12-letter words containing po
- short-spoken — speaking in a short, brief, or curt manner.
- sign-posting — a post bearing a sign that gives information or guidance.
- silver point — the melting point of silver, equal to 960.8°C, used as a fixed point on the international temperature scale.
- silver spoon — spoon (def 16).
- skew polygon — the figure formed by joining four or more points, not all in one plane, by the same number of lines
- slash pocket — a pocket set into a garment, especially below the waistline, to which easy access is provided by an exterior, vertical or diagonal slit.
- somers point — a town in SE New Jersey.
- soporiferous — bringing sleep; soporific.
- spoil ground — an area within a body of water, especially in the sea, where dredged material is deposited.
- spokesperson — a person who speaks for another or for a group.
- sponge cloth — any cloth loosely woven of coarse yarn to produce a spongy look or texture, especially one constructed in honeycomb weave.
- sponged ware — spongeware.
- spongicolous — relating to the skeleton of some marine animals
- spongillafly — spongefly.
- spongioblast — one of the primordial cells in the embryonic brain and spinal cord capable of developing into neuroglia.
- spongologist — a person who studies sponges
- sponsorships — a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing.
- sporadically — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- sporogenesis — the production of spores; sporogony.
- sporophorous — the state of being or functioning as a sporophore
- sport jacket — A sport jacket is the same as a sport coat.
- sportability — suitability to be used in or as a sport
- sportfishing — fishing with a rod and reel for sport, especially for saltwater sport fish from a motorboat.
- sporting dog — one of any of several breeds of usually large dogs especially suited by size and training for hunting by pointing, flushing, and retrieving game and including the pointers, setters, retrievers, and spaniels.
- sporting gun — a gun intended for hunting
- sports drink — a drink containing sugar and salts, etc designed to help replace fluid and energy lost through the physical exertion of sport
- sports shirt — a long- or short-sleeved soft shirt for informal wear by men, having a squared-off shirttail that may be left outside the trousers, usually worn without a tie.
- sportscaster — A sportscaster is a radio or television broadcaster who describes or comments on sporting events.
- sportsperson — athlete
- sportswriter — a journalist who reports on sports and sporting events.
- spot remover — a concentrated cleaning fluid used to remove small areas of staining, such as on a carpet
- spot welding — fusing metal
- spotlighting — a strong, focused light thrown upon a particular spot, as on a small area of a stage or in a television studio, for making some object, person, or group especially conspicuous.
- spotsylvania — a village in NE Virginia: the scene of Civil War battles between the armies of Grant and Lee, May 8–21, 1864.
- spotted cavy — paca.
- spotted deer — axis deer.
- spotted dick — a steamed or boiled suet pudding containing dried fruit
- spotted tail — (Sinte-galeshka) 1833?–81, Brulé Sioux leader.
- spotted wilt — a viral disease of plants, characterized by wilting and by brown, sunken spots and streaks on the stems and leaves.
- stage pocket — one of several metal boxes placed backstage in the floor (floor pocket) or wall of a theater and containing jacks for electric cables used in lighting units.
- staging post — an area, as a port of embarkation, where troops are assembled and readied for transit to a new field of operations.
- stanley pool — a lake between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Congo-Brazzaville, formed by a widening of the River Congo. Area: 829 sq km (320 sq miles)
- state police — a police force under state authority rather than under the authority of a city or county in the state.
- stegocarpous — (of a moss) belonging to the division Stegocarpi, having an operculate capsule
- strong point — Bridge. a long suit that contains high cards.
- subapostolic — of or relating to the era after that of the Apostles
- subcomponent — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
- super-polite — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- superimposed — (of a stream or drainage system) having a course not adjusted to the structure of the rocks presently undergoing erosion but determined rather by a prior erosion cycle or by formerly overlying rocks or sediments.