12-letter words containing s, i, r, p
- brine shrimp — any of a genus (Artemia) of small fairy shrimp found in salt lakes and marshes and used as living, frozen, or dried food in aquariums
- brinkmanship — Brinkmanship is a method of behaviour, especially in politics, in which you deliberately get into dangerous situations which could result in disaster but which could also bring success.
- buying spree — the hurried acquisition by a company, of goods, assets, or other companies
- bypass ratio — the ratio of the amount of air that bypasses the combustion chambers of an aircraft gas turbine to that passing through them
- camp springs — a city in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- canine corps — a military or law enforcement body which uses dogs for the detection of explosives or drugs or for security, tracking, etc
- caparisoning — Present participle of caparison.
- capitularies — Plural form of capitulary.
- capriciously — subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic: He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
- cardinalship — The office (or term of office) of a cardinal.
- cardiographs — Plural form of cardiograph.
- carisoprodol — a crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 12 H 24 N 2 O 4 , used as a muscle relaxant.
- carpet tiles — small pieces of carpeting laid as tiles to cover a floor
- cash receipt — A cash receipt is a proof of purchase issued when the buyer has paid in cash.
- cataphoresis — electrophoresis
- catastrophic — Something that is catastrophic involves or causes a sudden terrible disaster.
- caterpillars — Plural form of caterpillar.
- caterpillers — Archaic spelling of caterpillarst; Plural form of caterpiller.
- cedar rapids — a city in the US, in E Iowa. Pop: 122 542 (2003 est)
- centerpieces — Plural form of centerpiece.
- ceratopsians — Plural form of ceratopsian.
- ceroplastics — the art of wax modelling
- chairmanship — The chairmanship of a committee or organization is the fact of being its chairperson. Someone's chairmanship can also mean the period during which they are chairperson.
- chairpersons — Plural form of chairperson.
- chalk stripe — (on a fabric) a pattern of thin white lines on a dark ground.
- chalk-stripe — a stripe, as in the fabric of some suits, that is wider and usually more muted than a pinstripe
- charity shop — A charity shop is a shop that sells used goods cheaply and gives its profits to a charity.
- cheeseparing — penny-pinching; stingy
- chemotropism — the growth response of an organism, esp a plant, to a chemical stimulus
- chief priest — the highest ranking among a number of priests
- chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
- chlorospinel — a variety of spinel used as a gem, colored grass-green by the presence of copper.
- chlorpyrifos — a broad-spectrum insecticide, C 9 H 11 Cl 3 NO 3 PS, used on lawns and ornamental plants.
- christophany — an appearance or emergence of Christ following his crucifixion
- christophene — chayote.
- chromatopsia — an irregularity in the ability to see colours properly
- chymotrypsin — a powerful proteolytic enzyme secreted from the pancreas in the form of chymotrypsinogen, being converted to the active form by trypsin
- cigar-shaped — resembling a cigar in shape
- cinque ports — an association of ports on the SE coast of England, originally consisting of Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich, which from late Anglo-Saxon times provided ships for the king's service in return for the profits of justice in their courts. The Cinque Ports declined with the growth of other ports and surrendered their charters in 1685
- circumscript — Rare. limited or confined.
- cladosporium — any of the species of fungi in the genus Cladosporium
- clipper ship — clipper (def 4).
- clipper-ship — a person or thing that clips or cuts.
- cluster pine — a pine tree, Pinus pinaster, having long thick needles and large clustered cones, native to the Mediterranean coastal regions.
- co-ownership — the fact or state of being one of the joint owners of something
- co-president — a person who shares the highest position in an organization with another person
- coleopterist — a person who studies the Coleoptera
- comparatists — Plural form of comparatist.
- comparatives — Plural form of comparative.