12-letter words containing s, p, e, a
- crosspatches — Plural form of crosspatch.
- cryptomerias — Plural form of cryptomeria.
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
- culpableness — The state or quality of being culpable.
- curtail step — the step or steps at the foot of a flight of stairs, widened at one or both ends and terminated with a scroll
- curtail-step — a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- cyberspastic — (humour) A person suffering from information overload while browsing the Internet or web. Compare webhead.
- d-s particle — a positively charged meson having a mass 3852 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 4.7 X 10 -13 seconds.
- dall's sheep — a white-haired wild sheep, Ovis dalli, of mountainous regions of northwestern North America, having curved horns.
- dancing step — balanced step.
- de-emphasize — to remove emphasis from
- dead spindle — a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.
- deaspiration — the act of deaspirating
- death spiral — a period of continuous deterioration that leads ultimately to catastrophic failure or destruction
- decapitalise — to deprive of capital; discourage capital formation; withdraw capital from: The government decapitalized industry with harsh tax policies.
- decapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of decapsulate.
- deck passage — overnight accommodation on a vessel other than in a regular sleeping space.
- deckle strap — a strap on each edge of the moving web of paper on a paper-making machine that fixes the width of the paper
- decompensate — to undergo decompensation due to disease or impairment
- decomposable — to separate or resolve into constituent parts or elements; disintegrate: The bacteria decomposed the milk into its solid and liquid elements.
- decrepitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrepitate.
- deemphasized — Simple past tense and past participle of deemphasize.
- deemphasizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deemphasize.
- demographers — Plural form of demographer.
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- demographies — the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations.
- dependancies — Plural form of dependancy.
- depilatories — Plural form of depilatory.
- deportations — Plural form of deportation.
- deposit loan — a loan to cover the cost of a deposit on something such as rented accommodation
- depositaries — Plural form of depositary.
- depositation — the act of depositing
- depositional — of or relating to a deposition
- depravedness — The state of being depraved; depravity.
- depredations — the act of preying upon or plundering; robbery; ravage.
- deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
- desaparecido — one who has disappeared: used, especially in Latin America, in referring to a person who has been secretly imprisoned or killed during a government's program of political suppression.
- desmoplastic — (pathology) That produces adhesions.
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- despoliation — the act of despoiling; plunder or pillage
- despotically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- despotocracy — the rule by a despot or despots; the power of despots
- die stamping — the production of words or decoration on a surface by using a steel die so that the printed images stand in relief
- dinosaur pen — A traditional mainframe computer room complete with raised flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers. See boa.
- diphosphates — a pyrophosphate.
- dipsacaceous — belonging to the Dipsacaceae, the teasel family of plants.
- disappearing — Present participle of disappear.
- disappointed — depressed or discouraged by the failure of one's hopes or expectations: a disappointed suitor.
- disceptation — (archaic) Controversy; disputation; discussion.
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.