11-letter words containing c, r, o, s, p, t
- scrumptious — very pleasing, especially to the senses; delectable; splendid: a scrumptious casserole; a scrumptious satin gown.
- shoot craps — to play this game
- 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.
- spectrology — the study of ghosts, phantoms, or apparitions.
- speculatory — a place suitable for observation
- spent force — If you refer to someone who used to be powerful as a spent force, you mean that they no longer have any power or influence.
- sperm count — the number of spermatozoa in an amount of semen, used as an indication of a man's fertility
- spermatoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermotoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- spice route — an ancient trade route followed by merchants, importers and exporters trading in exotic spices such as cloves and cinnamon
- spin doctor — Slang. a press agent skilled at spin control.
- 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.
- sporadicity — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- sporocystic — of or like a sporocyst
- stauroscope — an optical instrument for studying the crystal structure of minerals under polarized light
- step rocket — a multistage rocket that discards burned-out stages.
- stereoptics — the branch of stereoscopy that is concerned with optics
- stereoscope — an optical instrument through which two pictures of the same object, taken from slightly different points of view, are viewed, one by each eye, producing the effect of a single picture of the object, with the appearance of depth or relief.
- stereoscopy — the study of the stereoscope and its techniques.
- stereotypic — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- stock power — a power of attorney permitting a person other than the owner of stock in a corporation to transfer the title of ownership to a third party.
- stockkeeper — a person responsible for inventorying and monitoring stock levels
- stop chorus — a solo during which the rhythm section plays only the first beat of each phrase of music
- stroboscope — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- sub-product — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
- sub-project — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- 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
- terpsichore — Classical Mythology. the Muse of dancing and choral song.
- the tropics — that part of the earth's surface between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn; the Torrid Zone
- thermoscope — a device that indicates a change in temperature, esp one that does not measure the actual temperature
- torpescence — the state or quality of being torpescent or torpid
- 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.
- unisotropic — Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes. Compare anisotropic (def 1).
- vectorscope — a waveform monitor which measures audio and video signals