11-letter words containing l, p, s
- aphelandras — Plural form of aphelandra.
- aphlogistic — (archaic) flameless.
- aplanospore — a nonmotile asexual spore produced by certain algae and fungi
- apocalypses — Plural form of apocalypse.
- apogamously — in an apogamous manner
- apoliticism — the quality of being apolitical
- apollinaris — an effervescent mineral water
- apologetics — the branch of theology concerned with the defence and rational justification of Christianity
- apologising — to offer an apology or excuse for some fault, insult, failure, or injury: He apologized for accusing her falsely.
- apostlebird — an omnivorous bird, Struthidea cinerea, of eastern Australia, that has chiefly dark gray-brown plumage with white tail markings and is noted for its habit of traveling in groups of about 12 related individuals.
- apostleship — the position or duty of an apostle
- apostolates — Plural form of apostolate.
- apostolical — Apostolic.
- appeasingly — in an appeasing manner
- apple sauce — Apple sauce is a type of sauce made from puréed cooked apples.
- applescript — (language) An object-oriented shell language for the Macintosh, approximately a superset of HyperTalk.
- applicators — Plural form of applicator.
- appraisable — to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess: We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it.
- aseptically — in a non-putrefying manner
- aspergillum — a brush or perforated container for sprinkling holy water
- aspergillus — any ascomycetous fungus of the genus Aspergillus, having chains of conidia attached like bristles to a club-shaped stalk: family Aspergillaceae
- asplanchnic — having no gut
- audiophiles — Plural form of audiophile.
- autoplastic — Of or pertaining to autoplasty.
- backslapped — Simple past tense and past participle of backslap.
- backslapper — a person who backslaps; a hearty jovial person
- bailiffship — the office of a bailiff
- baldcypress — any of a genus (Taxodium, esp. T. distichum) of cone-bearing trees of the baldcypress family, that grows in the swamps of the SE U.S. and normally sheds its small, pointed needles in the fall
- ballplayers — Plural form of ballplayer.
- balsam pear — an Old World tropical vine, Momordica charantia, of the gourd family, having yellow flowers and orange-yellow fruit.
- baptismally — In a baptismal way; through baptism.
- basipetally — in the manner of a basipetal
- bass player — a player of a double bass or a bass guitar
- bath pearls — dissolvable granules added to bath water to impart scent or other qualities
- battleships — Plural form of battleship.
- battlespace — the area of air, sea, and land that is directly involved in war, often taken to include any technological, environmental, infrastructural, or temporal factors which may be relevant to the success of a mission
- bay scallop — a small scallop, Pecten irradians, inhabiting shallow waters and mud flats from southeastern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, especially eastern Long Island Sound.
- beilan pass — a mountain pass in SE Turkey near Syria. 2395 feet (730 meters).
- bell-shaped — shaped like a bell
- bicephalous — having two heads
- biophysical — the branch of biology that applies the methods of physics to the study of biological structures and processes.
- black sheep — If you describe someone as the black sheep of their family or of a group that they are a member of, you mean that they are considered bad or worthless by other people in that family or group.
- black stump — a long way off
- blasphemers — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- blasphemies — impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things.
- blaspheming — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- blasphemous — You can describe someone who shows disrespect for God or a religion as blasphemous. You can also describe what they are saying or doing as blasphemous.
- blastospore — a spore formed by budding, as in certain fungi
- blepharitis — inflammation of the eyelids
- blind-stamp — to emboss or impress (the cover or spine of a book) without using ink or foil.