11-letter words containing c, o, p, i, l
- ptyalagogic — saliva-inducing
- pubic louse — See under louse (def 1).
- public good — benefit of all people
- public room — a lounge or other room that is open to all, especially in a hotel or on a ship.
- publication — the act of publishing a book, periodical, map, piece of music, engraving, or the like.
- punchinello — a grotesque or absurd chief character in a puppet show of Italian origin: the prototype of Punch.
- punctilious — extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
- pyroclastic — composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic.
- rapscallion — a rascal; rogue; scamp.
- replication — a reply; answer.
- rhapsodical — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- riot police — police armed against public disorder
- scalpriform — chisel-shaped, as the incisors of certain rodents.
- schizopodal — pertaining to a split-foot or appendage
- scholarship — learning; knowledge acquired by study; the academic attainments of a scholar.
- school ship — a vessel used in training students for nautical careers.
- school trip — educational outing
- 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.
- scopophilic — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
- 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.
- scotophilic — living and flourishing in darkness.
- scripholder — a person who owns a scrip or scrips
- scripophile — a person who practices scripophily.
- scripophily — the collecting by hobbyists of old stock certificates and bonds that have no intrinsic value other than their aesthetic appeal or relative rarity.
- scriptorial — of or relating to a scriptorium
- sipunculoid — a member of the group Sipunculoidea
- slit pocket — a pocket on the underside of a garment, reached through a vertical opening
- social wasp — any of several wasps, as the hornets or yellowjackets, that live together in a community.
- soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
- solipsistic — of or characterized by solipsism, or the theory that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist: Her treatment philosophy dealt with madness as a complete, self-contained, solipsistic world that sane people are not able to enter.
- sophistical — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- spasmolytic — of or noting spasmolysis.
- specialogue — a mail-order catalogue aimed at a specific group of customers
- 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.
- spondulicks — money; cash.
- spondylitic — inflammation of the vertebrae.
- spring lock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
- 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.
- suspicional — of or relating to suspicion, especially morbid or insane suspicions.
- 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
- 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
- term policy — a policy whose period of coverage is in excess of one year, usually paying a reduced premium rate, as in fire insurance.