12-letter words containing s, u, p
- bathophilous — (of an organism) living in very deep water
- bean sprouts — the sprouts of newly germinated mung beans, eaten as a vegetable, esp in Chinese dishes
- beauty sleep — sleep, esp sleep before midnight
- beauty strip — a narrow forest corridor left uncut alongside a road or body of water.
- black spruce — a coniferous tree, Picea mariana, of the northern regions of North America, growing mostly in cold bogs and having dark green needles
- blood supply — the flow of blood to different parts of the body
- blue springs — a town in W Missouri.
- booster pump — A booster pump is a pump which is used where pressure is low and needs to be increased.
- boskop skull — a portion of a human skull found in South Africa, of undetermined relationship and geological age: formerly associated with a hypothetical Boskop race
- brass plaque — a brass plate screwed to a wall or other structure and engraved with a name or other information, esp to commemorate an important event
- breastplough — a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used to pare turf
- buck's party — a party for men only, esp one held for a man before he is married
- bus topology — bus
- butcher shop — a shop in which meat, poultry, and sometimes fish are sold.
- buying spree — the hurried acquisition by a company, of goods, assets, or other companies
- cacophonious — cacophonous
- camelopardus — a faint extensive constellation in the N hemisphere close to Ursa Major and Cassiopeia
- cape agulhas — a headland in South Africa, the southernmost point of the African continent
- cape sounion — Cape, a cape in E central Greece, SE of Athens, at the tip of the Attica peninsula, in W Aegean Sea.
- caper spurge — a spurge, Euphorbia lathyris, producing latex that is considered a possible source of crude oil and gasoline.
- capillaceous — having numerous filaments resembling hairs or threads
- capitularies — Plural form of capitulary.
- capriciously — subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic: He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
- captiousness — The state of being captious.
- carpophagous — feeding on fruit
- change purse — A change purse is a very small bag that people, especially women, keep their money in.
- chapeau bras — a small three-cornered hat, worn by gentlemen in full dress in the 18th century, that could be folded flat and carried under the arm.
- chaplinesque — characteristic of or resembling the comedy or filmmaking style of Charlie Chaplin.
- chapterhouse — the building attached to a cathedral, collegiate church, or religious house in which the chapter meets
- chorus pedal — an electronic device that creates the effect of more than one sound from a single source by combining a short delay with slight deviations in pitch
- choux pastry — a very light pastry made with eggs, used for eclairs, etc
- churchperson — A person involved with the church; a churchgoer or cleric.
- cinque ports — an association of ports on the SE coast of England, originally consisting of Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich, which from late Anglo-Saxon times provided ships for the king's service in return for the profits of justice in their courts. The Cinque Ports declined with the growth of other ports and surrendered their charters in 1685
- circumscript — Rare. limited or confined.
- cladocarpous — pleurocarpous.
- cladosporium — any of the species of fungi in the genus Cladosporium
- cluster pack — a package containing a collection of related goods, sold as a single unit
- cluster pine — a pine tree, Pinus pinaster, having long thick needles and large clustered cones, native to the Mediterranean coastal regions.
- coleopterous — belonging to the order Coleoptera
- colour phase — a seasonal change in the coloration of some animals
- comeuppances — Plural form of comeuppance.
- complicitous — having complicity
- compulsative — compulsory
- compulsatory — compulsory
- compulsively — compelling; compulsory.
- compulsivity — compulsiveness
- compulsories — Plural form of compulsory.
- compulsorily — required; mandatory; obligatory: compulsory education.
- compunctions — Plural form of compunction.
- compunctious — causing or feeling compunction; regretful.