11-letter words containing l, e, p, t, o
- slop bucket — slop pail.
- soft palate — Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
- soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
- spectrology — the study of ghosts, phantoms, or apparitions.
- speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- speculatory — a place suitable for observation
- spheroplast — a Gram-negative bacterial cell with a cell wall that has been altered or is partly missing, resulting in a spherical shape.
- spleenstone — a stone which was supposed to cure maladies of the spleen
- splenectomy — excision or removal of the spleen.
- splint bone — one of the rudimentary, splintlike metacarpal or metatarsal bones of the horse or some allied animal, one on each side of the back of each cannon bone.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- spotted owl — a dark-brown owl (Strix occidentalis, family Strigidae) with scattered white spots and dark eyes, sometimes seen in the forests of W North America: it is an endangered species
- steppenwolf — a novel (1927) by Hermann Hesse.
- stobie pole — a steel and concrete pole for supporting electricity wires
- stone plant — living stones.
- stop volley — a softly hit volley that barely falls over the net and cannot be reached for a return.
- strandloper — a member of an extinct tribe of Khoikhoi or Bushmen who lived on seafood gathered on the beaches of southern Africa
- stroke play — medal play.
- superpolite — extremely polite
- supervolute — (of convolute leaves) enveloping a rolled up leaf within the bud
- supportable — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- sympetalous — gamopetalous.
- symptomless — having or showing no symptoms.
- tabletopped — having a table top
- teaspoonful — the amount a teaspoon can hold.
- technophile — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
- technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
- tele-ported — to transport (a body) by telekinesis.
- 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.
- 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?.
- tempolabile — changing irregularly with time
- temporality — temporal character or nature; temporariness.
- temporalize — to make temporal in time; place in time.
- temporarily — lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need; a temporary job.
- term policy — a policy whose period of coverage is in excess of one year, usually paying a reduced premium rate, as in fire insurance.
- tetraploidy — having a chromosome number that is four times the basic or haploid number.
- thallophyte — any of the Thallophyta, a plant division in some older classification schemes, comprising algae, fungi, and lichens.
- the capitol — the main building of the US Congress
- the dolphin — the constellation Delphinus
- thermophile — a thermophilic organism.
- thermopylae — a pass in E Greece, between the cliffs of Mt. Oeta and the Gulf of Lamia: Persian defeat of the Spartans 480 b.c.
- thorn apple — any poisonous plant belonging to the genus Datura, of the nightshade family, the species of which bear capsules covered with prickly spines, especially the jimson weed, D. stramonium.
- tidal power — the use of the rise and fall of tides involving very large volumes of water at low heads to generate electric power
- 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