12-letter words containing u, p, s, e, t
- despiteously — in a despiteous or contemptuous manner
- deuteroscopy — the second time of looking or considering
- dispiteously — in a manner that lacks pity
- disreputable — not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom.
- disreputably — In a disreputable manner.
- disruptively — In a disruptive manner.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- dust wrapper — dust jacket (sense 1)
- east prussia — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
- encapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of encapsulate.
- encapsulates — Enclose (something) in or as if in a capsule.
- enteropneust — a worm-like marine invertebrate
- escape chute — a fabric tube or chute hinged to the wall of a stairwell and used as an emergency exit, eg from a burning tall building
- escape route — way out: of situation
- eucalyptuses — Plural form of eucalyptus.
- euphoniumist — Someone who plays the euphonium.
- executorship — The office or position of an executor.
- exhaust pipe — vehicle's gas outlet
- exophthalmus — Alt form exophthalmos.
- expenditures — Plural form of expenditure.
- export house — a company that does not manufacture goods but is instead concerned solely with the financing or handling of their export
- expostulated — Simple past tense and past participle of expostulate.
- expostulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expostulate.
- expugnations — Plural form of expugnation.
- fire support — support given by artillery and aircraft to infantry and armored vehicles.
- four-striper — a captain in the U.S. Navy.
- gamopetalous — having the petals united.
- get up steam — (of a ship, etc) to work up a sufficient head of steam in a boiler to drive an engine
- gospel truth — an unquestionably true statement, fact, etc.
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- gutter press — press specializing in sensationalism
- guttersnipes — Plural form of guttersnipe.
- hautes-alpes — a department in SE France. 2179 sq. mi. (5645 sq. km). Capital: Gap.
- hellespontus — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars.
- hepatogenous — originating in the liver
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- hyposulphate — a salt derived from hyposulphuric acid
- hyposulphite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- impetiginous — a contagious skin disease, especially of children, usually caused by streptococcal bacteria, marked by a superficial pustular eruption, particularly on the face.
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- impoundments — Plural form of impoundment.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- impudentness — Quality of being impudent.
- in the dumps — a depressed state of mind (usually preceded by in the): to be in the dumps over money problems.
- incapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate.
- incapsulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incapsulate.
- indisputable — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
- insusceptive — insusceptible
- interrupters — Plural form of interrupter.