12-letter words containing r, e, p, i, c, s
- 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.
- garlic press — kitchen tool for crushing garlic
- gospel choir — a choir performing gospel music
- handicappers — Plural form of handicapper.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- heliospheric — Of or pertaining to the heliosphere.
- house prices — the sums in money for which houses may be bought or sold
- hyper-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- hyperalgesic — Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia.
- hypercritics — a person who is excessively or captiously critical.
- hyperplastic — Of, or relating to hyperplasia.
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- iceland spar — a transparent variety of calcite that is double-refracting and is used as a polarizer.
- 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.
- ipecac syrup — a preparation containing ipecac in a syrupy medium, used as an emetic.
- 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.
- linear space — vector space.
- lithospheric — Of or pertaining to the lithosphere.
- malpractices — Plural form of malpractice.
- marine corps — a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces trained for land, sea, and air combat, typically for land combat in conjunction with an amphibious or airborne landing, and whose commandant is responsible to the secretary of the navy.
- masterpieces — Plural form of masterpiece.
- metaphrastic — a person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse.
- metric space — a space with a metric defined on it.
- microamperes — Plural form of microampere.
- microcapsule — a tiny capsule, 20–150 microns in diameter, used for slow-release application of drugs, pesticides, flavors, etc.
- microforceps — (surgery) A very small forceps.
- micropterous — (of certain animals, esp some types of ant) having small reduced wings
- microscopies — Plural form of microscopy.
- mips project — Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages
- misperceived — Simple past tense and past participle of misperceive.
- misperceives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misperceive.