11-letter words containing l, e, p, s
- superseller — an item that sells in large quantities
- supersleuth — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
- supersubtle — extremely or excessively subtle; oversubtle.
- supertitles — (especially in opera production) a translation of a segment of the libretto or other text or sometimes a brief summary of the plot projected onto a screen above the stage during a performance.
- supervirile — highly virile
- supervisual — of or relating to seeing or sight: a visual image.
- supervolute — (of convolute leaves) enveloping a rolled up leaf within the bud
- supper club — a nightclub, especially a small, luxurious one.
- supply line — A supply line is a route along which goods and equipment are transported to an army during a war.
- supply-side — of or relating to a theory that stresses the reduction of taxes, especially for those of higher income, as a means of encouraging business investment and growth and stabilizing the economy.
- supportable — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- surpassable — to go beyond in amount, extent, or degree; be greater than; exceed.
- susceptible — admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
- suspectable — that could be suspected
- suspectedly — so as to arouse suspicion
- suspectible — to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.
- suspendible — to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
- suspenseful — a state or condition of mental uncertainty or excitement, as in awaiting a decision or outcome, usually accompanied by a degree of apprehension or anxiety.
- suspensible — capable of being suspended.
- swamp blues — a style of slow blues originating in Louisiana
- swamp maple — red maple.
- swash plate — an inclined circular plate on a rotating shaft for transferring force and motion to or from parts reciprocating in a direction parallel to the axis of shaft rotation.
- sympetalous — gamopetalous.
- symptomless — having or showing no symptoms.
- synsepalous — gamosepalous.
- teaspoonful — the amount a teaspoon can hold.
- technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
- telepathist — a student of or believer in telepathy.
- telephonist — a telephone switchboard operator.
- teles pires — a river in central Brazil, flowing NW to the Tapajos River. 600 miles (965 km) long.
- 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.
- telescopist — someone who is adept with a telescope
- telescopium — an inconspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere, close to Sagittarius and Ara
- telesphorus — pope a.d. 125?–136?.
- ten's place — ten (def 6).
- terpeneless — (originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C 10 H 16 , obtained from plants.
- thesis play — a play that develops or defends a particular thesis.
- timepleaser — a timeserver.
- toilet soap — a mild and usually perfumed soap for washing the hands and face and for bathing.
- tool pusher — A tool pusher is someone who supervises drilling operations on an oil rig.
- topless bar — a bar in which barmaids or waitresses work naked from the waist up
- townspeople — residents of a town
- transalpine — situated beyond the Alps, especially toward the north as viewed from Italy.
- tripersonal — consisting of or existing in three persons, as the Godhead.
- 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.
- trisulphide — any sulphide containing three sulphur atoms per molecule
- turtle soup — soup made from turtle flesh, usually of the green turtle
- twelve step — of or based on a program for recovery from addiction originating with Alcoholics Anonymous and providing 12 progressive levels toward attainment.