11-letter words containing c, o, l, n, s, p
- proconsular — Roman History. an official, usually a former consul, who acted as governor or military commander of a province, and who had powers similar to those of a consul.
- prosiliency — prominence
- psychoanal. — psychoanalysis
- punctilious — extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
- rapscallion — a rascal; rogue; scamp.
- 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.
- scorpionfly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
- sipunculoid — a member of the group Sipunculoidea
- soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
- speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- spiculation — formation into spicules.
- spinal cord — the cord of nerve tissue extending through the spinal canal of the spinal column.
- splenectomy — excision or removal of the spleen.
- spondulicks — money; cash.
- spondylitic — inflammation of the vertebrae.
- spring lock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
- stockpiling — the activity of acquiring and storing a large quantity of something
- suspicional — of or relating to suspicion, especially morbid or insane suspicions.
- technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
- 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.
- 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.
- unapostolic — not apostolic; not related to or characteristic of the early Christian apostles or their subsequent apostles
- xenoplastic — involving distantly related individuals