12-letter words containing s, p, o, t, l, a
- scoptophilia — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
- semitropical — subtropical.
- shark patrol — a watch for sharks kept by an aircraft flying over beaches used by swimmers
- shore patrol — (often initial capital letters) members of an organization in the U.S. Navy having police duties similar to those performed by military police. Abbreviation: SP.
- skeleton map — a map showing only basic details of a land, place, etc
- slash pocket — a pocket set into a garment, especially below the waistline, to which easy access is provided by an exterior, vertical or diagonal slit.
- slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
- somatopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the upper layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the overlying ectoderm, functioning in the formation of the body wall and amnion.
- south platte — a river flowing NE from central Colorado to the Platte River in W Nebraska. 424 miles (683 km) long.
- special sort — a character, such as an accented letter, that is not a usual member of any font
- speciational — relating to speciation
- spectatorial — a person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer.
- spermatocele — a swelling of the testicle
- sphacelation — the process of mortification
- spiflication — rough treatment
- spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
- splenization — the transformation of something into a spleenlike tissue
- spongioblast — one of the primordial cells in the embryonic brain and spinal cord capable of developing into neuroglia.
- sportability — suitability to be used in or as a sport
- spotsylvania — a village in NE Virginia: the scene of Civil War battles between the armies of Grant and Lee, May 8–21, 1864.
- spotted tail — (Sinte-galeshka) 1833?–81, Brulé Sioux leader.
- stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
- stanley pool — a lake between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Congo-Brazzaville, formed by a widening of the River Congo. Area: 829 sq km (320 sq miles)
- state police — a police force under state authority rather than under the authority of a city or county in the state.
- stipulaceous — of, relating to, having, resembling, or living on stipules
- strophiolate — having a strophiole
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- sub-tropical — Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions.
- subapostolic — of or relating to the era after that of the Apostles
- suboccipital — situated below the occipital bone or the occipital lobe of the brain.
- sulphonation — the action or process of converting or being converted into a sulphonate
- superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
- superovulate — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- supplication — an act or instance of supplicating; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition.
- supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- supraglottal — situated above the glottis
- supraorbital — situated above the eye socket.
- swamp locust — water locust.
- synaptosomal — pertaining to a synaptosome
- talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
- telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
- the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
- thiosulphate — any salt of thiosulphuric acid
- to play host — If a person or country plays host to an event or an important visitor, they host the event or the visit.
- to play safe — If you play safe or play it safe, you do not take any risks.
- to talk shop — If you say that people are talking shop, you mean that they are talking about their work, and this is boring for other people who do not do the same work.
- tradespeople — people engaged in trade, esp shopkeepers
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricephalous — with three heads