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

  • psittacosis — a rickettsial disease affecting birds of the parrot family, pigeons, and domestic fowl, caused by the chlamydia Chlamydia psittaci and transmissible to humans.
  • psittacotic — of or relating to psittacosis
  • psychagogue — a necromancer
  • psychedelia — the realm or artifacts of psychedelic drugs, art, writings, or the like.
  • psychiatric — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
  • psychically — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
  • psychoanal. — psychoanalysis
  • psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences
  • psychodrama — a method of group psychotherapy in which participants take roles in improvisational dramatizations of emotionally charged situations.
  • psychograph — Psychology. a graph indicating the relative strength of the personality traits of an individual.
  • psychomancy — occult communication between souls or with spirits.
  • psychopathy — a mental disorder in which an individual manifests amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.
  • public sale — auction (def 1).
  • punctualist — a person who is concerned with points of conduct
  • punicaceous — of or relating to the family Punicaceae, containing the pomegranates
  • purchasable — capable of being bought.
  • pyroclastic — composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic.
  • radarscopes — Plural form of radarscope.
  • rapid chess — a game of chess played within a fixed amount of time, usually 30 minutes per player for all moves.
  • rapscallion — a rascal; rogue; scamp.
  • recall slip — a printed piece of paper sent by library staff to a borrower's home address to remind them that a book is overdue
  • relandscape — to landscape again after a previous landscaping
  • repurchaser — to buy again; regain by purchase.
  • res publica — the state, republic, or commonwealth
  • respectable — worthy of respect or esteem; estimable; worthy: a respectable citizen.
  • respectably — worthy of respect or esteem; estimable; worthy: a respectable citizen.
  • rhapsodical — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
  • riesz space — a topological space in which sets containing one point are closed.
  • sales pitch — promotional talk
  • sample case — a handheld container of samples of products used by a salesperson to show potential customers what is available
  • sap orchard — sugarbush (def 2).
  • saponaceous — resembling soap; soapy.
  • sapotaceous — belonging to the Sapotaceae, the sapodilla family of plants.
  • sapphic ode — Horatian ode.
  • saprobiotic — saprobic
  • saprophytic — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
  • sarcophagal — related to or depicted on sarcophagi
  • sarcophagus — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
  • scalpriform — chisel-shaped, as the incisors of certain rodents.
  • scape wheel — escape wheel.
  • scapigerous — having a scape or leafless stalk
  • scarlet cup — a small, fleshy, saucer-shaped fungus, Sarcoscypha coccinea, of the family Sarcoscyphaceae, marked by a scarlet inner surface and white exterior, seen on fallen branches in the spring.
  • scatter pin — a woman's small ornamental pin, usually worn with other similar pins on a dress, suit jacket, etc.
  • scenography — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
  • scent spray — perfume that comes in an aerosol bottle
  • sceuophylax — a keeper of sacred vessels
  • schizopodal — pertaining to a split-foot or appendage
  • scholarship — learning; knowledge acquired by study; the academic attainments of a scholar.
  • schwarzkopfElisabeth, 1915–2006, German soprano, born in Poland.
  • scolopendra — a member of a genus of centipedes belonging to the Scolopendridae family
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