11-letter words containing c, l, i, p, t
- speculative — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
- spiculation — formation into spicules.
- spondylitic — inflammation of the vertebrae.
- stock split — the act or result of splitting stock
- stockpiling — the activity of acquiring and storing a large quantity of something
- subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
- supplicavit — a mandatory writ formerly issued from the King's Bench or Court of Chancery
- susceptible — admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
- suspectible — to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.
- switch plug — a plug, as for an electric iron, equipped with an on-off switch.
- technophile — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
- technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
- tegucigalpa — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
- telegraphic — of or relating to the telegraph.
- telescoping — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
- telescopist — someone who is adept with a telescope
- telescopium — an inconspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere, close to Sagittarius and Ara
- temple city — a town in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- term policy — a policy whose period of coverage is in excess of one year, usually paying a reduced premium rate, as in fire insurance.
- the capitol — the main building of the US Congress
- tickle pink — to please greatly
- top slicing — mining of thick orebodies in a series of stopes from top to bottom, the roof being caved with its timbers as each stope is exhausted.
- toploftical — having a superior or disdainful attitude; toplofty
- tricuspidal — having three cusps
- triplicated — replicated three times
- trophically — of or relating to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes.
- tropicality — pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics, especially the humid tropics: tropical flowers.
- tropicalize — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- tulip chair — an armchair designed by Eero Saarinen in 1956, having a contoured seat of molded plastic supported by a slender, stemlike pedestal of plastic-covered cast metal that terminates in a large, flat, round foot.
- turcopolier — during the Crusades, an officer in charge of a section of turcopoles
- typicalness — of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
- typological — the doctrine or study of types or prefigurative symbols, especially in scriptural literature.
- unapostolic — not apostolic; not related to or characteristic of the early Christian apostles or their subsequent apostles
- uncompliant — complying; obeying, obliging, or yielding, especially in a submissive way: a man with a compliant nature.
- unpolitical — not politically oriented or organized
- unpractical — not practical; impractical; lacking practical usefulness or wisdom.
- untypically — in a manner that is not typical
- usucaptible — able to be taken possession of
- whitechapel — a district in E London, England.
- xenoplastic — involving distantly related individuals
- xi particle — any of a family of baryons having strangeness −2 and isotopic spin ½. Symbol: Ξ.
- xiphocostal — Pertaining to the xiphoid process and the ribs.