12-letter words containing s, i, g, n, u, p
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
- spermogonium — one of the cup-shaped or flask-shaped receptacles in which the spermatia of certain fungi and red algae are produced.
- spoil ground — an area within a body of water, especially in the sea, where dredged material is deposited.
- spongicolous — relating to the skeleton of some marine animals
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- sporting gun — a gun intended for hunting
- spud-bashing — the task of peeling potatoes, given as a punishment
- spun-bonding — a process for forming nonwoven fabrics, usually of limited durability, by bonding continuous-filament synthetic fibers immediately after extrusion.
- spur gearing — a system of spur gears.
- sputteringly — in a sputtering manner
- standing cup — a tall decorative cup of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, having a raised cover.
- stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
- stupefyingly — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- suckling pig — piglet not yet weaned
- suet pudding — a pudding made of chopped beef suet and flour, boiled or steamed in a cloth, often with other ingredients, as raisins, spices, etc.
- supercooling — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
- superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
- superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
- supportingly — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- surpassingly — of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary: structures of surpassing magnificence.
- surprisingly — causing surprise, wonder, or astonishment.
- swine plague — hemorrhagic septicemia of hogs, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella suiseptica, characterized by an accompanying infection of pneumonia.
- unaspiringly — in an unambitious or unaspiring manner
- undespairing — not despairing; not giving in to despair
- unpleasingly — in an unpleasing manner
- unpossessing — having no possessions or ownership
- unprotesting — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- unresponding — to reply or answer in words: to respond briefly to a question.
- unsupporting — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- unsurprising — predictable, expected
- unsuspecting — to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.