11-letter words containing a, s, o, p, t, c
- postal card — a card sold by the post office with a stamp already printed on it.
- postal code — British. postcode.
- postcranial — located posterior to the head.
- postcubital — Anatomy, Zoology. pertaining to, involving, or situated near the cubitus.
- postglacial — after a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.
- postvocalic — immediately following a vowel.
- precautious — using or displaying precaution: a precautious reply; a precautious person.
- pro-fascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
- psittacosis — a rickettsial disease affecting birds of the parrot family, pigeons, and domestic fowl, caused by the chlamydia Chlamydia psittaci and transmissible to humans.
- psittacotic — of or relating to psittacosis
- psychopathy — a mental disorder in which an individual manifests amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.
- pyroclastic — composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic.
- sapotaceous — belonging to the Sapotaceae, the sapodilla family of plants.
- saprobiotic — saprobic
- saprophytic — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- scotch snap — a rhythmic pattern consisting of a short note followed by a long one
- scotch tape — clear adhesive tape
- scotch-tape — to fasten or mend with Scotch tape.
- scriptorial — of or relating to a scriptorium
- scyphistoma — a stage in the life cycle of a jellyfish or other scyphozoan when it is fixed in place and reproduces asexually to produce free-swimming medusas.
- shoot craps — to play this game
- sociopathic — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
- sophistical — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- spasmolytic — of or noting spasmolysis.
- spathaceous — of the nature of or resembling a spathe.
- spatterdock — any of various water lilies of the genus Nuphar, having globular yellow flowers and growing in lakes or sluggish streams, especially N. advena, of the eastern U.S.
- spectrogram — a representation or photograph of a spectrum.
- speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- speculatory — a place suitable for observation
- spermatoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- spiculation — formation into spicules.
- 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.
- spodomantic — relating to spodomancy
- sporadicity — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- 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.
- subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
- superoctave — an organ stop two octaves above the standard pitch
- support act — a band or entertainer not topping the bill
- supracostal — above the rib
- sycophantic — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- symptomatic — pertaining to a symptom or symptoms.
- syncopation — Music. a shifting of the normal accent, usually by stressing the normally unaccented beats.
- syncopative — relating to syncopation
- technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
- tonic spasm — Pathology. a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations (clonic spasm)
- townscaping — the act of designing a town
- triceratops — any of various dinosaurs of the genus Triceratops, of the late Cretaceous Period, having a bony crest on the neck, a long horn over each eye, and a shorter horn on the nose.
- unapostolic — not apostolic; not related to or characteristic of the early Christian apostles or their subsequent apostles