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12-letter words containing s, p, r

  • athwartships — from one side to the other of a vessel at right angles to the keel
  • atmospherics — Atmospherics are elements in something such as a piece of music or a book which create a certain atmosphere.
  • atmospherium — an optical system used to simulate images of atmospheric phenomena, as cloud formations, storms, and day and night, on the inside of a dome.
  • attorneyship — The office or profession of an attorney.
  • australopith — (archaeology, anthropology, paleonotology) Of or pertaining to the extinct hominid primates, of the genus Australopithecus, from the Pleistocene period.
  • autoexposure — A device that sets the exposure automatically on a camera or other piece of equipment.
  • automorphism — the practice of seeing others as having the same characteristics as oneself
  • b-s particle — a neutral meson with a mass 10,507 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.6 X 10 -12 seconds.
  • bachelorship — the state of being a bachelor; bachelorhood
  • back-slapper — the practice of making a loud and effusive display of friendliness, cordiality, etc., as by slapping persons on the back.
  • backpressure — a resistant pressure exerted by liquid or gas against the forward motion or flow of an exhaust or pipe system: Careful control of backpressure ensures an even supply of oil from the well.
  • bald cypress — a tree, Taxodium distichum, of swampy areas of the southern U.S., having featherlike needles and cone-shaped projections growing up from the roots, yielding a hardwood used in construction, shipbuilding, etc.
  • bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
  • baptisteries — Plural form of baptistery.
  • barophoresis — the diffusion of suspended particles at a rate dependent on external forces
  • base pairing — the hydrogen bonding that occurs between complementary nitrogenous bases in the two polynucleotide chains of a DNA molecule
  • base-pairing — the process of binding separate DNA sequences by base pairs.
  • basidiocarps — Plural form of basidiocarp.
  • basidiospore — one of the spores, usually four in number, produced in a basidium
  • bathyspheres — Plural form of bathysphere.
  • beamsplitter — Alternative spelling of beam splitter.
  • bean sprouts — the sprouts of newly germinated mung beans, eaten as a vegetable, esp in Chinese dishes
  • beauty strip — a narrow forest corridor left uncut alongside a road or body of water.
  • bernese alps — a mountain range in SW Switzerland, the N central part of the Alps. Highest peak: Finsteraarhorn, 4274 m (14 022 ft)
  • bernina alps — a mountain group in SE Switzerland, extending from the Rhateian Alps on the Italian border. Highest peak, Piz Bernina, 13,304 feet (4055 meters).
  • bernina pass — a pass in the Alps between SE Switzerland and N Italy, east of Piz Bernina. Height: 2323 m (7622 ft)
  • bird-spotter — a bird-watcher
  • black papers — unofficial papers criticizing government policy
  • black spruce — a coniferous tree, Picea mariana, of the northern regions of North America, growing mostly in cold bogs and having dark green needles
  • blastosphere — blastula
  • blister pack — a type of packet in which small items are displayed and sold, consisting of a transparent dome of plastic or similar material mounted on a firm backing such as cardboard
  • blue springs — a town in W Missouri.
  • body repairs — repairs to the bodywork of cars
  • booster pump — A booster pump is a pump which is used where pressure is low and needs to be increased.
  • boot-scraper — a contraption consisting of an upright metal shape formerly placed outside some houses to enable people to scrape the mud from their boots before going in
  • brass plaque — a brass plate screwed to a wall or other structure and engraved with a name or other information, esp to commemorate an important event
  • breastplough — a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used to pare turf
  • brenner pass — a pass over the E Alps, between Austria and Italy. Highest point: 1372 m (4501 ft)
  • bright spark — If you say that some bright spark had a particular idea or did something, you mean that their idea or action was clever, or that it seemed clever but was silly in some way.
  • brine shrimp — any of a genus (Artemia) of small fairy shrimp found in salt lakes and marshes and used as living, frozen, or dried food in aquariums
  • brinkmanship — Brinkmanship is a method of behaviour, especially in politics, in which you deliberately get into dangerous situations which could result in disaster but which could also bring success.
  • bronchoscope — an instrument for examining and providing access to the interior of the bronchial tubes
  • bronchoscopy — an examination by means of a bronchoscope.
  • bronchospasm — an abnormal contraction of the bronchi resulting in restriction of the airway
  • buck's party — a party for men only, esp one held for a man before he is married
  • butcher shop — a shop in which meat, poultry, and sometimes fish are sold.
  • buying spree — the hurried acquisition by a company, of goods, assets, or other companies
  • bypass ratio — the ratio of the amount of air that bypasses the combustion chambers of an aircraft gas turbine to that passing through them
  • camelopardus — a faint extensive constellation in the N hemisphere close to Ursa Major and Cassiopeia
  • cameraperson — a camera operator
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