12-letter words containing s, p, r, i, n, t
- cranioplasty — Surgical repair of a defect or deformity in the skull.
- crop dusting — Crop dusting is the spreading of pesticides on crops, usually from an aircraft.
- crop-dusting — the spraying of powdered fungicides or insecticides on crops, usually from an airplane.
- crossposting — Present participle of crosspost.
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
- cryptomnesic — of, relating to, or characterized by cryptomnesia
- cyprinodonts — Plural form of cyprinodont.
- 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.
- descriptions — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
- disoperation — a relationship between two organisms in a community that is harmful to both
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- dispersement — Misspelling of disbursement.
- dispiritment — the state of being dispirited
- disportments — to divert or amuse (oneself).
- disspiriting — Present participle of disspirit alternative spelling of dispiriting.
- doorstepping — talking to someone at the door of their home, for political canvassing or to gather information
- dosing strip — (in New Zealand) an area set aside for treating dogs suspected of having hydatid disease
- drinks party — a cocktail party
- earsplitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- emancipators — Plural form of emancipator.
- endoparasite — A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.
- enteroptosis — Visceroptosis of the intestines.
- enterprising — Having or showing initiative and resourcefulness.
- 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.
- epistolarian — A writer of epistles.
- evaporations — Plural form of evaporation.
- ex-president — a former chief executive or head of state of a republic
- exasperating — Intensely irritating; infuriating.
- exasperation — A feeling of intense irritation or annoyance.
- expenditures — Plural form of expenditure.
- explorations — Plural form of exploration.
- extropianism — Belief in, or support for, the theory of extropy.
- fetoproteins — Plural form of fetoprotein.
- fingerprints — Plural form of fingerprint.
- first person — the grammatical person used by a speaker in statements referring to himself or herself (first person singular) or to a group including himself or herself (first person plural)
- fishing port — a town which has a lot of fishing boats
- fleet prison — (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors
- fort pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
- fortepianist — the player of a fortepiano
- frontispiece — an illustrated leaf preceding the title page of a book.
- gramophonist — a person who uses a gramophone
- grease paint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
- great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
- guttersnipes — Plural form of guttersnipe.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- hyannis port — a town in SE Massachusetts, on Nantucket Sound: summer resort.