12-letter words containing t, e, n, s, u, p
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- premenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- prepubescent — of or relating to the years immediately preceding puberty, prepubertal.
- press button — a button on a phone dial which you press
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
- pseudo-event — an event that is staged primarily so that it can be reported in the media.
- pseudonymity — pseudonymous character.
- pterosaurian — a pterosaur
- puddingstone — any conglomerate rock having dark-colored, rounded pebbles that are embedded in a light-colored, fine-grained matrix
- 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.
- punta arenas — a seaport in S Chile, on the Strait of Magellan: the southernmost city in Chile. Formerly Magallanes.
- punxsutawney — a town in central Pennsylvania: Groundhog Day celebration.
- put flesh on — If you put flesh on something, you add details and more information to it.
- put years on — to make (someone) feel or look much older
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- resupination — a resupinate condition.
- retropulsion — an abnormal tendency to walk backwards: a symptom of Parkinson's disease
- 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.
- soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
- spiderhunter — any of several sunbirds of the genus Arachnothera, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having dull-colored plumage and a long bill.
- spinulescent — producing spines
- spitefulness — full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous: a spiteful child.
- 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.
- stenophagous — (of an animal) feeding on a limited variety of foods (opposed to euryphagous).
- stirrup bone — the stapes, one of the three bones of the middle ear
- student lamp — a table lamp whose light source can be adjusted in height.
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- stunt person — a stunt man or stunt woman.
- stupefacient — stupefying; producing stupor.
- stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
- stupefyingly — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- stupendously — causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news.
- subcomponent — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- suet pudding — a pudding made of chopped beef suet and flour, boiled or steamed in a cloth, often with other ingredients, as raisins, spices, etc.
- super-urgent — compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing: an urgent matter.
- superannuate — to allow to retire from service or office on a pension because of age or infirmity.
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- superconduct — to conduct electricity very efficiently or without resistance, to act as a superconductor
- supercurrent — an electric current that flows without resistance in a superconducting material.
- supereminent — of superior eminence, rank, or dignity; distinguished, conspicuous, or worthy of note above others.
- superevident — extremely or very evident
- superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
- superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.