12-letter words containing p, o, i, e, s
- astigmoscope — astigmatoscope.
- atmospherics — Atmospherics are elements in something such as a piece of music or a book which create a certain atmosphere.
- atmospherium — an optical system used to simulate images of atmospheric phenomena, as cloud formations, storms, and day and night, on the inside of a dome.
- attorneyship — The office or profession of an attorney.
- bachelorship — the state of being a bachelor; bachelorhood
- bank deposit — money placed in a bank account
- barophoresis — the diffusion of suspended particles at a rate dependent on external forces
- basidiospore — one of the spores, usually four in number, produced in a basidium
- betting shop — A betting shop is a place where people can go to bet on something such as a horse race.
- bibliopegist — a bookbinder
- bicycle shop — a shop that sells and usually repairs bicycles and bicycle parts
- biopesticide — a naturally occurring or derived substance or an organism that controls pests by nontoxic means
- bird-spotter — a bird-watcher
- body repairs — repairs to the bodywork of cars
- caesalpinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caesalpinoideae, a mainly tropical subfamily of leguminous plants that have irregular flowers: includes carob, senna, brazil, cassia, and poinciana
- canine corps — a military or law enforcement body which uses dogs for the detection of explosives or drugs or for security, tracking, etc
- cape sounion — Cape, a cape in E central Greece, SE of Athens, at the tip of the Attica peninsula, in W Aegean Sea.
- capillaceous — having numerous filaments resembling hairs or threads
- captiousness — The state of being captious.
- cassiopeia a — a very strong radio and X-ray source in the constellation Cassiopeia, identified as the remnant of a supernova thought to have occurred in the late 17th century
- castile soap — a hard soap made from olive oil and sodium hydroxide
- cataphoresis — electrophoresis
- ceratopsians — Plural form of ceratopsian.
- ceroplastics — the art of wax modelling
- chairpersons — Plural form of chairperson.
- cheiloplasty — plastic surgery of the lip.
- chemotropism — the growth response of an organism, esp a plant, to a chemical stimulus
- chinese copy — an exact copy of an original
- chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
- chisel point — a nail or spike with the point formed by two flat inclined sides meeting at a sharp angle.
- chlorospinel — a variety of spinel used as a gem, colored grass-green by the presence of copper.
- christophene — chayote.
- cinque ports — an association of ports on the SE coast of England, originally consisting of Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich, which from late Anglo-Saxon times provided ships for the king's service in return for the profits of justice in their courts. The Cinque Ports declined with the growth of other ports and surrendered their charters in 1685
- cleptobiosis — an ecological relationship in which members of one species, as of ants, steal food from another.
- close-lipped — not talking or revealing much
- co-ownership — the fact or state of being one of the joint owners of something
- co-president — a person who shares the highest position in an organization with another person
- coenospecies — a collection of related species able to hybridize
- coleopterist — a person who studies the Coleoptera
- comma splice — comma fault.
- common snipe — a bird, Gallinago gallinago, of marshes and river banks, having a long straight bill: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc), order Charadriiformes
- comparatives — Plural form of comparative.
- compassioned — a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.
- compensating — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- compensation — Compensation is money that someone who has experienced loss or suffering claims from the person or organization responsible, or from the state.
- compensative — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
- competencies — Plural form of competency.
- competitions — Plural form of competition.
- complaisance — deference to the wishes of others; willing compliance
- complections — Plural form of complection.