12-letter words containing po
- superpolymer — a superior polymer
- superposable — to place above or upon something else, or one upon another.
- support area — a minimum price below which a specific stock is not supposed to fall, as because of the stock's inherent worth.
- support band — a band, pop group, rock group, etc not topping the bill
- support hose — elastic stockings worn to reduce pressure on the veins of the leg, esp for people with varicose veins
- supportingly — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- suppositious — formed from or growing out of supposition: suppositious evidence.
- sweet potato — a plant, Ipomoea batatas, of the morning glory family, grown for its sweet, edible, tuberous roots.
- table tripod — a low mount or stand for a camera.
- tech support — an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.
- teleutospore — a spore of certain rust fungi, which carries the fungus through the winter and which, on germination, produces the promycelium.
- temporaneous — lasting a short while
- tetrapolitan — of or related to a tetrapolis
- tezcatlipoca — an Aztec god.
- the bosporus — a strait between European and Asian Turkey, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
- the pointers — the two brightest stars in the Plough (Dubhe and Merak), which lie in the direction pointing towards the Pole Star and are therefore used to locate it
- the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
- time deposit — a deposit that can be withdrawn by the depositor only after giving advance notice or after an agreed period of time has elapsed.
- to the point — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- tooth powder — a dentifrice in the form of a powder.
- torture porn — a genre of horror films in which sadistic violence or torture is a central aspect of the plot
- trading post — a store established in an unsettled or thinly settled region by a trader or trading company to obtain furs and local products in exchange for supplies, clothing, other goods, or for cash.
- trainspotter — A trainspotter is someone who is very interested in trains and spends time going to stations and recording the numbers of the trains that they see.
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- transpontine — across or beyond a bridge.
- transportive — to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
- trichinopoly — a city in central Tamil Nadu, in S India, on the Kaveri River.
- tricorporate — having three bodies
- triple point — the particular temperature and pressure at which the solid, liquid, and gaseous phases of a given substance are all at equilibrium with one another.
- tripolitania — Also, Tripolitania [trip-uh-li-tey-nee-uh, -teyn-yuh; Italian tree-paw-lee-tah-nyah] /ˌtrɪp ə lɪˈteɪ ni ə, -ˈteɪn yə; Italian ˌtri pɔ liˈtɑ nyɑ/ (Show IPA). one of the former Barbary States of N Africa: later a province of Turkey; now a part of Libya.
- trolley pole — a pole that transfers the electrical current from the overhead wire to the trolley bus
- tropophilous — adapted to a climate characterized by marked environmental changes.
- troposcatter — the scattering or extended propagation of radio signals using the local irregularities in the Earth's troposphere
- trouble spot — an area in which trouble exists or is expected to develop: There are several diplomatic trouble spots in Central America.
- typographist — a person skilled in the art of typography
- un-opportune — appropriate, favorable, or suitable: an opportune phrase for the occasion.
- un-purposely — intentionally; deliberately: He tripped me purposely.
- unapologetic — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
- uncomposable — not fit for composition
- uncompounded — composed of two or more parts, elements, or ingredients: Soap is a compound substance.
- undecomposed — not reduced to constituent elements
- under-report — to give an insufficient account or report of
- underexposed — If a photograph is underexposed, it is darker than it should be because the film was not exposed to enough light.
- underpowered — (of a machine, vehicle, etc.) having a specified fuel or prime mover: a gasoline-powered engine; an engine-powered pump.
- unimportance — a lack of importance
- unimportuned — without being forced or impelled
- unipotential — Electricity, Electronics. having uniform electric potential throughout, as a hot cathode (unipotential cathode) indirectly heated by a separate heater circuit so that there is no lateral change of voltage across the cathode due to resistance to a heating current.
- unpoetically — in an unpoetic manner
- unpolishable — incapable of being made smooth or shiny
- unpoliteness — the quality or state of being impolite