12-letter words containing s, p, i, n, t
- apprentisage — Obsolete form of apprenticeage.
- approbations — approval; commendation.
- apron string — a string for tying an apron on
- aristophanes — ?448–?380 bc, Greek comic dramatist, who satirized leading contemporary figures such as Socrates and Euripides. Eleven of his plays are extant, including The Clouds, The Frogs, The Birds, and Lysistrata
- aristophanic — 448?–385? b.c, Athenian comic dramatist.
- arsenopyrite — a white or grey metallic mineral consisting of a sulphide of iron and arsenic that forms monoclinic crystals with an orthorhombic shape: an ore of arsenic. Formula: FeAsS
- asphyxiating — to produce asphyxia in.
- asphyxiation — Asphyxiation is a lack of oxygen in blood, which causes suffocation.
- aspirational — If you describe someone as aspirational, you mean that they have strong hopes of moving to a higher social status.
- attorneyship — The office or profession of an attorney.
- autohypnosis — the process or result of self-induced hypnosis
- backstopping — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- banana split — A banana split is a kind of dessert. It consists of a banana cut in half along its length, with ice cream, nuts, and sauce on top.
- bank deposit — money placed in a bank account
- bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
- basing point — a geographical location from which freight charges are computed by the seller regardless of the point from which the goods are shipped.
- betting shop — A betting shop is a place where people can go to bet on something such as a horse race.
- betting slip — a piece of paper used to place a bet
- bien pensant — a right-thinking person
- binding post — one of several metal pegs or rods, fitted into a loose-leaf binder, for holding sheets with prepunched holes.
- boatsmanship — seamanship as applied to boats, especially rowboats and motorboats.
- camp bastion — a large British military base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, built in 2006
- camping site — A camping site is the same as a campsite.
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- capacitances — Plural form of capacitance.
- capitalising — Present participle of capitalise.
- captiousness — The state of being captious.
- catch points — railway points designed to derail a train running back in the wrong direction to prevent collision with a following train
- centerpieces — Plural form of centerpiece.
- ceratopsians — Plural form of ceratopsian.
- chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
- chisel point — a nail or spike with the point formed by two flat inclined sides meeting at a sharp angle.
- christophany — an appearance or emergence of Christ following his crucifixion
- christophene — chayote.
- chymotrypsin — a powerful proteolytic enzyme secreted from the pancreas in the form of chymotrypsinogen, being converted to the active form by trypsin
- cinque ports — an association of ports on the SE coast of England, originally consisting of Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich, which from late Anglo-Saxon times provided ships for the king's service in return for the profits of justice in their courts. The Cinque Ports declined with the growth of other ports and surrendered their charters in 1685
- clovis point — flint projectile dating from the 10th millennium bc
- cluster pine — a pine tree, Pinus pinaster, having long thick needles and large clustered cones, native to the Mediterranean coastal regions.
- co-president — a person who shares the highest position in an organization with another person
- compensating — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- compensation — Compensation is money that someone who has experienced loss or suffering claims from the person or organization responsible, or from the state.
- compensative — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
- competencies — Plural form of competency.
- competitions — Plural form of competition.
- compilations — Plural form of compilation.
- complainants — Plural form of complainant.
- complections — Plural form of complection.
- compositions — Plural form of composition.
- compunctions — Plural form of compunction.
- compunctious — causing or feeling compunction; regretful.