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12-letter words containing s, t, o, p, a, n

  • neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
  • newport east — a town in SE Rhode Island.
  • non-partisan — A person or group that is non-partisan does not support or help a particular political party or group.
  • nonapostolic — Not apostolic.
  • nonparasitic — Not parasitic.
  • nonphosphate — lacking or absent of a phosphate or phosphate compound
  • nonspiritual — Not spiritual.
  • on one's pat — alone; on one's own
  • on sb's part — If you talk about a feeling or action on someone's part, you are referring to something that they feel or do.
  • opalescently — In an opalescent manner.
  • open slather — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
  • operationism — the doctrine that the meaning of a scientific term, concept, or proposition consists of the operation or operations performed in defining or demonstrating it.
  • opinionators — Plural form of opinionator.
  • oppositional — the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
  • opsonisation — Alternative form of opsonization.
  • opsonization — to increase the susceptibility of (bacteria) to ingestion by phagocytes.
  • optimisation — Alternative spelling of optimization.
  • orthopterans — Plural form of orthopteran.
  • outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
  • oyster plant — salsify.
  • paedodontics — the branch of dentistry that focuses on the care of children's teeth
  • palindromist — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
  • palynologist — the study of live and fossil spores, pollen grains, and similar plant structures.
  • panning shot — pan3 (def 6).
  • pantisocracy — a community, social group, etc, in which all have rule and everyone is equal
  • pantophagist — an omnivore
  • pantophagous — characterized by pantophagy
  • paragnathous — (of certain vertebrates) having the upper and lower jaws of equal length
  • paranthropus — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the former genus Paranthropus.
  • paronomastic — the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humor or a dual meaning; punning.
  • parting shot — a threat, insult, condemnation, sarcastic retort, or the like, uttered upon leaving.
  • pas d'action — a dramatic, pantomimic dance sequence serving to advance the plot.
  • passing note — a note that is foreign to a harmony and is introduced between two successive chord tones in order to produce a melodic transition.
  • passing shot — a shot played to one side of and beyond the reach of an opponent coming to or stationed at the net.
  • passionately — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
  • passionfruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
  • pastoralness — the quality or state of being pastoral or rural
  • patent rolls — (in Britain) the register of patents issued
  • pathogeneses — the production and development of disease.
  • pathogenesis — the production and development of disease.
  • patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
  • patron saint — a saint regarded as the special guardian of a person, group, trade, country, etc.
  • pause button — a button on a video or music player which can be pressed to temporarily stop the playing of the recording
  • paving stone — slab used to lay a path
  • 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
  • percutaneous — administered, removed, or absorbed by way of the skin, as an injection, needle biopsy, or transdermal drug.
  • perforations — the holes punched that allow individual stamps, coupons, etc to be easily separated
  • persian knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the ends of yarn looped around a warp thread appear at each of the interstices between adjacent threads and produce a compact and relatively even pile effect.
  • perspiration — a salty, watery fluid secreted by the sweat glands of the skin, especially when very warm as a result of strenuous exertion; sweat.
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