12-letter words containing s, p, e, n, c
- galvanoscope — an instrument for detecting the existence of an electric current and determining its direction.
- glockenspiel — a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated steel bars mounted in a frame and struck with hammers, used especially in bands.
- handicappeds — Plural form of handicapped.
- handicappers — Plural form of handicapper.
- happenstance — a chance happening or event.
- heckelphones — Plural form of heckelphone.
- help screens — computer instructions displayed on a visual display unit
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- iceland spar — a transparent variety of calcite that is double-refracting and is used as a polarizer.
- ichnospecies — (paleontology) Any species known only from trace fossils, such as footprints, coprolites or nests.
- impeachments — Plural form of impeachment.
- implicitness — The state or quality of being implicit.
- importancies — Plural form of importancy.
- imprecations — Plural form of imprecation.
- in the chips — a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking.
- incapacities — Plural form of incapacity.
- incapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate.
- incapsulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incapsulate.
- incompetents — Plural form of incompetent.
- incorporates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incorporate.
- indiscipline — lack of discipline or control: a campus problem of student indiscipline.
- 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.
- insusceptive — insusceptible
- interceptors — Plural form of interceptor.
- interpsychic — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
- interspacing — Present participle of interspace.
- interspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- interspecies — existing or occurring between species.
- interspliced — Simple past tense and past participle of intersplice.
- intraspecies — existing or occurring within a species.
- introspected — Simple past tense and past participle of introspect.
- introspector — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- intussuscept — to take within, as one part of the intestine into an adjacent part; invaginate.
- isoteniscope — an instrument used to measure vapour pressure
- kinesipathic — of or relating to kinesipathy
- 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
- lapidescence — a lapidescent quality or condition
- laryngoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope passed through the mouth and equipped with a source of light and magnification, for examining and performing local diagnostic and surgical procedures on the larynx.
- line spacing — (in a book, computer-produced document, etc) the spacing between lines of type
- linear space — vector space.
- lisp machine — 1. (architecture) Any machine (whether notional or actual) whose instruction set is Lisp. 2. (hardware, operating system) A line of workstations made by Symbolics, Inc. from the mid-1970s (having grown out of the MIT AI Lab) to late 1980s. All system code for Symbolics Lisp Machines was written in Lisp Machine Lisp. Symbolics Lisp Machines were also notable for having had space-cadet keyboards.
- living space — home: rooms, etc.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- machine shop — a workshop in which metal and other substances are cut, shaped, etc., by machine tools.
- mantelpieces — Plural form of mantelpiece.