12-letter words containing s, p, a, t
- asphyxiation — Asphyxiation is a lack of oxygen in blood, which causes suffocation.
- aspirational — If you describe someone as aspirational, you mean that they have strong hopes of moving to a higher social status.
- assumptively — taken for granted.
- astigmoscope — astigmatoscope.
- astral plane — a plane of existence inhabited by astral bodies
- astrocompass — a navigational instrument for giving directional bearings from the centre of the earth to a particular star. It is carried in long-range aircraft, ships, spacecraft, etc
- astrophysics — Astrophysics is the study of the physical and chemical structure of the stars, planets, and other natural objects in space.
- asymptomatic — If someone with a disease is asymptomatic, it means that they do not show any symptoms of the disease.
- asymptotical — of or relating to an asymptote.
- at the press — being printed
- athwartships — from one side to the other of a vessel at right angles to the keel
- atmospherics — Atmospherics are elements in something such as a piece of music or a book which create a certain atmosphere.
- atmospherium — an optical system used to simulate images of atmospheric phenomena, as cloud formations, storms, and day and night, on the inside of a dome.
- attawapiskat — a river in NE Ontario, Canada, flowing E and N to James Bay. 465 miles (748 km) long.
- attorneyship — The office or profession of an attorney.
- australopith — (archaeology, anthropology, paleonotology) Of or pertaining to the extinct hominid primates, of the genus Australopithecus, from the Pleistocene period.
- autoexposure — A device that sets the exposure automatically on a camera or other piece of equipment.
- autohypnosis — the process or result of self-induced hypnosis
- automorphism — the practice of seeing others as having the same characteristics as oneself
- b-s particle — a neutral meson with a mass 10,507 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.6 X 10 -12 seconds.
- back-stopped — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- backstopping — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- banana split — A banana split is a kind of dessert. It consists of a banana cut in half along its length, with ice cream, nuts, and sauce on top.
- bank deposit — money placed in a bank account
- bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
- baptisteries — Plural form of baptistery.
- basing point — a geographical location from which freight charges are computed by the seller regardless of the point from which the goods are shipped.
- bathophilous — (of an organism) living in very deep water
- bathyscaphes — Plural form of bathyscaphe.
- bathyspheres — Plural form of bathysphere.
- battle clasp — clasp (def 4).
- beamsplitter — Alternative spelling of beam splitter.
- bean sprouts — the sprouts of newly germinated mung beans, eaten as a vegetable, esp in Chinese dishes
- beauty sleep — sleep, esp sleep before midnight
- beauty strip — a narrow forest corridor left uncut alongside a road or body of water.
- bespectacled — Someone who is bespectacled is wearing glasses.
- bien pensant — a right-thinking person
- black sapote — a tropical American tree, Diospyros digyna, related to the persimmon, having sweet, edible, green fruit that turns black when ripe.
- blastosphere — blastula
- blister pack — a type of packet in which small items are displayed and sold, consisting of a transparent dome of plastic or similar material mounted on a firm backing such as cardboard
- boatsmanship — seamanship as applied to boats, especially rowboats and motorboats.
- boot-scraper — a contraption consisting of an upright metal shape formerly placed outside some houses to enable people to scrape the mud from their boots before going in
- breastplough — a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used to pare turf
- bright spark — If you say that some bright spark had a particular idea or did something, you mean that their idea or action was clever, or that it seemed clever but was silly in some way.
- buck's party — a party for men only, esp one held for a man before he is married
- 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 bastion — a large British military base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, built in 2006
- camping site — A camping site is the same as a campsite.
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- capabilities — the quality of being capable; capacity; ability: His capability was unquestionable.