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

  • punch press — a power-driven machine used to cut, draw, or otherwise shape material, especially metal sheets, with dies, under pressure or by heavy blows.
  • punch spoon — a spoon having a pierced bowl and a barbed end for removing fruit, ice, etc., from punch.
  • punctilious — extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
  • 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.
  • putrescence — becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
  • putrescible — liable to become putrid.
  • repurchaser — to buy again; regain by purchase.
  • res publica — the state, republic, or commonwealth
  • saponaceous — resembling soap; soapy.
  • sapotaceous — belonging to the Sapotaceae, the sapodilla family of plants.
  • sarcophagus — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
  • 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.
  • sceuophylax — a keeper of sacred vessels
  • scrap value — what sth is worth for recycling or reuse
  • screen dump — the act or process of printing or saving the graphical or textual data displayed on a computer screen.
  • scrip issue — an issue of free shares distributed pro rata to existing stockholders instead of a dividend.
  • scriptorium — a room, as in a monastery, library, or other institution, where manuscripts are stored, read, or copied.
  • scripturism — the state of being versed in Scripture
  • scripturist — a person who obeys and is versed in the Scriptures
  • scrumptious — very pleasing, especially to the senses; delectable; splendid: a scrumptious casserole; a scrumptious satin gown.
  • scrupleless — a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
  • sculpturing — the act of sculpturing or carving
  • scuppernong — a silvery amber-green variety of muscadine grape.
  • sepulchrous — of the nature of a sepulchre
  • sipunculoid — a member of the group Sipunculoidea
  • slop bucket — slop pail.
  • snap course — an academic course that can be passed with a minimum of effort.
  • sock puppet — a hand puppet made out of a sock.
  • soup course — a part of a meal when soup is served
  • space group — a set of symmetry elements that brings a periodic arrangement of points on a Bravais space lattice to its original position.
  • spathaceous — of the nature of or resembling a spathe.
  • specialogue — a mail-order catalogue aimed at a specific group of customers
  • spectacular — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
  • specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
  • speculating — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
  • speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • speculatist — a person who speculates
  • speculative — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
  • speculatory — a place suitable for observation
  • sperm count — the number of spermatozoa in an amount of semen, used as an indication of a man's fertility
  • spice route — an ancient trade route followed by merchants, importers and exporters trading in exotic spices such as cloves and cinnamon
  • spiculation — formation into spicules.
  • spondulicks — money; cash.
  • spruce beer — a fermented beverage made with spruce leaves and twigs, or an extract from them.
  • spruce pine — a tall coniferous tree, Pinus glabra, of the southeastern U.S., having smooth, gray bark and needles in bundles of two.
  • stanley cup — a trophy emblematic since 1926 of the championship of the National Hockey League, composed of Canadian and U.S. professional teams.
  • static dump — a transfer of the contents of computer memory made at a time when the process is guaranteed to be inactive, as at the end of a routine.
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