12-letter words containing p, e, s, t, c
- deep pockets — If you say that a person or organization has deep pockets, you mean that they have a lot of money with which to pay for something.
- deep-chested — having a broad, strong-looking upper body
- depoliticise — Alternative spelling of depoliticize.
- descriptions — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
- descriptives — Plural form of descriptive.
- desmoplastic — (pathology) That produces adhesions.
- despotically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- despotocracy — the rule by a despot or despots; the power of despots
- deuteroscopy — the second time of looking or considering
- directorship — a person or thing that directs.
- disceptation — (archaic) Controversy; disputation; discussion.
- discerptible — capable of being torn apart; divisible.
- discorporate — Having no material body.
- dispatchable — Capable of being dispatched.
- displacement — the act of displacing.
- disrespected — lack of respect; discourtesy; rudeness.
- domestic pig — Sus scrofa; an artiodactyl mammal of the African and Eurasian family Suidae, having a long head with a movable snout and a thick bristle-covered skin
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- dysphemistic — Of, pertaining to, or being a dysphemism.
- eastern cape — a province of S South Africa; formed in 1994 from the E part of the former Cape Province: service industries, agriculture, and mining. Capital: Bhisho (formerly Bisho). Pop: 6 562 053 (2011 est). Area: 169 600 sq km (65 483 sq miles)
- ectoparasite — an external parasite (opposed to endoparasite).
- electroscope — An instrument for detecting and measuring electricity, especially as an indication of the ionization of air by radioactivity.
- electrotypes — Plural form of electrotype.
- emancipators — Plural form of emancipator.
- emplacements — Plural form of emplacement.
- encapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of encapsulate.
- encapsulates — Enclose (something) in or as if in a capsule.
- encaptivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encaptivate.
- encephalitis — Inflammation of the brain, caused by infection or an allergic reaction.
- encompasseth — Archaic third-person singular form of encompass.
- enhypostatic — relating to enhypostasia
- escape chute — a fabric tube or chute hinged to the wall of a stairwell and used as an emergency exit, eg from a burning tall building
- escape hatch — door to an emergency exit
- escape route — way out: of situation
- escape shaft — a shaft in a mine through which miners can escape if the regular shaft is blocked
- escapologist — An entertainer specializing in escaping from the confinement of such things as ropes, handcuffs, and chains.
- ethnopoetics — A poetical, linguistic and anthropological movement dealing with poetry written by, or in the style of, indigenous peoples.
- eucalyptuses — Plural form of eucalyptus.
- exceptionals — Plural form of exceptional.
- executorship — The office or position of an executor.
- expectancies — Plural form of expectancy.
- expectations — Plural form of expectation.
- expectedness — The state or quality of being expected.
- expectorants — Plural form of expectorant.
- explications — Plural form of explication.
- explicitness — The state or characteristic of being explicit.
- fiber optics — the branch of optics that deals with the transmission of light through transparent fibers, as in the form of pulses for the transmission of data or communications, or through fiber bundles for the transmission of images.
- fibre optics — optical fibre
- fort pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
- frontispiece — an illustrated leaf preceding the title page of a book.