12-letter words containing s, p, e, c, i, n
- space-saving — that saves space.
- spaciousness — containing much space, as a house, room, or vehicle; amply large.
- spanish rice — rice prepared with chopped onions, tomatoes, green peppers, and sometimes diced ham, seasoned with cayenne pepper and mixed with butter.
- specialising — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
- speciational — relating to speciation
- speciousness — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
- specksioneer — a whaler
- speechifying — Speechifying is the making of speeches, especially because you want to appear important.
- sphacelation — the process of mortification
- sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
- spin machine — an organization or group of people acting together to present news or information in a way that creates a particular desired impression
- spinach beet — chard, a plant cultivated for its edible leaves
- spinulescent — producing spines
- split screen — Also called composite shot. Movies, Television. a type of process photography in which two or more shots are juxtaposed and projected simultaneously on the screen.
- split second — a fraction of a second.
- split-screen — Split-screen is used to describe the technique in making films and television programmes in which two different pieces of film are shown at the same time.
- splotchiness — the state or condition of being splotchy
- spring vetch — any of several mostly climbing plants belonging to the genus Vicia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves ending in tendrils and bearing pealike flowers, especially V. sativa (spring vetch) cultivated for forage and soil improvement.
- spring-clean — to subject (a place) to a spring-cleaning.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stereophonic — pertaining to a system of sound recording or reproduction using two or more separate channels to produce a more realistic effect by capturing the spatial dimensions of a performance (the location of performers as well as their acoustic surroundings), used especially with high-fidelity recordings and reproduction systems (opposed to monophonic).
- stereoptican — a projector usually consisting of two complete lanterns arranged so that one picture appears to dissolve while the next is forming.
- stereopticon — a projector usually consisting of two complete lanterns arranged so that one picture appears to dissolve while the next is forming.
- streptomycin — an antibiotic, C 2 1 H 3 9 N 7 O 1 2 , produced by a soil actinomycete, Streptomyces griseus, and used in medicine in the form of its white, water-soluble sulfate salt, chiefly in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- stupefacient — stupefying; producing stupor.
- stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- supercooling — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- the scorpion — the constellation Scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac
- type section — the sequence of strata referred to in establishing a stratigraphic unit, as a member or formation.
- uncapsizable — (of a boat, etc) that cannot be capsized
- 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
- unit process — any of a number of standard operations, such as filtration or distillation, that are widely used in various chemical and process industries
- unit's place — unit (def 8).
- unprescribed — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- unrespective — not attentive; unheeding
- unsuspecting — to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.
- web scraping — the extraction and copying of data from a website into a structured format using a computer program: Hackers pose a threat with techniques like web scraping. Our search engine uses web scraping to index sites.