12-letter words containing s, u, p, i, c, o
- preconscious — Psychoanalysis. absent from but capable of being readily brought into consciousness.
- prediscourse — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
- primulaceous — belonging to the plant family Primulaceae.
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- pronouncings — utterances, esp of an official or judgmental nature
- pseudocyesis — false pregnancy.
- public goods — services such as national defence, law enforcement, and road building, that are for the benefit of, and available to, all members of the public
- public house — British. a tavern.
- public works — government-funded construction
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pumice stone — abrasive stone used for exfoliating
- pumice-stone — Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- pyrosulfuric — of or derived from pyrosulfuric acid; disulfuric.
- repercussion — an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.
- rhizocarpous — having the root perennial but the stem annual, as perennial herbs.
- sapindaceous — belonging to the Sapindaceae, the soapberry family of plants.
- schizopodous — of or relating to a schizopod
- 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.
- 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.
- semiprecious — (of a stone) having commercial value as a gem but not classified as precious, as the amethyst or garnet.
- skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
- spaciousness — containing much space, as a house, room, or vehicle; amply large.
- speciousness — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
- spongicolous — relating to the skeleton of some marine animals
- stick up for — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stipulaceous — of, relating to, having, resembling, or living on stipules
- stockpunisht — punished by being put in stocks
- stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
- 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
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- suboccipital — situated below the occipital bone or the occipital lobe of the brain.
- subscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- suction pump — a pump for raising water or other fluids by suction, consisting essentially of a vertical cylinder in which a piston works up and down, both the cylinder and the pump having valves that control the flow of the fluid.
- suction stop — click1 (def 3).
- supercilious — haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
- supercooling — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
- supplication — an act or instance of supplicating; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition.
- supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- suspiciously — tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior.
- top security — ultra secure
- transpicuous — transparent.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- trouser clip — a clip that is worn around the bottom of a trouser leg to stop the material getting caught in the chain of a bicycle
- unauspicious — inauspicious; unfavourable; unlucky
- uncompassion — a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.