12-letter words containing s, p, e, n, t
- entoplastral — relating to an entoplastron
- entoplastron — the median plate of a turtle's plastron
- epanorthosis — (rhetoric) A rhetorical device or element in which a speaker or writer retracts a word that has been spoken and substitutes a stronger or more suitable word; often done for emphasis or sarcasm.
- epistolarian — A writer of epistles.
- espagnolette — the fastening device on a French window
- ethnopoetics — A poetical, linguistic and anthropological movement dealing with poetry written by, or in the style of, indigenous peoples.
- euphoniumist — Someone who plays the euphonium.
- evaporations — Plural form of evaporation.
- ex-president — a former chief executive or head of state of a republic
- exasperating — Intensely irritating; infuriating.
- exasperation — A feeling of intense irritation or annoyance.
- exceptionals — Plural form of exceptional.
- expansionist — Of or pertaining to expansionism.
- expectancies — Plural form of expectancy.
- expectations — Plural form of expectation.
- expectedness — The state or quality of being expected.
- expectorants — Plural form of expectorant.
- expenditures — Plural form of expenditure.
- explanations — Plural form of explanation.
- explications — Plural form of explication.
- explicitness — The state or characteristic of being explicit.
- explorations — Plural form of exploration.
- expositional — Explained in clear terms, as in writing.
- expugnations — Plural form of expugnation.
- exspoliation — (obsolete) spoliation.
- extropianism — Belief in, or support for, the theory of extropy.
- fetoproteins — Plural form of fetoprotein.
- fingerprints — Plural form of fingerprint.
- first person — the grammatical person used by a speaker in statements referring to himself or herself (first person singular) or to a group including himself or herself (first person plural)
- fleet prison — (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors
- fort pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
- fortepianist — the player of a fortepiano
- fosphenytoin — a prodrug that produces phenytoin and is taken to prevent or treat seizures.
- frontispiece — an illustrated leaf preceding the title page of a book.
- gangster rap — a type of rap music whose lyrics feature violence, sexual exploits, and the like.
- gentleperson — a person of good family and position; gentleman or lady.
- god's plenty — an abundant or overabundant quantity.
- grandparents — a parent of a parent.
- grease paint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
- great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
- guttersnipes — Plural form of guttersnipe.
- hanging step — a step projecting from a wall with no real or apparent support at its outer end.
- happenstance — a chance happening or event.
- hellespontus — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars.
- hepatogenous — originating in the liver
- hepatotoxins — Plural form of hepatotoxin.
- heptahedrons — Plural form of heptahedron.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- home posting — an appointment to a position within one's own country