12-letter words containing s, p, e, c, d
- scolopendrid — any myriapod of the order Scolopendrida, including many large, poisonous centipedes.
- scrap dealer — a person who deals in scrap
- scraperboard — scratchboard.
- secchi depth — the depth at which a Secchi disk is no longer visible from the surface of ocean water.
- seed capital — small sum invested in new business
- seed capsule — the part of a fruit enclosing the seeds; pericarp
- semipellucid — somewhat pellucid; partially translucent or transparent
- send packing — to dismiss peremptorily
- shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
- siderophilic — having characteristics of siderophile
- slipped disc — displaced spinal disc
- speckledness — the characteristic of being speckled
- speech sound — any of the set of distinctive sounds of a given language. Compare phoneme.
- speed camera — device that detects speeding traffic
- spermaticide — spermicide.
- spermatocide — spermicide.
- split second — a fraction of a second.
- spotted cavy — paca.
- spotted dick — a steamed or boiled suet pudding containing dried fruit
- stapedectomy — a microsurgical procedure to relieve deafness by replacing the stapes of the ear with a prosthetic device.
- subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
- suicide pact — an agreement between two or more people to commit suicide together.
- super-exceed — to go beyond in quantity, degree, rate, etc.: to exceed the speed limit.
- supercharged — equipped with a supercharger.
- superconduct — to conduct electricity very efficiently or without resistance, to act as a superconductor
- sweep-second — (on a timepiece) a second hand that is a sweep hand.
- the pandects — a digest of Roman civil law in fifty books, compiled for the emperor Justinian in the 6th cent. a.d.; the Digest
- tricuspidate — having three cusps or flaps.
- tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- undecomposed — not reduced to constituent elements
- under-script — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- underspecify — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- undiscipline — the trait or characteristic of not having discipline
- undispatched — not dispatched; not delivered or sent out
- unpersecuted — not persecuted
- unprescribed — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- unsculptured — not resembling a sculpture
- unsepulchred — not sepulchred
- unspectacled — lacking spectacles
- unsyncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
- whipstitched — Simple past tense and past participle of whipstitch.
- woodchippers — Plural form of woodchipper.
- woodchoppers — Plural form of woodchopper.
- zeptoseconds — Plural form of zeptosecond.