12-letter words containing p, r, o, e, s
- semitropical — subtropical.
- separate out — filter, sift
- sepher torah — a scroll of the Torah, typically of parchment, from which the designated Parashah is chanted or read on the prescribed days.
- septentrions — the seven stars of the Plough
- seropositive — showing a significant level of serum antibodies, or other immunologic marker in the serum, indicating previous exposure to the infectious agent being tested.
- seropurulent — composed of or containing both serum and pus
- serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
- serpentinous — of the nature of serpentine; containing or consisting of serpentine
- servitorship — the office or position of a servitor; the condition of being a servitor
- sexual spore — a spore formed after the fusion of gametes and an asexual spore is the result of asexual reproduction
- shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
- shamrock-pea — a trailing plant, Parochetus communis, of the legume family, native to Asia and east Africa, having shamrocklike leaves with a brown crescent at the base and pea-shaped, pink and blue flowers.
- share option — A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price.
- sharecropper — a tenant farmer who pays as rent a share of the crop.
- sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
- sharpshooter — a person skilled in shooting, especially with a rifle.
- shatterproof — designed or made to resist shattering: shatterproof glass in automobile windows.
- sheep sorrel — a slender weed, Rumex acetosella, of the buckwheat family, found in poor, dry soils, having arrow-shaped leaves with an acid taste.
- shepherd boy — male child who herds sheep
- shepherd dog — sheepdog.
- ship's store — a retail store aboard a navy ship that sells toiletries, cigarettes, etc., to the ship's personnel.
- shoe repairs — repairs to shoes
- shop steward — commerce: union rep
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- shore patrol — (often initial capital letters) members of an organization in the U.S. Navy having police duties similar to those performed by military police. Abbreviation: SP.
- short splice — a splice used when an increased thickness of the united rope is not objectionable, made by unlaying the rope ends a certain distance, uniting them so that their strands overlap, then tucking each alternately over and under others several times.
- short-spoken — speaking in a short, brief, or curt manner.
- shoulder pad — clothing: insert in shoulder
- show stopper — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
- show-stopper — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
- siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
- siderophilic — having characteristics of siderophile
- silver point — the melting point of silver, equal to 960.8°C, used as a fixed point on the international temperature scale.
- silver spoon — spoon (def 16).
- simple group — a group that has no normal subgroup except the group itself and the identity.
- siphonophore — any pelagic hydrozoan of the order Siphonophora, being a floating or swimming colony composed of polyps.
- skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- sleep around — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- sleeper goby — any gobioid fish of the family Eleotridae, of brackish or fresh tropical waters, resembling the gobies but lacking a ventral sucker
- slipper foot — an elongated pad foot.
- slipper sock — a sock with a soft leather or vinyl sole sewn onto it, used as indoor footwear.
- sloop-rigged — (of a sailboat) fore-and-aft rigged with a mainsail and a jib.
- sloped roman — a roman (vertical) typeface, usually sans serif, i.e. without the small, decorative, terminal strokes with which some typefaces are designed. The typeface is made to slope (usually to the right), but not generally to the same degree as a true italic typeface
- smoke jumper — an employee of the forest service parachuted to strategic spots in fighting forest fires
- snobographer — a person who writes about snobs
- snooperscope — a device that displays on a fluorescent screen reflected infrared radiation, enabling the user to see objects obscured by darkness.
- snow leopard — a long-haired, leopardlike feline, Panthera (Uncia) uncia, of mountain ranges of central Asia, having a relatively small head and a thick, creamy-gray coat with rosette spots: an endangered species.
- snowy plover — a small plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, mainly of the U.S. and Mexico, having a white breast and sand-colored upper parts.
- soccer pitch — the field of play used in soccer
- soil profile — a vertical succession of horizons, commonly lettered A, B, C (beginning at the surface), that have been subjected to soil-forming processes, chiefly leaching and oxidation.