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

  • singaporean — an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.
  • single tape — a ribbon of material, usually with a plastic base, coated on one side (single tape) or both sides (double tape) with a substance containing iron oxide, to make it sensitive to impulses from an electromagnet: used to record sound, images, data, etc.
  • single whip — an instrument for striking, as in driving animals or in punishing, typically consisting of a lash or other flexible part with a more rigid handle.
  • single-step — to perform a single instruction on (a program), generally under the control of a debug program
  • sinupallial — (of lamellibranchs) having an impression of the sinus on the pallium
  • siphonogamy — a mode of pollination in which pollen tubes develop to facilitate the passage of male cells to eggs
  • sipunculoid — a member of the group Sipunculoidea
  • six-pointer — a football match between two teams in similar positions in the league table, considered as being worth six points as it not only gains the winning team three points but denies three points to the losing team
  • ski jumping — a competitive event, included in the Nordic combined, in which a skier jumps from a ski jump, often traveling 230 to 300 feet (70 to 90 meters) in the air, with scores being based on both the skier's form and the distance of the jump.
  • ski-jumping — the sport or activity of (skiers) jumping from a high ramp overhanging a slope
  • skyscraping — of or like a skyscraper; very high: a skyscraping chimney.
  • sleep on it — contemplate sth overnight
  • small print — text typewritten in a small-sized font
  • smoke point — heat at which oil gives off smoke
  • snail-paced — slow of pace or motion, like a snail; sluggish.
  • sniperscope — a snooperscope designed for attaching to a rifle or carbine.
  • soda siphon — fizzy water dispenser
  • soft option — If you take the soft option, you do the thing that is easiest or least likely to cause trouble in a particular situation.
  • soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
  • sopping wet — soaked, dripping
  • spacefaring — space travel
  • spaghettini — pasta in the form of long thin strings
  • spallanzani — Lazzaro [lahd-dzah-raw] /ˈlɑd dzɑ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–99, Italian biologist.
  • spanakopita — a baked dish consisting of spinach, feta cheese, eggs, and scallions enclosed in layers of phyllo.
  • spanish fir — a species of fir native to S Spain and N Morocco, Abies pinsapo
  • spanish fly — Also called cantharides. a preparation of powdered blister beetles, especially the Spanish fly, used medicinally as a counterirritant, diuretic, and aphrodisiac.
  • sparklingly — in a sparkling manner
  • 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.
  • speedcoding — (language)   A pseudocode interpreter for mathematics on IBM 701 and IBM 650 written by John Backus in 1953.
  • spellbinder — a person or thing that spellbinds, especially a powerful speaker who can captivate an audience.
  • spendthrift — a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; prodigal.
  • spermatoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
  • spermotoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
  • sphingosine — a basic unsaturated amino alcohol, C 1 8 H 3 3 (OH) 2 NH 2 , produced by the hydrolysis of sphingomyelin or gangliosides.
  • sphinx moth — hawk moth.
  • spiculation — formation into spicules.
  • spider vein — one of a radiating network of dilated capillaries on the skin.
  • spin a yarn — If you say that someone spins a yarn, you mean that they tell a story that is not true, often an interesting or imaginative one.
  • spin bowler — a bowler who specializes in bowling balls with a spinning motion
  • spin doctor — Slang. a press agent skilled at spin control.
  • spin-drying — a technique for extracting water from clothes, linen, etc, by spinning them in a perforated drum
  • spinachlike — resembling or characteristic of spinach
  • spinal cord — the cord of nerve tissue extending through the spinal canal of the spinal column.
  • spindlelegs — (used with a plural verb) long, thin legs.
  • spinel ruby — ruby spinel.
  • spiniferous — (esp of plants) bearing spines or thorns
  • spinmeister — spin doctor.
  • spinsterdom — the state of being a spinster
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