12-letter words containing s, e, p, t, a
- dancing step — balanced step.
- deaspiration — the act of deaspirating
- death spiral — a period of continuous deterioration that leads ultimately to catastrophic failure or destruction
- decapitalise — to deprive of capital; discourage capital formation; withdraw capital from: The government decapitalized industry with harsh tax policies.
- decapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of decapsulate.
- 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
- decompensate — to undergo decompensation due to disease or impairment
- decrepitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrepitate.
- depilatories — Plural form of depilatory.
- deportations — Plural form of deportation.
- deposit loan — a loan to cover the cost of a deposit on something such as rented accommodation
- depositaries — Plural form of depositary.
- depositation — the act of depositing
- depositional — of or relating to a deposition
- depredations — the act of preying upon or plundering; robbery; ravage.
- deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
- desmoplastic — (pathology) That produces adhesions.
- despoliation — the act of despoiling; plunder or pillage
- despotically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- despotocracy — the rule by a despot or despots; the power of despots
- die stamping — the production of words or decoration on a surface by using a steel die so that the printed images stand in relief
- diphosphates — a pyrophosphate.
- disappointed — depressed or discouraged by the failure of one's hopes or expectations: a disappointed suitor.
- disceptation — (archaic) Controversy; disputation; discussion.
- discorporate — Having no material body.
- disoperation — a relationship between two organisms in a community that is harmful to both
- dispatchable — Capable of being dispatched.
- dispensation — an act or instance of dispensing; distribution.
- dispensative — Granting dispensation.
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- displacement — the act of displacing.
- display type — type larger than body type, used in headings, advertisements, etc.
- dispropriate — to deprive of ownership
- disreputable — not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom.
- disreputably — In a disreputable manner.
- dissapointed — Misspelling of disappointed.
- distemperate — (obsolete) immoderate.
- draftsperson — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, especially in an architectural or engineering firm.
- dropped seat — a seat of a chair or the like, having a front dished so as to be lower than the sides or back.
- dust wrapper — dust jacket (sense 1)
- earsplitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- east prussia — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
- 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).
- elephantitis — (US) misconstruction of elephantiasis.
- emancipators — Plural form of emancipator.
- empassionate — intensely affected
- empire state — state of New York
- emplacements — Plural form of emplacement.
- encapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of encapsulate.