11-letter words containing l, i, p, e, s, o
- postexilian — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
- precisional — the state or quality of being precise.
- predisposal — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
- presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- previsional — characteristic of prevision
- priest-hole — a secret chamber in certain houses in England, built as a hiding place for Roman Catholic priests when they were proscribed in the 16th and 17th centuries
- processible — capable of being processed.
- profusively — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- proliferous — proliferating.
- promiseless — without promise
- proselyting — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- proselytism — the act or fact of becoming a proselyte; conversion.
- proselytize — try to attract converts
- prosiliency — prominence
- proteolysis — the breaking down of proteins into simpler compounds, as in digestion.
- protrusible — able to be thrust outwards
- psammophile — a plant or animal that thrives in sand
- pseudologia — a psychological condition in which a patient tells elaborate, false stories believing them to be true
- psilomelane — a common mineral consisting of a mixture of pyrolusite and other oxides of manganese, usually found in black, rounded masses: an ore of manganese.
- psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences
- pubic louse — See under louse (def 1).
- responsible — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
- responsibly — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
- retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
- sapiosexual — a person who finds intelligence to be a sexually attractive quality in others.
- saprolegnia — a variety of fungus
- sapropelite — a foul-smelling mud
- scopolamine — a colorless, syrupy, water-soluble alkaloid, C 1 7 H 2 1 NO 4 , obtained from certain plants of the nightshade family, used chiefly as a sedative and mydriatic and to alleviate the symptoms of motion sickness.
- scripholder — a person who owns a scrip or scrips
- scripophile — a person who practices scripophily.
- self-poised — acting with poise.
- self-profit — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
- serial port — A serial port on a computer is a place where you can connect the computer to a device such as a modem or a mouse.
- shoe polish — wax for making footwear shiny
- shoofly pie — an open pie filled with a sweet crumb and molasses mixture and baked.
- siderophile — (of a cell or tissue) having an affinity for iron.
- silverpoint — a technique of drawing with a silver stylus on specially prepared paper.
- simple pole — a pole of order 1 of a function of a complex variable.
- simple vows — the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience when taken for a limited period
- sleep on it — contemplate sth overnight
- slipperwort — any of several tropical American plants belonging to the genus Calceolaria, of the figwort family, having opposite or whorled leaves and slipper-shaped flowers.
- slit pocket — a pocket on the underside of a garment, reached through a vertical opening
- soap boiler — a manufacturer of soap
- soapolallie — a drink made by crushing soapberries
- soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
- soldiership — a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
- specialogue — a mail-order catalogue aimed at a specific group of customers
- speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- 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.