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11-letter words containing h, o, p, e, s

  • spider hole — a foxhole with a camouflaged lid or cover in which a sniper hides
  • spirochaete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
  • sponge bath — a bath in which the bather is cleaned by a wet sponge or washcloth dipped in water, without getting into a tub of water.
  • spot height — the elevation of a certain point.
  • 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.
  • stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
  • stepbrother — one's stepfather's son or stepmother's son by a previous marriage.
  • stephanotis — any vine belonging to the genus Stephanotis, of the milkweed family, having fragrant, waxy, white flowers and leathery leaves.
  • stereograph — a single or double picture for a stereoscope.
  • stereophony — the state or condition of being stereophonic.
  • stethoscope — an instrument used in auscultation to convey sounds in the chest or other parts of the body to the ear of the examiner.
  • stone sheep — a wild sheep found in the Yukon and the northern Rocky Mountains
  • sulphureous — of the yellow colour of sulphur
  • supergrowth — exceptional growth; very rapid growth
  • superheroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
  • superschool — a large school
  • supersmooth — exceptionally smooth
  • surgeonship — the position or responsibility of a surgeon
  • symphonette — a small symphony orchestra that usually specializes in playing short, familiar classical works or salon music.
  • technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
  • technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
  • telephonist — a telephone switchboard operator.
  • telesphorus — pope a.d. 125?–136?.
  • terpsichore — Classical Mythology. the Muse of dancing and choral song.
  • the proteas — the national cricket team of South Africa
  • the support — an actor or group of actors playing subordinate roles
  • the tropics — that part of the earth's surface between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn; the Torrid Zone
  • the vapours — a depressed mental condition believed originally to be the result of vaporous exhalations from the stomach
  • theophagous — relating to theophagy or the practice of symbolically consuming the body of God or a god
  • theophanous — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
  • theophobist — a person who fears or despises God or religion
  • theopneusty — divine inspiration; the influence of God's spirit enabling humans to receive a divine truth
  • theosophist — any of various forms of philosophical or religious thought based on a mystical insight into the divine nature.
  • theosophize — to practise theosophy or to think theosophically
  • thermoscope — a device that indicates a change in temperature, esp one that does not measure the actual temperature
  • tool pusher — A tool pusher is someone who supervises drilling operations on an oil rig.
  • troposphere — the lowest layer of the atmosphere, 6 miles (10 km) high in some areas and as much as 12 miles (20 km) high in others, within which there is a steady drop in temperature with increasing altitude and within which nearly all cloud formations occur and weather conditions manifest themselves.
  • upholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
  • upholsterer — a person whose business it is to upholster furniture and, sometimes, to furnish and put in place hangings, curtains, carpets, etc.
  • upholstress — a female upholsterer
  • upper house — one of two branches of a legislature generally smaller and less representative than the lower branch, as the Senate of the U.S. Congress.
  • vaivodeship — the position or office of a vaivode
  • vapor phase — In its vapor phase a substance can be condensed to a liquid or to a solid by increasing its pressure without reducing the temperature.
  • voivodeship — the area which is governed by a voivode
  • welsh poppy — a poppy, Meconopsis cambrica, of western Europe, having pale-green, slightly hairy foliage and pale-yellow flowers.
  • whistlestop — (US, dated) A minor railway station at which a train would stop if requested.
  • whole snipe — the common snipe. See under snipe (def 1).
  • witherspoon — John, 1723–94, U.S. theologian and statesman, born in Scotland.
  • workshopper — a person who has a workshop, especially in a home, for working with tools, usually as a hobby.
  • worshipable — Capable of being worshiped; worthy of veneration.
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