12-letter words containing a, p, r, o, s
- counterpleas — Plural form of counterplea.
- counterscarp — the outer side of the ditch of a fort
- counterstamp — a stamp added to a stamped paper or document as a qualifying mark.
- craftspeople — Craftspeople are people who make things skilfully with their hands.
- craftsperson — an artisan
- cranioplasty — Surgical repair of a defect or deformity in the skull.
- crop sprayer — a device for spraying crops
- crosspatches — Plural form of crosspatch.
- cryptogamist — a botanist specializing in the study of cryptogams
- cryptogamous — Of or pertaining to the cryptogams.
- cryptomerias — Plural form of cryptomeria.
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
- cryptomonads — Plural form of cryptomonad.
- deaspiration — the act of deaspirating
- demographers — Plural form of demographer.
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- demographies — the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations.
- depilatories — Plural form of depilatory.
- deportations — Plural form of deportation.
- depositaries — Plural form of depositary.
- depredations — the act of preying upon or plundering; robbery; ravage.
- deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
- desaparecido — one who has disappeared: used, especially in Latin America, in referring to a person who has been secretly imprisoned or killed during a government's program of political suppression.
- despotocracy — the rule by a despot or despots; the power of despots
- diastrophism — the process of movement and deformation of the earth's crust that gives rise to large-scale features such as continents, ocean basins, and mountains
- dictatorship — Dictatorship is government by a dictator.
- dinosaur pen — A traditional mainframe computer room complete with raised flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers. See boa.
- disapproving — Expressing an unfavorable opinion.
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- discographic — of or relating to a discography
- discorporate — Having no material body.
- disoperation — a relationship between two organisms in a community that is harmful to both
- disopyramide — a substance, C 21 H 29 N 3 O, used in its phosphate form in the symptomatic and prophylactic treatment of certain cardiac arrhythmias.
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- dispropriate — to deprive of ownership
- door scraper — a small horizontal bar fixed to the ground near a door where visitors can scrape mud from their shoes before entering
- double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
- draftsperson — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, especially in an architectural or engineering firm.
- drapery shop — a shop selling fabrics and sewing materials
- dropped seat — a seat of a chair or the like, having a front dished so as to be lower than the sides or back.
- dual-purpose — serving two functions.
- eavesdropped — Simple past tense and past participle of eavesdrop.
- eavesdropper — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- ectoparasite — an external parasite (opposed to endoparasite).
- edaphosaurus — Any of several dinosaurs of the family Edaphosauridae, from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, that had a distinctive dorsal sail or crest.
- ellipsograph — an instrument that draws ellipses
- emancipators — Plural form of emancipator.
- endoparasite — A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.
- entoplastral — relating to an entoplastron
- entoplastron — the median plate of a turtle's plastron