12-letter words containing s, p, i, r, a, n
- cardinalship — The office (or term of office) of a cardinal.
- ceratopsians — Plural form of ceratopsian.
- chairmanship — The chairmanship of a committee or organization is the fact of being its chairperson. Someone's chairmanship can also mean the period during which they are chairperson.
- chairpersons — Plural form of chairperson.
- cheeseparing — penny-pinching; stingy
- chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
- christophany — an appearance or emergence of Christ following his crucifixion
- conspiracies — Plural form of conspiracy.
- conspiracist — a person who believes in or supports a conspiracy theory.
- conspiration — a conspiracy
- conspirators — Plural form of conspirator.
- conspiratory — the act of conspiring.
- contraptions — Plural form of contraption.
- cooperations — an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit; joint action.
- corporations — Plural form of corporation.
- craftmanship — Alternative form of craftsmanship.
- cranioplasty — Surgical repair of a defect or deformity in the skull.
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
- deaspiration — the act of deaspirating
- deportations — Plural form of deportation.
- depredations — the act of preying upon or plundering; robbery; ravage.
- deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- dinaric alps — a mountain range in W Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Serbia: connected with the main Alpine system by the Julian Alps. Highest peak: Troglav, 1913 m (6277 ft)
- dinosaur pen — A traditional mainframe computer room complete with raised flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers. See boa.
- disappearing — Present participle of disappear.
- disapproving — Expressing an unfavorable opinion.
- disciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
- discrepances — Plural form of discrepance.
- disoperation — a relationship between two organisms in a community that is harmful to both
- dispensaries — Plural form of dispensary.
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- drinks party — a cocktail party
- earsplitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- ekman spiral — a complex interaction on the surface of the sea between wind, rotation of the earth, and friction forces, discovered by Vagn Walfrid Ekman
- emancipators — Plural form of emancipator.
- endoparasite — A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.
- 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.
- epicureanism — An ancient school of philosophy founded in Athens by Epicurus. The school rejected determinism and advocated hedonism (pleasure as the highest good), but of a restrained kind: mental pleasure was regarded more highly than physical, and the ultimate pleasure was held to be freedom from anxiety and mental pain, esp. that arising from needless fear of death and of the gods.
- epistolarian — A writer of epistles.
- eriskay pony — a breed of medium-sized pony, typically grey, with a dense waterproof coat. The Eriskay is the only surviving variety of the native ponies of the Western Isles of Scotland
- evaporations — Plural form of evaporation.
- examinership — the office or function of an examiner
- exasperating — Intensely irritating; infuriating.
- exasperation — A feeling of intense irritation or annoyance.
- expansionary — (of a policy or action) intended to result in economic or political expansion.
- explorations — Plural form of exploration.
- expressional — Of or pertaining to expression, either in language, the face or the arts.
- extropianism — Belief in, or support for, the theory of extropy.
- foreman-ship — a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.