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

  • sonographer — a diagnostic technician who operates a sonograph
  • sophistries — Sophistries are clever arguments that sound convincing but are in fact false.
  • spathaceous — of the nature of or resembling a spathe.
  • speech form — linguistic form.
  • spermophile — any of various burrowing rodents of the squirrel family, especially of the genus Spermophilus (or Citellus), sometimes sufficiently numerous to do much damage to crops, as the ground squirrels and susliks.
  • spermophyte — spermatophyte.
  • spheroidize — to turn or be turned into spheroids
  • spherometer — an instrument for measuring the curvature of spheres and curved surfaces.
  • spheroplast — a Gram-negative bacterial cell with a cell wall that has been altered or is partly missing, resulting in a spherical shape.
  • sphingosine — a basic unsaturated amino alcohol, C 1 8 H 3 3 (OH) 2 NH 2 , produced by the hydrolysis of sphingomyelin or gangliosides.
  • 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.
  • taphephobia — an abnormal fear of being buried alive.
  • tcp theorem — the proposition that all the laws of physics are unchanged by the combined operations of charge conjugation (C), space inversion (P), and time reversal (T).
  • technophile — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
  • technophobe — abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced technology.
  • technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
  • technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
  • telephoning — an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, especially by an electric device.
  • telephonist — a telephone switchboard operator.
  • telesphorus — pope a.d. 125?–136?.
  • tenorrhaphy — suture of a tendon.
  • tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
  • terpsichore — Classical Mythology. the Muse of dancing and choral song.
  • thallophyte — any of the Thallophyta, a plant division in some older classification schemes, comprising algae, fungi, and lichens.
  • thaumatrope — a card with different pictures on opposite sides, as a horse on one side and a rider on the other, which appear as if combined when the card is twirled rapidly, thus illustrating the persistence of visual impressions.
  • the capitol — the main building of the US Congress
  • the dolphin — the constellation Delphinus
  • the nonpoor — people who are not poor
  • the prophet — among Muslims, Mohammed
  • the proteas — the national cricket team of South Africa
  • the support — an actor or group of actors playing subordinate roles
  • the top end — the northern part of the Northern Territory
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