11-letter words containing e, p, i, s, u
- prostituted — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- protrusible — able to be thrust outwards
- prussianize — to make Prussian, as in character, method, organization, etc.
- pseudologia — a psychological condition in which a patient tells elaborate, false stories believing them to be true
- pseudopodia — pseudopod.
- pseudoprime — A backgammon prime (six consecutive occupied points) with one point missing. This term is an esoteric pun derived from a mathematical method that, rather than determining precisely whether a number is prime (has no divisors), uses a statistical technique to decide whether the number is "probably" prime. A number that passes this test is called a pseudoprime. The hacker backgammon usage stems from the idea that a pseudoprime is almost as good as a prime: it does the job of a prime until proven otherwise, and that probably won't happen.
- pubic louse — See under louse (def 1).
- public sale — auction (def 1).
- publicities — extensive mention in the news media or by word of mouth or other means of communication.
- publishable — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
- publishment — publication.
- puckishness — the state of being puckish
- puerilities — the state or quality of being a child.
- pump prices — petrol prices
- pumpkinseed — the seed of the pumpkin.
- punicaceous — of or relating to the family Punicaceae, containing the pomegranates
- punji stake — a sharp bamboo stake concealed in high grass at an angle so as to gash the feet and legs of enemy soldiers and often coated with excrement so as to cause an infected wound.
- pupil nurse — a nurse who is still undergoing medical training
- purse seine — a large net towed, usually by two boats, that encloses a school of fish and is then closed at the bottom by means of a line resembling the string formerly used to draw shut the neck of a money pouch or purse
- purse-seine — to fish using a purse seine.
- putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- quintuplets — Plural form of quintuplet.
- repetiteuse — a female repetiteur, one who rehearses opera singers
- repetitious — full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.
- republisher — a person who republishes
- res publica — the state, republic, or commonwealth
- ruby spinel — a deep red, transparent variety of spinel, used as a gem.
- rupes altai — a mountain range in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 315 miles (507 km) long.
- sapiosexual — a person who finds intelligence to be a sexually attractive quality in others.
- scapigerous — having a scape or leafless stalk
- scrip issue — an issue of free shares distributed pro rata to existing stockholders instead of a dividend.
- semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
- sempervivum — any of various succulent plants belonging to the genus Sempervivum, of the stonecrop family, having leaves in dense basal rosettes and a compact, flat-topped cluster of flowers, and including the houseleek, S. tectorum, and other commonly cultivated species.
- 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.
- septiferous — in possession of a septum or partition
- serpiginous — (formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
- sesquipedal — given to using long words.
- 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.
- shipbuilder — a person whose occupation is the designing or constructing of ship.
- specialogue — a mail-order catalogue aimed at a specific group of customers
- 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.
- sphaeridium — a round body found on sea urchins
- spice route — an ancient trade route followed by merchants, importers and exporters trading in exotic spices such as cloves and cinnamon
- spinel ruby — ruby spinel.