11-letter words containing a, c, e, p, t
- specialties — a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.
- specificate — a thing which is specified
- spectacular — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- spectrality — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- spectrogram — a representation or photograph of a spectrum.
- specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
- speculating — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- speculatist — a person who speculates
- speculative — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
- speculatory — a place suitable for observation
- speechcraft — the art of rhetoric
- spermatheca — a small sac or cavity in female or hermaphroditic invertebrates used to store sperm for fertilizing eggs, as in the queen bee.
- spermatoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- spirit cave — an archaeological site in Thailand that has produced evidence of very early plant domestication in Southeast Asia, dated c7000 b.c.
- spirochaete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- sprite crab — ghost crab.
- stanley cup — a trophy emblematic since 1926 of the championship of the National Hockey League, composed of Canadian and U.S. professional teams.
- stauroscope — an optical instrument for studying the crystal structure of minerals under polarized light
- steatopygic — extreme accumulation of fat on and about the buttocks, especially of women.
- steeplejack — a person who climbs steeples, towers, or the like, to build or repair them.
- stench trap — a trap in a sewer that by means of a water seal prevents the upward passage of foul-smelling gases
- step change — A step change is a sudden or major change in the way that something happens or the way that someone behaves.
- stepdancing — a dance emphasizing footwork or certain steps instead of other bodily gestures or movement
- sticky tape — adhesive strip
- streetscape — a pictorial view of a street.
- substance p — a small peptide released upon stimulation in the nervous system and involved in regulation of the pain threshold.
- superactive — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- superjacent — lying above or upon something else.
- superoctave — an organ stop two octaves above the standard pitch
- supremacist — a person who believes in or advocates the supremacy of a particular group, especially a racial group: a white supremacist.
- susceptance — the imaginary component of admittance, equal to the quotient of the negative of the reactance divided by the sum of the squares of the reactance and resistance. Symbol: B.
- suspectable — that could be suspected
- sympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
- syncopative — relating to syncopation
- tape-record — to record (speech, music, etc.) on magnetic tape.
- teachership — a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession; instructor.
- technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
- tegucigalpa — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
- tehuantepec — Isthmus of, an isthmus in S Mexico, between the Gulf of Tehuantepec and the Gulf of Campeche. 125 miles (200 km) wide at its narrowest point.
- telegraphic — of or relating to the telegraph.
- ten's place — ten (def 6).
- tennis camp — a camp that people go to in order to play and be taught tennis
- tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
- the capitol — the main building of the US Congress
- therapeutic — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
- third space — the coffee shop considered as an alternative to a bar or restaurant as a place to socialize outside the home
- thunderclap — a crash of thunder.
- ticker tape — the ribbon of paper on which a ticker prints quotations or news.
- touch paper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.