12-letter words containing s, p, a, r, k
- peppershaker — a container with a perforated top for sprinkling ground pepper.
- persian knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the ends of yarn looped around a warp thread appear at each of the interstices between adjacent threads and produce a compact and relatively even pile effect.
- petrozavodsk — a city in NW Russia, capital of the Karelian Autonomous Republic, on Lake Onega: developed around ironworks established by Peter the Great in 1703; university (1940). Pop: 265 000 (2005 est)
- phrase-maker — a person who is skilled in coining well-turned phrases; phraseologist.
- phrasemaking — the making up or coining of memorable phrases or slogans
- policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- pork sausage — a sausage made with pork
- port jackson — an inlet of the Pacific in SE Australia: the harbor of Sydney.
- postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
- powder flask — a small flask of gunpowder formerly carried by soldiers and hunters.
- prankishness — the quality or condition of being prankish
- prebreakfast — occurring before breakfast, of or pertaining to the period before breakfast
- racket press — a device consisting of a frame closed by a spring mechanism, for keeping taut the strings of a tennis racket, squash racket, etc
- red larkspur — a plant, Delphinium nudicaule, of the buttercup family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having orange-red or sometimes yellow flowers.
- risk capital — venture capital.
- roselle park — a borough in NE New Jersey.
- saloonkeeper — a person who operates a saloon (sense 3)
- science park — A science park is an area, usually linked to a university, where there are a lot of private companies, especially ones concerned with high technology.
- scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
- sepak takraw — a game originating in South Asia in which two teams kick a ball back and forth over a net
- severna park — a city in central Maryland.
- shamrock-pea — a trailing plant, Parochetus communis, of the legume family, native to Asia and east Africa, having shamrocklike leaves with a brown crescent at the base and pea-shaped, pink and blue flowers.
- shark patrol — a watch for sharks kept by an aircraft flying over beaches used by swimmers
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- sitka spruce — a spruce, Picea sitchensis, of western North America, having long, silvery-white needles, grown as an ornamental.
- spark-killer — a device for diminishing sparking, consisting of a capacitor and a resistor connected in series across two points where sparking may occur in a circuit.
- sparrow hawk — a small, short-winged European hawk, Accipiter nisus, that preys on smaller birds.
- speakerphone — a telephone or telephone attachment equipped with both loudspeaker and microphone, thus permitting the instrument to be used without being held.
- speech maker — a person who makes a formal speech
- splatterpunk — a form of fiction featuring extremely graphic violence.
- sport jacket — A sport jacket is the same as a sport coat.
- spring break — a vacation from school or college during the spring term, lasting about a week.
- starter pack — a pack containing basic equipment or information
- strike plate — strike (def 67).
- suckers' gap — a temporary improvement, occurring between two periods of inclement weather, which deceives people into acting in expectation of continued fine weather
- sukarnoputri — Megawati (ˈmɛɡəˌwɒtɪ). born 1947, Indonesian politician; president of Indonesia (2001–04): daughter of Achmed Sukarno
- take up arms — Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
- torreys peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Front Range, in the E Rocky Mountains. 14,267 feet (4349 meters).
- wackyparsing — (Internet, slang) present participle of wackyparse.