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12-letter words containing s, p, o, n, g

  • puddingstone — any conglomerate rock having dark-colored, rounded pebbles that are embedded in a light-colored, fine-grained matrix
  • pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
  • push polling — the use of loaded questions in a supposedly objective telephone opinion poll during a political campaign in order to bias voters against an opposing candidate
  • pussyfooting — behaving in an excessively cautious way
  • pyrognostics — the characteristics of a mineral, such as fusibility and flame coloration, that are revealed by the application of heat
  • pyroligneous — produced by the distillation of wood.
  • reprocessing — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
  • risk pooling — Risk pooling is the practice of sharing all risks among a group of insurance companies.
  • rock springs — a city in SW Wyoming.
  • rose pogonia — a North American terrestrial orchid, Pogonia ophioglossoides, having a fragrant, usually solitary rose-pink or white flower.
  • rough-spoken — coarse or vulgar in speech.
  • rustproofing — the process of making metal rustproof.
  • sago pudding — a sweet pudding made with sago and milk
  • salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
  • scapegoating — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
  • scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
  • scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
  • scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
  • scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
  • selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
  • self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
  • sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
  • shaving soap — a special soap for lathering the face to soften and condition the beard for shaving, capable of producing a thick lather due to its high fat content and low alkalinity.
  • shipping ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
  • shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
  • shopping bag — a strong, usually paper or plastic, bag with handles, used to carry purchases or belongings.
  • show jumping — sport: horseriding event
  • showstopping — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
  • sign-posting — a post bearing a sign that gives information or guidance.
  • signal corps — a branch of the army responsible for military communications, meteorological studies, and related work.
  • skew polygon — the figure formed by joining four or more points, not all in one plane, by the same number of lines
  • slopping out — In prisons where prisoners have to use buckets as toilets, slopping out is the practice in which they empty the buckets.
  • smoking lamp — formerly, a lamp aboard ship for lighting pipes, now used figuratively to indicate when smoking is or is not allowed: The smoking lamp is lit.
  • snapshotting — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
  • snobographer — a person who writes about snobs
  • snow pudding — a pudding, prepared by folding egg whites into a lemon gelatin mixture.
  • song sparrow — a small emberizine songbird, Melospiza melodia, common in North America.
  • span loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
  • speech organ — any part of the body, as the tongue, velum, diaphragm, or lungs, that participates, actively or passively, voluntarily or involuntarily, in the production of the sounds of speech.
  • speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
  • spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
  • spermogonium — one of the cup-shaped or flask-shaped receptacles in which the spermatia of certain fungi and red algae are produced.
  • sphenography — the art of writing in cuneiform characters.
  • sphygmophone — a device by which a pulse may be heard
  • spinning box — centrifugal box.
  • spinning rod — a flexible fishing rod, often made of fiberglass, used with a spinning reel.
  • splenomegaly — enlargement of the spleen.
  • spoil ground — an area within a body of water, especially in the sea, where dredged material is deposited.
  • sponge cloth — any cloth loosely woven of coarse yarn to produce a spongy look or texture, especially one constructed in honeycomb weave.
  • sponged ware — spongeware.
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