12-letter words containing s, p, l, a, t, e
- mesoplankton — plankton that live at middle depths.
- metal polish — cleaning fluid designed to clean, polish or add shine to metal
- metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- metapolitics — political theory: often used derogatorily
- misplacement — to put in a wrong place.
- monopetalous — gamopetalous.
- multiseptate — having several septa or chambers
- mystery play — a medieval dramatic form based on a Biblical story, usually dealing with the life, death, and resurrection of Christ.
- neoplatonism — a philosophical system, originated in the 3rd century a.d. by Plotinus, founded chiefly on Platonic doctrine and Eastern mysticism, with later influences from Christianity. It holds that all existence consists of emanations from the One with whom the soul may be reunited.
- neoplatonist — a philosophical system, originated in the 3rd century a.d. by Plotinus, founded chiefly on Platonic doctrine and Eastern mysticism, with later influences from Christianity. It holds that all existence consists of emanations from the One with whom the soul may be reunited.
- nepotistical — Nepotistic.
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
- octopetalous — containing or consisting of eight petals
- octosepalous — having or consisting of eight sepals
- opalescently — In an opalescent manner.
- open slather — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- operatorless — Without an operator (person who operates); fully automatic.
- osteoplastic — Surgery. pertaining to osteoplasty.
- oyster plant — salsify.
- palimpsestic — a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text.
- pansexualist — someone who is pansexual
- pansexuality — Psychiatry. pertaining to the theory that all human behavior is based on sexuality.
- papal states — the temporal domain of the popes in central Italy from 756 ad until the unification of Italy in 1870
- paraglossate — having paraglossae
- particulates — very small particles of a substance, esp those that are produced when fuel is burned
- passionately — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- pastoralness — the quality or state of being pastoral or rural
- pasture land — grassland used for grazing
- patent rolls — (in Britain) the register of patents issued
- patent still — a type of still in which the distillation is continuous
- pathlessness — the state of being pathless
- pearl oyster — any of several marine bivalve mollusks of the family Pteriidae, some of which form pearls of great value, inhabiting waters of eastern Asia and off the coasts of Panama and Baja California.
- pearly gates — the entrance to heaven.
- penalty shot — a free shot at the goal defended only by the goalkeeper, awarded to an offensive player for certain defensive violations.
- penalty spot — a point within the penalty area and 12 yards (about 11 m) from the goal, from which a penalty kick may be taken
- penthesileia — the daughter of Ares and queen of the Amazons, whom she led to the aid of Troy. She was slain by Achilles
- perpetualism — a belief in the permanence of a given thing; the belief that a given thing (e.g. the world, a political system) will last forever
- perpetualist — someone who holds to any form of perpetualism
- perspectival — a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.
- pestilential — producing or tending to produce pestilence.
- pestological — relating to pestology
- petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
- petrodollars — Petrodollars are a unit of money used to calculate how much a country has earned by exporting petroleum or natural gas.
- photoelastic — displaying photoelasticity; of or relating to photoelasticity
- photorealism — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
- phylacteries — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- piss-elegant — displaying a contrived, often pretentious, sophistication, opulence, etc.
- plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- plane strain — Plane strain is a two-dimensional state of strain in which all the shape changes of a material happen on a single plane.
- plane stress — Plane stress is a two-dimensional state of stress in which all stress is applied in a single plane.