12-letter words containing s, a, f, e, p
- pro-suffrage — the right to vote, especially in a political election.
- professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- professorate — the office or the period of service of a professor.
- professorial — a teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university, who has been awarded the title Professor in a particular branch of learning; a full professor: a professor of Spanish literature.
- protest flag — a flag hoisted by a racing yacht to advise the judges of a violation of the rules by another yacht.
- safe passage — journey completed without danger
- safe-deposit — providing safekeeping for valuables: a safe-deposit vault.
- safe-keeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
- scafell pike — a mountain in NW England, in Cumberland: highest peak in England. 3210 feet (978 meters).
- sea of japan — the sea between mainland Asia and Japan
- self-playing — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- self-tapping — (of a screw) cutting its own thread when screwed into a plain hole in a metal sheet
- sharp-freeze — quick-freeze.
- shatterproof — designed or made to resist shattering: shatterproof glass in automobile windows.
- sheep farmer — sb who raises sheep
- shuffle play — a facility on a compact disc player that randomly selects a track from one of a number of compact discs
- simplifiable — having the ability to be made less complicated, clearer, or easier
- soprano clef — a sign locating middle C on the bottom line of the staff.
- space flight — journey into outer space
- space-filler — a short article of little or no importance written to fill space in a magazine or newspaper
- spearfishing — any of several fishes of the genus Tetrapturus, resembling the sailfish but having the first dorsal fin much less developed: inhabiting all seas, but rare.
- specifically — in a definite or precise manner: The suspect was not specifically named in the report. More specifically, you will be responsible for half the total cost.
- sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
- stupefacient — stupefying; producing stupor.
- stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
- stupefactive — serving to stupefy.
- sulfate pulp — wood pulp made by the sulfate process.
- superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
- to play safe — If you play safe or play it safe, you do not take any risks.
- unsaponified — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- zip fastener — a zipper.