planing the edges of long boards
- trypaflavine — acriflavine hydrochloride.
- typing paper — paper for typing on
- unalphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.