12-letter words containing p, o, n, t, i, l
- spin control — Slang. an attempt to give a bias to news coverage, especially of a political candidate or event.
- splenization — the transformation of something into a spleenlike tissue
- split second — a fraction of a second.
- splotchiness — the state or condition of being splotchy
- spongioblast — one of the primordial cells in the embryonic brain and spinal cord capable of developing into neuroglia.
- spongologist — a person who studies sponges
- spot welding — fusing metal
- spotlighting — a strong, focused light thrown upon a particular spot, as on a small area of a stage or in a television studio, for making some object, person, or group especially conspicuous.
- spotsylvania — a village in NE Virginia: the scene of Civil War battles between the armies of Grant and Lee, May 8–21, 1864.
- stool pigeon — a pigeon used as a decoy.
- streptolysin — a type of hemolysin produced by certain species of streptococcus.
- sulphonation — the action or process of converting or being converted into a sulphonate
- supplication — an act or instance of supplicating; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition.
- supportingly — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
- technophilia — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
- teleshopping — electronic shopping via videotex or other interactive information service.
- temptational — the act of tempting; enticement or allurement.
- tetrapolitan — of or related to a tetrapolis
- the pliocene — the Pliocene epoch or rock series
- theophylline — a white, crystalline, poisonous alkaloid, C 7 H 8 N 4 O 2 , an isomer of theobromine, extracted from tea leaves or produced synthetically: used to relieve bronchial spasms, in the treatment of certain heart conditions, and as a diuretic.
- top and tail — method of washing a baby
- topping lift — a line for raising and supporting a spar, as a yard or boom.
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- trichinopoly — a city in central Tamil Nadu, in S India, on the Kaveri River.
- triple crown — an unofficial title held by a horse that wins the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes in a single season.
- triple point — the particular temperature and pressure at which the solid, liquid, and gaseous phases of a given substance are all at equilibrium with one another.
- tripolitania — Also, Tripolitania [trip-uh-li-tey-nee-uh, -teyn-yuh; Italian tree-paw-lee-tah-nyah] /ˌtrɪp ə lɪˈteɪ ni ə, -ˈteɪn yə; Italian ˌtri pɔ liˈtɑ nyɑ/ (Show IPA). one of the former Barbary States of N Africa: later a province of Turkey; now a part of Libya.
- trypanocidal — (of a drug, agent, activity, etc) effective in killing trypanosomes
- two-pin plug — a plug that has two pins for inserting into a socket
- unapologetic — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
- uncomplicate — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
- underexploit — to make insufficient use of
- undiplomatic — of, relating to, or engaged in diplomacy: diplomatic officials.
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- unipotential — Electricity, Electronics. having uniform electric potential throughout, as a hot cathode (unipotential cathode) indirectly heated by a separate heater circuit so that there is no lateral change of voltage across the cathode due to resistance to a heating current.
- unpoetically — in an unpoetic manner
- unpoliteness — the quality or state of being impolite
- unprofitable — being without profit; not showing or turning a profit: a series of unprofitable ventures.
- well-pointed — having a point or points: a pointed arch.
- whaling port — a home port for whaling vessels.