12-letter words containing s, u, r, e, p, t
- purchase tax — a sales tax on nonessential and luxury goods.
- purple state — a state of the U.S. in which the Democratic and Republican candidates both have a good chance of winning and that is considered key to the outcome of a presidential election: the swing states of Ohio and Indiana.
- put years on — to make (someone) feel or look much older
- pyritiferous — having or producing pyrites
- pyrosulphate — any salt of pyrosulphuric acid
- 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
- repositorium — a place for the storage of valuables, as in an ancient Roman temple or a church.
- request stop — a point on a route at which a bus will stop only if signalled to do so
- rescue party — a group of people who attempt to rescue, find or save a person or people for danger, esp a person or people who have got lost while mountain climbing
- respectfully — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
- resupination — a resupinate condition.
- retropulsion — an abnormal tendency to walk backwards: a symptom of Parkinson's disease
- retropulsive — of or relating to retropulsion
- reupholstery — the materials used to cushion and cover furniture.
- rubber stamp — handheld printing tool
- rubber-stamp — to imprint with a rubber stamp.
- 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.
- self-support — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
- separate out — filter, sift
- seropurulent — composed of or containing both serum and pus
- serpentarium — a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.
- serpentinous — of the nature of serpentine; containing or consisting of serpentine
- sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
- simple fruit — a fruit formed from one pistil.
- sitka spruce — a spruce, Picea sitchensis, of western North America, having long, silvery-white needles, grown as an ornamental.
- somatopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the upper layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the overlying ectoderm, functioning in the formation of the body wall and amnion.
- speculatrice — a female speculator
- spiderhunter — any of several sunbirds of the genus Arachnothera, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having dull-colored plumage and a long bill.
- spirit guide — type of mystical guardian
- spiritualize — to make spiritual.
- splatterpunk — a form of fiction featuring extremely graphic violence.
- sputteringly — in a sputtering manner
- stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
- stegocarpous — (of a moss) belonging to the division Stegocarpi, having an operculate capsule
- stepdaughter — a daughter of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
- stirrup bone — the stapes, one of the three bones of the middle ear
- stirrup-vase — a Mycenaean vase having a spherical body, a spout on the shoulder, and a handle, curving across the top, supported by a solid conical neck.
- striped drum — a North American marine and freshwater sciaenid fish, Equetus pulcher, that utters a drumming sound
- study period — a period of time or lesson used for studying
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- stunt person — a stunt man or stunt woman.
- stutter-step — to move in sudden stops and starts so as to deceive or evade an opponent, as in sports
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- subscriptive — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- subtemperate — of, relating to, or occurring in the colder parts of the Temperate Zone.
- super twelve — an annual international southern hemisphere Rugby Union tournament between teams from South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand
- super-polite — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- super-sleuth — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.