11-letter words containing e, s, p, o, u, i
- prosecution — Law. the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on.
- prosecutrix — a female prosecutor or plaintiff
- prostituted — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- protrusible — able to be thrust outwards
- 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).
- punicaceous — of or relating to the family Punicaceae, containing the pomegranates
- repetitious — full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.
- sapiosexual — a person who finds intelligence to be a sexually attractive quality in others.
- scapigerous — having a scape or leafless stalk
- semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
- septiferous — in possession of a septum or partition
- serpiginous — (formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
- shine up to — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
- specialogue — a mail-order catalogue aimed at a specific group of customers
- speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- spice route — an ancient trade route followed by merchants, importers and exporters trading in exotic spices such as cloves and cinnamon
- spiniferous — (esp of plants) bearing spines or thorns
- spiriferous — having a spire or spiral parts.
- spore fruit — a spore-bearing structure, as an ascoscarp; sporocarp.
- sporiferous — bearing spores.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- 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.
- suboptimize — to use in a way that is less than optimal
- 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.
- subprioress — a nun junior to a prioress
- superegoist — an exceptionally selfish or self-centred person; someone who is very self-important
- superheroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- superimpose — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
- superiority — the quality or condition of being superior.
- 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.
- superpolite — extremely polite
- superprofit — above-average profits gained through enterprise
- supersonics — the branch of science that deals with supersonic phenomena.
- supervision — the act or function of supervising; superintendence.
- supervisory — of, relating to, or having supervision.
- suppositive — of the nature of or involving supposition; suppositional.
- suppression — the act of suppressing.
- surgeonship — the position or responsibility of a surgeon
- telescopium — an inconspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere, close to Sagittarius and Ara
- temptatious — enticing or illicitly desirable
- torpedinous — of, relating to, or resembling a torpedo
- tripetalous — having three petals.
- triptolemus — a favorite of Demeter and the inventor of the plow and patron of agriculture, connected with the Eleusinian mysteries.
- trisepalous — having three sepals.
- trispermous — having three seeds.
- undeposited — to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account: He deposited his paycheck every Friday.
- undespoiled — (of nature, land, etc.) not damaged or despoiled; pristine