12-letter words containing s, p, u, r, i
- print unions — the trade unions within the printing industry
- prison guard — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- prodigiously — extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
- proditorious — traitorous
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- pronouncings — utterances, esp of an official or judgmental nature
- propitiously — presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
- prostituting — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- prostitution — the act or practice of engaging in sexual intercourse for money.
- prussic acid — weakly acidic extremely poisonous aqueous solution of hydrogen cyanide
- pseudorabies — a highly contagious, usually fatal disease of cattle, sheep, and other animals, caused by the herpesvirus Herpes suis, and characterized by severe pruritus and progressive central nervous system involvement sometimes including an aggressive excitement phase.
- pterosaurian — a pterosaur
- public works — government-funded construction
- pull strings — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- purblindness — the state of being purblind
- pyritiferous — having or producing pyrites
- pyroligneous — produced by the distillation of wood.
- pyrosulfuric — of or derived from pyrosulfuric acid; disulfuric.
- quarterpipes — Plural form of quarterpipe.
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- repercussion — an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.
- repercussive — causing repercussion; reverberating.
- repositorium — a place for the storage of valuables, as in an ancient Roman temple or a church.
- repressurize — to raise the internal atmospheric pressure of to the required or desired level: to pressurize an astronaut's spacesuit before a walk in space.
- resupination — a resupinate condition.
- resuspension — the act of suspending.
- retropulsion — an abnormal tendency to walk backwards: a symptom of Parkinson's disease
- retropulsive — of or relating to retropulsion
- rhizocarpous — having the root perennial but the stem annual, as perennial herbs.
- rhizophagous — feeding on roots.
- rhizophilous — (esp of insects) preferring to live or grow near or on roots
- rubbish dump — a place or area where waste materials are dumped
- rumble strip — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
- rustproofing — the process of making metal rustproof.
- scissor jump — a type of jump involving a scissor-like movement of the legs
- scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
- scripturally — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or in accordance with sacred writings, especially the Scriptures.
- scrophularia — a member of a genus of flowering plants which have a square stem and are known as figworts
- scrupulosity — having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: scrupulous about defending human rights.
- semi-popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
- semiprecious — (of a stone) having commercial value as a gem but not classified as precious, as the amethyst or garnet.
- serpentarium — a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.
- serpentinous — of the nature of serpentine; containing or consisting of serpentine
- shrimp sauce — a sauce made from shrimps
- simple fruit — a fruit formed from one pistil.
- simple group — a group that has no normal subgroup except the group itself and the identity.
- simple sugar — monosaccharide.
- simple syrup — a thick, sweet liquid, usually prepared from sugar and water and used chiefly as a base for soda fountain flavors.