11-letter words containing c, s, p
- inscriptive — of, relating to, or of the nature of an inscription.
- insculpture — an inscription or carving
- inspectable — to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
- inspections — Plural form of inspection.
- intercampus — the grounds, often including the buildings, of a college, university, or school.
- interspaced — Simple past tense and past participle of interspace.
- interspaces — Plural form of interspace.
- intersplice — (transitive) To splice between; to intercut (e.g. a scene in a film).
- ionospheric — Of or pertaining to the ionosphere.
- isapostolic — contemporaneous with, or equal to, the twelve apostles
- isenthalpic — pertaining to or characterized by constant enthalpy.
- isocephalic — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- isophthalic — Of or pertaining to isophthalic acid and its derivatives.
- isospectral — (mathematics) Having the same spectrum.
- issue price — The issue price of shares is the price at which they are offered for sale when they first become available to the public.
- joe sixpack — Slang. the average or typical blue-collar man.
- john scopes — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- justaucorps — a fitted, knee-length coat, characterized by wide turned-back cuffs and stiff flared skirts, worn especially by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- justiceship — the office of a justice.
- keratoscope — an instrument, as Placido's disk, for determining the symmetry of the curvature of the cornea.
- keratoscopy — an instrument, as Placido's disk, for determining the symmetry of the curvature of the cornea.
- kiloparsecs — Plural form of kiloparsec.
- kinetoscope — an early motion-picture device, invented by Edison, in which the film passed behind a peephole for viewing by a single viewer.
- kleptocrats — Plural form of kleptocrat.
- knoop scale — a scale of hardness based on the indentation made in the material to be tested by a diamond point.
- landscapers — Plural form of landscaper.
- landscaping — a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
- landscapist — an artist who paints landscapes.
- laparoscope — a flexible fiberoptic instrument, passed through a small incision in the abdominal wall and equipped with biopsy forceps, an obturator, scissors or the like, with which to examine the abdominal cavity or perform minor surgery.
- laparoscopy — examination of the abdominal cavity or performance of minor abdominal surgery using a laparoscope.
- lapidescent — in the process of changing into stone
- lasiocampid — (zoology) Any member of the Lasiocampidae.
- leap second — Coordinated Universal Time
- lectureship — the office of lecturer.
- leprechauns — a dwarf or sprite.
- letterspace — to space out (the letters of a word or line) for balance or emphasis.
- leucoplasia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.
- leucoplasts — Plural form of leucoplast.
- lex scripta — written law; statute law.
- lickspittle — a contemptible, fawning person; a servile flatterer or toady.
- lip service — insincere expression of friendship, admiration, support, etc.; service by words only: He paid only lip service to the dictator.
- liposarcoma — (medicine) Any malignant tumour that originates in adipose tissue.
- liposuction — the surgical withdrawal of excess fat from local areas under the skin by means of a small incision and vacuum suctioning.
- local stamp — stamp (def 22).
- lockkeepers — Plural form of lockkeeper.
- long splice — a splice for forming a united rope narrow enough to pass through a block, made by unlaying the ends of two ropes for a considerable distance, overlapping the strands so as to make pairs of one strand from each rope, unlaying one of each pair, twisting the other strand into its place in the united rope, and tucking the yarns of the unlaid strand separately into place.
- loop stitch — any stitch, as the chain stitch, that uses loops in the pattern or process of working.
- lotusscript — (language) A Visual BASIC-like scripting language for Lotus Notes and Lotus SmartSuite. LotusScript is object-oriented and can be used for complex Notes programming, although Java is also available.
- lumpsuckers — Plural form of lumpsucker.
- lunarscapes — Plural form of lunarscape.