12-letter words containing p, e, s, t, c
- 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.
- stereoscopic — noting or pertaining to three-dimensional vision or any of various processes and devices for giving the illusion of depth from two-dimensional images or reproductions, as of a photograph or motion picture.
- stethoscopic — pertaining to the stethoscope or to stethoscopy.
- stipulaceous — of, relating to, having, resembling, or living on stipules
- street price — the actual retail price (of something)
- streptomyces — any of several aerobic bacteria of the genus Streptomyces, certain species of which produce antibiotics.
- 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.
- strike price — The strike price is the price of an option when it is exercised.
- strip-search — to search (a suspect who has been required to remove all clothing) especially for concealed weapons, contraband, or evidence of drug abuse.
- stump speech — a political campaign speech, especially one made on a campaign tour.
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- stupefacient — stupefying; producing stupor.
- stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
- stupefactive — serving to stupefy.
- subcomponent — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
- subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- subscriptive — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- subspecialty — a lesser or minor specialty: a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.
- suicide pact — an agreement between two or more people to commit suicide together.
- 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.
- supercluster — a cluster of open clusters.
- superconduct — to conduct electricity very efficiently or without resistance, to act as a superconductor
- superculture — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- supercurrent — an electric current that flows without resistance in a superconducting material.
- superelastic — capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded: an elastic waistband; elastic fiber.
- superplastic — (of some metals and alloys) having the capacity to undergo extreme deformation at high temperatures.
- susceptivity — receptive.
- switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- tech support — an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.
- telepresence — the use of virtual reality technology to operate machinery by remote control or to create the effect of being at a different or imaginary location
- tenths-place — next after ninth; being the ordinal number for ten.
- the olympics — the Olympic Games
- the pandects — a digest of Roman civil law in fifty books, compiled for the emperor Justinian in the 6th cent. a.d.; the Digest
- the pictures — a cinema or film show
- the scorpion — the constellation Scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac
- therapeutics — a therapeutic substance.
- thoracoscope — an instrument used for examining the pleural cavity
- time capsule — a receptacle containing documents or objects typical of the current period, placed in the earth or in a cornerstone for discovery in the future.
- top security — ultra secure
- tracheoscopy — examination of the interior of the trachea, as with a laryngoscope.
- trachypterus — a dealfish or ribbonfish
- transparence — Also, transparence. the quality or state of being transparent.
- transparency — Also, transparence. the quality or state of being transparent.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- tricuspidate — having three cusps or flaps.
- triple-space — to type (copy) so as to leave two full spaces between lines