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11-letter words containing c, a, p, s, o

  • schwarzkopf — Elisabeth, 1915–2006, German soprano, born in Poland.
  • scolopendra — a member of a genus of centipedes belonging to the Scolopendridae family
  • scopolamine — a colorless, syrupy, water-soluble alkaloid, C 1 7 H 2 1 NO 4 , obtained from certain plants of the nightshade family, used chiefly as a sedative and mydriatic and to alleviate the symptoms of motion sickness.
  • scopophilia — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
  • scopophobia — the fear of being observed
  • scorpaenoid — resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.
  • 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.
  • sea scallop — Also called giant scallop. a large scallop, Pecten magellanicus, of deep waters off the Atlantic coast of North America.
  • sea-poacher — poacher1 (def 2).
  • shoot craps — to play this game
  • sky compass — a device for taking a bearing by means of polarized sunlight when the sun is invisible.
  • snap course — an academic course that can be passed with a minimum of effort.
  • snow-capped — A snow-capped mountain is covered with snow at the top.
  • social wasp — any of several wasps, as the hornets or yellowjackets, that live together in a community.
  • sociography — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
  • 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.
  • space group — a set of symmetry elements that brings a periodic arrangement of points on a Bravais space lattice to its original position.
  • space opera — a television or radio drama or motion picture that is a science-fiction adventure story.
  • space probe — Aerospace. an unmanned spacecraft designed to explore the solar system and transmit data back to earth.
  • 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.
  • specialogue — a mail-order catalogue aimed at a specific group of customers
  • 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.
  • spinal cord — the cord of nerve tissue extending through the spinal canal of the spinal column.
  • 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
  • sponge cake — a light, sweet cake made with a comparatively large proportion of eggs but no shortening.
  • 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.
  • sub-company — subsidiary company.
  • 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
  • suspicional — of or relating to suspicion, especially morbid or insane suspicions.
  • sycophantic — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • symposiarch — the president, director, or master of a symposium.
  • symptomatic — pertaining to a symptom or symptoms.
  • syncopation — Music. a shifting of the normal accent, usually by stressing the normally unaccented beats.
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