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12-letter words containing p, a, t, i, n

  • scintigraphy — the process of producing a scintigram.
  • seating plan — layout of seats at a venue or on transport
  • self-tapping — (of a screw) cutting its own thread when screwed into a plain hole in a metal sheet
  • seringapatam — a town in S Karnataka, in S India, former capital of Mysore state: taken by the British 1799.
  • serpentarium — a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.
  • share option — A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price.
  • shrimp plant — a small, sprawling shrub, Justicia brandegeana (or Beloperone guttata), of the acanthus family, native to Mexico, having small white flowers protruding from a series of overlapping reddish bracts and often cultivated as a houseplant.
  • sinanthropus — the genus to which Peking man was formerly assigned.
  • single-party — of or relating to a form of government in which only a single political party constitutes the government
  • skiing pants — warm, waterproof, protective trousers worn while skiing
  • slip casting — a pottery-making process in which partially liquefied clay is poured into a plaster mold.
  • slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
  • snapshotting — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
  • somatotropin — a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, that stimulates growth in humans.
  • spanish foot — a carved pyramidal foot having fluted, concave sides usually ending in a scroll at the bottom.
  • sparcstation — (computer)   A family of workstations from Sun Microsystems based on the SPARC architecture. Models include the SPARCStation 1, 1+, SLC, SPARCStation ELC, IPX, SPARCStation 5, SPARCStation 10 and SPARCStation 20.
  • speciational — relating to speciation
  • 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.
  • spiflication — rough treatment
  • spin casting — spinning (def 3).
  • spinach beet — chard, a plant cultivated for its edible leaves
  • splenization — the transformation of something into a spleenlike tissue
  • spongioblast — one of the primordial cells in the embryonic brain and spinal cord capable of developing into neuroglia.
  • spotsylvania — a village in NE Virginia: the scene of Civil War battles between the armies of Grant and Lee, May 8–21, 1864.
  • spring catch — a catch for an interior or cabinet door that has a bolt operated by a spring.
  • spring water — water from natural underground source
  • staging post — an area, as a port of embarkation, where troops are assembled and readied for transit to a new field of operations.
  • standing cup — a tall decorative cup of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, having a raised cover.
  • standpattism — belief in or the practice of resisting or refusing to accept change, especially in politics.
  • 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.
  • stocking cap — a long, conical, knitted cap, usually with a tassel or pompon at the tip.
  • straight pin — pin (sense 2)
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • stupefacient — stupefying; producing stupor.
  • stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
  • sukarnoputri — Megawati (ˈmɛɡəˌwɒtɪ). born 1947, Indonesian politician; president of Indonesia (2001–04): daughter of Achmed Sukarno
  • sulphonation — the action or process of converting or being converted into a sulphonate
  • 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.
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