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11-letter words containing l, i, p, e, t, s

  • spectrality — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
  • specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
  • 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.
  • speculatist — a person who speculates
  • speculative — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
  • speed light — an electronic flash lamp.
  • speed limit — the maximum speed at which a vehicle is legally permitted to travel, as within a specific area, on a certain road, or under given conditions.
  • spinsterial — relating to a spinster
  • spirit lake — a lake in SW Washington, at the N foot of Mount St. Helens: site of devastation during 1980 eruptions of Mount St. Helens.
  • spirituelle — having a refined and lively mind or wit; spirituel
  • 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.
  • splintering — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
  • split-level — noting a house having a room or rooms that are somewhat above or below adjacent rooms, with the floor levels usually differing by approximately half a story.
  • split-phase — pertaining to or noting a current in one of two parallel circuits that have a single-phase current source but unequal impedances and that produce currents of different phase.
  • splitsville — the state or condition of being divorced or separated.
  • sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
  • sprightless — without any spirit or liveliness
  • stalin peak — former name of Communism Peak.
  • stepsibling — a stepbrother or stepsister.
  • stobie pole — a steel and concrete pole for supporting electricity wires
  • strike slip — the component of slip on a fault parallel with the linear extension or strike of the fault.
  • submultiple — a number that is contained by another number an integral number of times without a remainder: The number 3 is a submultiple of 12.
  • super-title — (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.
  • superfluity — the state of being superfluous.
  • superlative — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
  • superpolite — extremely polite
  • 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.
  • susceptible — admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
  • suspectible — to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • typicalness — of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
  • ultrasimple — extremely or exceptionally easy
  • unipetalous — having only one petal.
  • usucaptible — able to be taken possession of
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