12-letter words containing p, r, e, c, n, s
- season creep — the gradual changing in the length of the seasons, as demonstrated by earlier flowering of plants, etc, thought by many to be caused by climate change
- shiner perch — a small, silvery perch, Cymatogaster aggregata, inhabiting waters along the Pacific coast of North America and bearing live young.
- sleeping car — a railroad car fitted with berths, compartments, bedrooms, or drawing rooms for passengers to sleep in.
- snooperscope — a device that displays on a fluorescent screen reflected infrared radiation, enabling the user to see objects obscured by darkness.
- soprano clef — a sign locating middle C on the bottom line of the staff.
- spanish rice — rice prepared with chopped onions, tomatoes, green peppers, and sometimes diced ham, seasoned with cayenne pepper and mixed with butter.
- spatter cone — a low, steep-sided volcanic cone built up of droplets or blobs of lava erupted from a fissure or vent.
- specksioneer — a whaler
- speech organ — any part of the body, as the tongue, velum, diaphragm, or lungs, that participates, actively or passively, voluntarily or involuntarily, in the production of the sounds of speech.
- spencer gulf — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in S Australia, between the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas. Length: about 320 km (200 miles). Greatest width: about 145 km (90 miles)
- sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
- split screen — Also called composite shot. Movies, Television. a type of process photography in which two or more shots are juxtaposed and projected simultaneously on the screen.
- split-screen — Split-screen is used to describe the technique in making films and television programmes in which two different pieces of film are shown at the same time.
- sprechgesang — a vocal style intermediate between speech and singing but without exact pitch intonation.
- spring vetch — any of several mostly climbing plants belonging to the genus Vicia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves ending in tendrils and bearing pealike flowers, especially V. sativa (spring vetch) cultivated for forage and soil improvement.
- spring-clean — to subject (a place) to a spring-cleaning.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stereophonic — pertaining to a system of sound recording or reproduction using two or more separate channels to produce a more realistic effect by capturing the spatial dimensions of a performance (the location of performers as well as their acoustic surroundings), used especially with high-fidelity recordings and reproduction systems (opposed to monophonic).
- stereoptican — a projector usually consisting of two complete lanterns arranged so that one picture appears to dissolve while the next is forming.
- stereopticon — a projector usually consisting of two complete lanterns arranged so that one picture appears to dissolve while the next is forming.
- 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.
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- sucker punch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
- sucker-punch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- superconduct — to conduct electricity very efficiently or without resistance, to act as a superconductor
- supercooling — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- supercurrent — an electric current that flows without resistance in a superconducting material.
- supernacular — relating to supernaculum
- supernaculum — a highly regarded liquor, to be drunk to the very last drop
- superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
- synchroscope — an instrument for determining the difference in phase between two related motions, as those of two aircraft engines or two electric generators.
- telepresence — the use of virtual reality technology to operate machinery by remote control or to create the effect of being at a different or imaginary location
- the scorpion — the constellation Scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac
- transparence — Also, transparence. the quality or state of being transparent.
- transparency — Also, transparence. the quality or state of being transparent.
- under-script — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- underspecify — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- unit process — any of a number of standard operations, such as filtration or distillation, that are widely used in various chemical and process industries
- unpersecuted — not persecuted
- unprescribed — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- unrespectful — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
- unrespective — not attentive; unheeding
- unsculptured — not resembling a sculpture
- unsepulchred — not sepulchred
- vaporescence — production or formation of vapor.
- web scraping — the extraction and copying of data from a website into a structured format using a computer program: Hackers pose a threat with techniques like web scraping. Our search engine uses web scraping to index sites.
- western cape — a province of W South Africa, created in 1994 from the SW part of Cape Province: agriculture (esp fruit), wine making, fishing, various industries in Cape Town. Capital: Cape Town. Pop: 5 822 734 (2011 est). Area: 129 370 sq km (49 950 sq miles)
- yachtsperson — A yachtsman or yachtswoman.