12-letter words containing p, r, e, c, t, s
- descriptives — Plural form of descriptive.
- despotocracy — the rule by a despot or despots; the power of despots
- deuteroscopy — the second time of looking or considering
- directorship — a person or thing that directs.
- discerptible — capable of being torn apart; divisible.
- discorporate — Having no material body.
- disrespected — lack of respect; discourtesy; rudeness.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- eastern cape — a province of S South Africa; formed in 1994 from the E part of the former Cape Province: service industries, agriculture, and mining. Capital: Bhisho (formerly Bisho). Pop: 6 562 053 (2011 est). Area: 169 600 sq km (65 483 sq miles)
- ectoparasite — an external parasite (opposed to endoparasite).
- electroscope — An instrument for detecting and measuring electricity, especially as an indication of the ionization of air by radioactivity.
- electrotypes — Plural form of electrotype.
- emancipators — Plural form of emancipator.
- escape route — way out: of situation
- executorship — The office or position of an executor.
- expectorants — Plural form of expectorant.
- fiber optics — the branch of optics that deals with the transmission of light through transparent fibers, as in the form of pulses for the transmission of data or communications, or through fiber bundles for the transmission of images.
- fibre optics — optical fibre
- fort pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
- frontispiece — an illustrated leaf preceding the title page of a book.
- gastroscopes — Plural form of gastroscope.
- hypercoaster — Megacoaster.
- hypercritics — a person who is excessively or captiously critical.
- hyperplastic — Of, or relating to hyperplasia.
- hysteroscopy — (medicine) The examination of the uterus using a hysteroscope.
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- importancies — Plural form of importancy.
- imprecations — Plural form of imprecation.
- incorporates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incorporate.
- insect spray — a substance which can be sprayed in the home to kill insects
- inspectorate — the office or function of an inspector.
- inspectorial — Of or pertaining to an inspector or to inspection.
- interceptors — Plural form of interceptor.
- interpsychic — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
- interspacing — Present participle of interspace.
- interspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- interspecies — existing or occurring between species.
- interspliced — Simple past tense and past participle of intersplice.
- intraspecies — existing or occurring within a species.
- introspected — Simple past tense and past participle of introspect.
- introspector — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- irrespective — without regard to something else, especially something specified; ignoring or discounting (usually followed by of): Irrespective of my wishes, I should go.
- lectureships — Plural form of lectureship.
- lithospheric — Of or pertaining to the lithosphere.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- macropterous — having long or large wings or fins.
- malpractices — Plural form of malpractice.
- marketplaces — Plural form of marketplace.
- masterpieces — Plural form of masterpiece.
- metaphrastic — a person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse.