12-letter words containing s, e, t, h, p, a
- petite sirah — a dry red wine produced mainly in California
- phagocytoses — phagocytize.
- phonasthenia — difficult or abnormal voice production; vocal weakness.
- photo spread — a picture spread. See under spread (def 33).
- photo-stated — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
- photoelastic — displaying photoelasticity; of or relating to photoelasticity
- photorealism — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
- phylacteries — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
- plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- plattdeutsch — the Low German vernacular dialects spoken in northern Germany.
- play clothes — clothes that are suitable for playing in
- pleased with — satisfied or content with
- polish wheat — a wheat, Triticum polonicum, grown chiefly in S Europe, N Africa, and Turkestan.
- polychaetous — of or relating to the genus Polychaeta
- post-harvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
- preestablish — to establish beforehand.
- prehistorian — an authority on or specialist in prehistory
- preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
- prostanthera — any bush of the Australian genus Prostanthera, with red or white flowers and strongly scented leaves
- psychoactive — of or relating to a substance having a profound or significant effect on mental processes: a psychoactive drug.
- purchase tax — a sales tax on nonessential and luxury goods.
- put to shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
- pyrosulphate — any salt of pyrosulphuric acid
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
- retainership — the condition of being a retainer or of having retainers.
- saint joseph — a city in NW Missouri, on the Missouri River.
- saint phalle — Niki de [nik-ee duh;; French nee-kee duh] /ˈnɪk i də;; French niˈki də/ (Show IPA), 1930–2002, French sculptor and painter.
- scattergraph — a graphic representation of bivariate data as a set of points in the plane that have Cartesian coordinates equal to corresponding values of the two variates.
- scratch tape — a magnetic tape that is used for temporary storage, which may be erased and re-used
- scratchplate — a plastic or metal plate attached to the front of a guitar to protect it from pick scratches
- sea elephant — elephant seal.
- search party — a group of persons conducting an organized search for someone or something lost or hidden.
- sepher torah — a scroll of the Torah, typically of parchment, from which the designated Parashah is chanted or read on the prescribed days.
- set the pace — a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.: to walk at a brisk pace of five miles an hour.
- share option — A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price.
- 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.
- sharp-witted — having or showing mental acuity; intellectually discerning; acute.
- sharpshooter — a person skilled in shooting, especially with a rifle.
- shatterproof — designed or made to resist shattering: shatterproof glass in automobile windows.
- shop steward — commerce: union rep
- 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.
- sivapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene primates of Asia that resemble the modern orangutan.
- slash pocket — a pocket set into a garment, especially below the waistline, to which easy access is provided by an exterior, vertical or diagonal slit.
- slipper bath — a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
- sophisticate — a sophisticated person.
- south platte — a river flowing NE from central Colorado to the Platte River in W Nebraska. 424 miles (683 km) long.
- space flight — journey into outer space