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11-letter words containing i, n, c, p, t, s

  • scotophobin — a peptide isolated from the brains of rats conditioned to avoid darkness, alleged to induce a dark-avoidance response in untrained rats, mice, and other animals.
  • sculpturing — the act of sculpturing or carving
  • sea captain — the master of a seagoing vessel.
  • septic tank — a tank in which solid organic sewage is decomposed and purified by anaerobic bacteria.
  • serpentinic — of, relating to, or containing the mineral serpentine
  • soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
  • spec cint92 — (benchmark)   A benchmark suite from SPEC, which contains six benchmarks in C performing integer computations. They can be used to estimate the performance of CPU, memory system, and compiler code generation. The individual programs are Logic Design (2x), Interpreter, Data Compression, Spreadsheet. The approximate size of the suite is 85500 lines of source code without comments. The benchmark suite can be used either for speed measurement, resulting in SPEC ratios, or for throughput measurement, resulting in SPEC rates
  • 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.
  • spiculation — formation into spicules.
  • spin doctor — Slang. a press agent skilled at spin control.
  • spite fence — a wall or fence erected solely to annoy one's neighbor or lower the value of his or her property.
  • spodomantic — relating to spodomancy
  • spondylitic — inflammation of the vertebrae.
  • stepdancing — a dance emphasizing footwork or certain steps instead of other bodily gestures or movement
  • stickup man — a man who commits a stickup.
  • stockpiling — the activity of acquiring and storing a large quantity of something
  • stringpiece — a long, usually horizontal piece of timber, beam, etc., for strengthening, connecting, or supporting a framework.
  • sub-captain — a person who is at the head of or in authority over others; chief; leader.
  • suction cup — a cup-shaped object of rubber, glass, plastic, etc., which, by producing a partial vacuum, can be made to adhere to or draw something to a surface.
  • superinfect — to infect further with an additional infection
  • sycophantic — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • syncopation — Music. a shifting of the normal accent, usually by stressing the normally unaccented beats.
  • syncopative — relating to syncopation
  • synoptistic — relating to the work of a synoptist
  • technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
  • telescoping — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
  • tennis camp — a camp that people go to in order to play and be taught tennis
  • tonic spasm — Pathology. a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations (clonic spasm)
  • top slicing — mining of thick orebodies in a series of stopes from top to bottom, the roof being caved with its timbers as each stope is exhausted.
  • townscaping — the act of designing a town
  • transpierce — to pierce through; penetrate; pass through.
  • typecasting — the practice of casting an actor repeatedly in the same kind of role, esp because of his or physical appearance or previous success in such roles
  • typicalness — of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
  • unapostolic — not apostolic; not related to or characteristic of the early Christian apostles or their subsequent apostles
  • uninspected — to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
  • unisotropic — Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes. Compare anisotropic (def 1).
  • unpractised — not trained or skilled; inexpert: an unpracticed actor.
  • watchspring — the main spring inside a watch
  • xenoplastic — involving distantly related individuals
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