12-letter words containing p, o, e, s, y
- pyrotechnics — the art of making fireworks.
- pyrotechnist — a person skilled in pyrotechnics, especially in the manufacture or use of fireworks.
- release copy — an article, notice, announcement, or the like, issued in advance for publication or broadcast, bearing a release date.
- respirometry — the branch of medical science dealing with the measurement and analysis of respiration.
- responsively — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- responsivity — the quality or state of being responsive.
- reupholstery — the materials used to cushion and cover furniture.
- rotary press — a printing press in which the type or plates to be printed are fastened upon a rotating cylinder and are impressed on a continuous roll of moving paper.
- sclerophylly — the normal development of much sclerenchyma in the leaves of certain plants, as some desert plants, resulting in thickened, hardened foliage that resists loss of moisture.
- seismography — the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.
- selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
- shepherd boy — male child who herds sheep
- shoo-fly pie — an open pie filled with a sweet crumb and molasses mixture and baked.
- siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
- skew polygon — the figure formed by joining four or more points, not all in one plane, by the same number of lines
- sleeper goby — any gobioid fish of the family Eleotridae, of brackish or fresh tropical waters, resembling the gobies but lacking a ventral sucker
- sloppy joe's — a sandwich of ground beef cooked in a spicy tomato or barbecue sauce and usually served on a bun.
- snowy mespil — a N American tree, Amelanchier Lamarckii, that produces small white flowers in spring
- snowy plover — a small plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, mainly of the U.S. and Mexico, having a white breast and sand-colored upper parts.
- spectrometry — an optical device for measuring wavelengths, deviation of refracted rays, and angles between faces of a prism, especially an instrument (prism spectrometer) consisting of a slit through which light passes, a collimator, a prism that deviates the light, and a telescope through which the deviated light is viewed and examined.
- spectroscopy — the science that deals with the use of the spectroscope and with spectrum analysis.
- spermatocyte — a male germ cell (primary spermatocyte) that gives rise by meiosis to a pair of haploid cells (secondary spermatocytes) that give rise in turn to spermatids.
- spermophytic — able to produce seed
- sphenography — the art of writing in cuneiform characters.
- sphygmometer — a device which measures the rate of the pulse
- sphygmophone — a device by which a pulse may be heard
- sphygmoscope — a device for studying or examining the pulse
- splenomegaly — enlargement of the spleen.
- spotted cavy — paca.
- stanley pool — a lake between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Congo-Brazzaville, formed by a widening of the River Congo. Area: 829 sq km (320 sq miles)
- stapedectomy — a microsurgical procedure to relieve deafness by replacing the stapes of the ear with a prosthetic device.
- steatopygous — extreme accumulation of fat on and about the buttocks, especially of women.
- stepmotherly — related to or having the characteristics of a stepmother
- stereography — the art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane.
- 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.
- stereotypist — 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.
- stop payment — an order by the drawer of a check to his or her bank not to pay a specified check.
- streptolysin — a type of hemolysin produced by certain species of streptococcus.
- 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.
- study period — a period of time or lesson used for studying
- stupendously — causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news.
- superpolymer — a superior polymer
- supersensory — supersensible.
- suppletorily — supplying a deficiency.
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- symptomatize — symptomize.
- synchroscope — an instrument for determining the difference in phase between two related motions, as those of two aircraft engines or two electric generators.
- the olympics — the Olympic Games
- to play safe — If you play safe or play it safe, you do not take any risks.