11-letter words containing e, n, s, p, u
- pushfulness — the quality of being offensively assertive or forceful
- putrescence — becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
- pythonesque — denoting a kind of humour that is absurd and unpredictable; zany; surreal
- quintuplets — Plural form of quintuplet.
- resuspended — to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
- ruby spinel — a deep red, transparent variety of spinel, used as a gem.
- saponaceous — resembling soap; soapy.
- screen dump — the act or process of printing or saving the graphical or textual data displayed on a computer screen.
- scuppernong — a silvery amber-green variety of muscadine grape.
- sempiternum — a type of durable woollen fabric popular in the 17th century
- septenarius — a verse consisting of seven feet, usually printed in two lines: used especially in Latin poems.
- serpiginous — (formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
- sesquiplane — a biplane having one wing with not more than half the surface area of the other wing.
- shine up to — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
- snap course — an academic course that can be passed with a minimum of effort.
- sneak up on — If someone sneaks up on you, they try and approach you without being seen or heard, perhaps to surprise you or do you harm.
- soup tureen — a large bowl with a lid, from which soup is served at the table
- 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.
- sperm count — the number of spermatozoa in an amount of semen, used as an indication of a man's fertility
- spinel ruby — ruby spinel.
- spiniferous — (esp of plants) bearing spines or thorns
- spitzenburg — any of several red or yellow varieties of apple that ripen in the autumn.
- splendorous — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
- spontaneous — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- sporogenous — of or relating to spores or spore production.
- springhouse — a small storehouse built over a spring or part of a brook, for keeping such foods as meat and dairy products cool and fresh.
- 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.
- studentship — the state or condition of being a student.
- subpoenaing — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- substance p — a small peptide released upon stimulation in the nervous system and involved in regulation of the pain threshold.
- suckerpunch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
- sun prairie — a town in S Wisconsin.
- superabound — to abound beyond something else.
- superagency — a very large agency, especially a large government agency that oversees smaller ones.
- superaltern — a universal proposition that is the basis for the immediate inference of a corresponding particular proposition.
- superceding — supersede.
- supercenter — a very large shopping centre or complex
- superdainty — very dainty
- superharden — harden (def 6).
- superinduce — to bring in or induce as an added feature, circumstance, etc.; superimpose.
- superinfect — to infect further with an additional infection
- superintend — to oversee and direct (work, processes, etc.).
- superjacent — lying above or upon something else.
- superlunary — situated above or beyond the moon.
- supermodern — highly modern
- supernatant — floating above or on the surface.
- supernation — a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.
- supernature — the supernatural