12-letter words containing p, o, e, t, r
- 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.
- 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.
- stirrup bone — the stapes, one of the three bones of the middle ear
- storm petrel — any of several small, tube-nosed seabirds of the family Hydrobatidae, usually having black or sooty-brown plumage with a white rump.
- stormtrooper — Stormtroopers were members of a private Nazi army who were well-known for being violent.
- stratosphere — the region of the upper atmosphere extending upward from the tropopause to about 30 miles (50 km) above the earth, characterized by little vertical change in temperature.
- strep throat — an acute sore throat caused by hemolytic streptococci and accompanied by fever and prostration.
- strepitation — the quality or state of being strepitant
- 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.
- streptosolen — a type of South American shrub grown for ornamental purposes, with orange trumpet-shaped flowers
- 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.
- strophiolate — having a strophiole
- study period — a period of time or lesson used for studying
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- stunt person — a stunt man or stunt woman.
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- super-polite — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- super-smooth — dead-smooth.
- superconduct — to conduct electricity very efficiently or without resistance, to act as a superconductor
- supererogate — to do more than duty requires.
- superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
- superovulate — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- superpatriot — a person who is patriotic to an extreme.
- superstardom — a person, as a performer or athlete, who enjoys wide recognition, is esteemed for exceptional talent, and is eagerly sought after for his or her services.
- 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).
- suppletorily — supplying a deficiency.
- support area — a minimum price below which a specific stock is not supposed to fall, as because of the stock's inherent worth.
- support hose — elastic stockings worn to reduce pressure on the veins of the leg, esp for people with varicose veins
- supraprotest — an acceptance or a payment of a bill by a third person after protest for nonacceptance or nonpayment by the drawee.
- table tripod — a low mount or stand for a camera.
- tamper-proof — resistant to interference, alteration
- target group — intended audience or customers
- 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.
- technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
- teeny bopper — a teenage girl, especially a young one.
- teeny-bopper — a teenage girl, especially a young one.
- telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
- telautograph — a telegraphic device for reproducing handwriting, drawings, etc, the movements of an electromagnetically controlled pen at one end being transmitted along a line to a similar pen at the receiving end
- telecomputer — teleprocessing.
- telegraphone — an early magnetic sound-recording device for use with wire, tape, or disks.
- teleoperator — a robotic device controlled from a distance by a human operator: usually used to provide safety for the operator, as in working with radioactive materials
- teleprompter — A Teleprompter is a device used by people speaking on television or at a public event, which displays words for them to read.
- teleutospore — a spore of certain rust fungi, which carries the fungus through the winter and which, on germination, produces the promycelium.
- temper color — any of the colors appearing on the surface of clean, unoxidized steel heated in air, from pale yellow at the coolest to dark blue at the hottest: used as an approximate indication of temperature.
- temporaneous — lasting a short while