12-letter words containing s, c, r, a, p
- cryptanalyst — the procedures, processes, methods, etc., used to translate or interpret secret writings, as codes and ciphers, for which the key is unknown.
- cryptogamist — a botanist specializing in the study of cryptogams
- cryptogamous — Of or pertaining to the cryptogams.
- cryptomerias — Plural form of cryptomeria.
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
- cryptomonads — Plural form of cryptomonad.
- cupid's dart — blue succory.
- cupid's-dart — blue succory.
- curtail step — the step or steps at the foot of a flight of stairs, widened at one or both ends and terminated with a scroll
- curtail-step — a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- cyberspastic — (humour) A person suffering from information overload while browsing the Internet or web. Compare webhead.
- d-s particle — a positively charged meson having a mass 3852 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 4.7 X 10 -13 seconds.
- deckle strap — a strap on each edge of the moving web of paper on a paper-making machine that fixes the width of the paper
- decrepitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrepitate.
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- desaparecido — one who has disappeared: used, especially in Latin America, in referring to a person who has been secretly imprisoned or killed during a government's program of political suppression.
- despotocracy — the rule by a despot or despots; the power of despots
- dictatorship — Dictatorship is government by a dictator.
- dinaric alps — a mountain range in W Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Serbia: connected with the main Alpine system by the Julian Alps. Highest peak: Troglav, 1913 m (6277 ft)
- disciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- discographic — of or relating to a discography
- discorporate — Having no material body.
- discrepances — Plural form of discrepance.
- disprivacied — deprived of privacy
- door scraper — a small horizontal bar fixed to the ground near a door where visitors can scrape mud from their shoes before entering
- 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).
- emancipators — Plural form of emancipator.
- epicureanism — An ancient school of philosophy founded in Athens by Epicurus. The school rejected determinism and advocated hedonism (pleasure as the highest good), but of a restrained kind: mental pleasure was regarded more highly than physical, and the ultimate pleasure was held to be freedom from anxiety and mental pain, esp. that arising from needless fear of death and of the gods.
- escape route — way out: of situation
- expectorants — Plural form of expectorant.
- factory ship — a whaling ship equipped to process killed whales and to transport the oil and by-products.
- francophones — Plural form of francophone.
- garage space — space available for housing a motor vehicle, usually within a purpose-built building
- garlic press — kitchen tool for crushing garlic
- garrison cap — overseas cap.
- gastroscopes — Plural form of gastroscope.
- gastroscopic — Of or pertaining to gastroscopy.
- graphic arts — any of the fine or applied visual arts based on drawing or the use of line, as opposed to colour or relief, on a plane surface, esp illustration and printmaking of all kinds
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- hall process — a process in which aluminum is refined by electrolytic reduction of alumina fused with cryolite.
- handicappers — Plural form of handicapper.
- harpsichords — Plural form of harpsichord.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- holophrastic — using or consisting of a single word that functions as a phrase or sentence.
- hyper-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- hyperalgesic — Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia.
- hypercoaster — Megacoaster.