12-letter words containing s, p, e, a
- inappeasable — unable to be soothed or appeased: inappeasable anger.
- incapacities — Plural form of incapacity.
- incapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate.
- incapsulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incapsulate.
- incorporates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incorporate.
- indisposable — Not disposable.
- indisputable — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
- inexpansible — unable to be expanded
- inhospitable — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- insect spray — a substance which can be sprayed in the home to kill insects
- inspectional — Of or pertaining to an inspection.
- inspectorate — the office or function of an inspector.
- inspectorial — Of or pertaining to an inspector or to inspection.
- insupposable — Incapable of being supposed; inconceivable.
- interpolates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interpolate.
- interspacing — Present participle of interspace.
- interspatial — a space between things.
- interspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- interspersal — Interspersion.
- interspousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
- intraspecies — existing or occurring within a species.
- ipecac syrup — a preparation containing ipecac in a syrupy medium, used as an emetic.
- irrespirable — not respirable; unfit for breathing.
- isapi filter — (web) A replaceable DLL which the server calls whenever there is an HTTP request. When the filter is first loaded, it communicates to the server what sort of notifications will be accepted. After that, whenever a selected event occurs, the filter is called to process the event. Example applications of ISAPI filters include custom authentication schemes, compression, encryption, logging, traffic analysis or other request analyses.
- isoprenaline — a compound that is a derivative of adrenaline and that is used to treat asthma and bronchial conditions. Formula: C11H17NO3
- james harper — James, 1795–1869, and his brothers John, 1797–1875, (Joseph) Wesley, 1801–70, and Fletcher, 1806–77, U.S. printers and publishers.
- james k polk — James Knox, 1795–1849, the 11th president of the U.S. 1845–49.
- japanese ivy — Boston ivy
- japanese yew — a yew, Taxus cuspidata, of Japan, grown as an ornamental.
- japonaiserie — stylistic characteristics, as in art, decor, or film, influenced by or reflective of Japanese culture and tradition.
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
- jeopardously — with risk or peril
- joe six-pack — Slang. the average or typical blue-collar man.
- joseph brant — Joseph (Thayendanegea) 1742–1807, Mohawk Indian chief who fought on the side of the British in the American Revolution.
- kaleidoscope — an optical instrument in which bits of glass, held loosely at the end of a rotating tube, are shown in continually changing symmetrical forms by reflection in two or more mirrors set at angles to each other.
- keep tabs on — a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- kepler's law — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
- keratoplasty — plastic surgery performed upon the cornea, especially a corneal transplantation.
- kinesipathic — of or relating to kinesipathy
- kinesophobia — Fear of movement.
- kinetoplasts — Plural form of kinetoplast.
- king's peace — (in early medieval England) the protection secured by the king for particular people or places
- kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
- knee-slapper — a joke evoking boisterous hilarity.
- lady-slipper — cypripedium
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- lamprophyres — Plural form of lamprophyre.
- land plaster — finely ground gypsum, used chiefly as a fertilizer.
- lap dissolve — dissolve (def 17).
- laparoscopes — Plural form of laparoscope.