12-letter words containing p, e, r, i, o, n
- schizophrene — a person with schizophrenia or one who tends toward schizophrenia
- scolopendrid — any myriapod of the order Scolopendrida, including many large, poisonous centipedes.
- scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
- sea scorpion — scorpionfish.
- self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- septentrions — the seven stars of the Plough
- serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
- serpentinous — of the nature of serpentine; containing or consisting of serpentine
- share option — A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- silver point — the melting point of silver, equal to 960.8°C, used as a fixed point on the international temperature scale.
- silver spoon — spoon (def 16).
- siphonophore — any pelagic hydrozoan of the order Siphonophora, being a floating or swimming colony composed of polyps.
- somers point — a town in SE New Jersey.
- specksioneer — a whaler
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
- spermogonium — one of the cup-shaped or flask-shaped receptacles in which the spermatia of certain fungi and red algae are produced.
- spinsterhood — Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
- sporogenesis — the production of spores; sporogony.
- square piano — a piano with a rectangular, horizontal body.
- 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.
- stereophonic — pertaining to a system of sound recording or reproduction using two or more separate channels to produce a more realistic effect by capturing the spatial dimensions of a performance (the location of performers as well as their acoustic surroundings), used especially with high-fidelity recordings and reproduction systems (opposed to monophonic).
- stereoptican — a projector usually consisting of two complete lanterns arranged so that one picture appears to dissolve while the next is forming.
- stereopticon — a projector usually consisting of two complete lanterns arranged so that one picture appears to dissolve while the next is forming.
- stereotyping — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- stirrup bone — the stapes, one of the three bones of the middle ear
- strepitation — the quality or state of being strepitant
- streptolysin — a type of hemolysin produced by certain species of streptococcus.
- streptomycin — an antibiotic, C 2 1 H 3 9 N 7 O 1 2 , produced by a soil actinomycete, Streptomyces griseus, and used in medicine in the form of its white, water-soluble sulfate salt, chiefly in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- 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.
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- supercooling — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- superheroine — a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: Esther and other biblical heroines.
- superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
- superordinal — relating to the superorder
- superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
- supersession — the act of superseding.
- superstation — an independent television station whose signal is transmitted by satellite to subscribers on a cable system.
- superstition — a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like.
- supervention — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
- suspensorial — relating to a suspensorium
- suspensorium — a part that supports or suspends, esp the mandibular suspensorium, which suspends the lower jaw from the skull
- tetrapolitan — of or related to a tetrapolis
- 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.
- theanthropic — of or relating to both God or a god and human beings; both divine and human.
- thermosiphon — an arrangement of siphon tubes that enables water in a heating apparatus to circulate by means of convection.