11-letter words containing m, p, s
- shoot'em-up — a book, film, TV show, video game, etc. characterized by much violent content, gunplay, etc., esp. one in the western, crime, or war genres
- shoot-em-up — A shoot-em-up is a computer game that involves shooting and killing characters.
- show jumper — A show jumper is a person who takes part in the sport of show jumping.
- showjumping — horseriding event
- showmanship — the skill or ability of a showman.
- simon peter — Peter (def 1).
- simple pole — a pole of order 1 of a function of a complex variable.
- simple time — a metre in music in which each beat or part divides equally into two
- simple vows — the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience when taken for a limited period
- simpliciter — simply
- siphonogamy — a mode of pollination in which pollen tubes develop to facilitate the passage of male cells to eggs
- ski jumping — a competitive event, included in the Nordic combined, in which a skier jumps from a ski jump, often traveling 230 to 300 feet (70 to 90 meters) in the air, with scores being based on both the skier's form and the distance of the jump.
- ski-jumping — the sport or activity of (skiers) jumping from a high ramp overhanging a slope
- sky compass — a device for taking a bearing by means of polarized sunlight when the sun is invisible.
- small print — text typewritten in a small-sized font
- smart phone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- smoke point — heat at which oil gives off smoke
- smokejumper — a firefighter who parachutes to forest fires inaccessible to ground crews.
- smoky topaz — smoky quartz used as a gemstone: not a true topaz.
- sodium pump — an energy-consuming mechanism in cell membranes that transports sodium ions across the membrane, in exchange for potassium ions or other substances.
- somatoplasm — the cytoplasm of a somatic cell, especially as distinguished from germ plasm.
- soroptimist — a member of an international association of professional or executive businesswomen (Soroptimist Club) devoted primarily to welfare work.
- southampton — Henry Wriothesley [rahy-uh ths-lee] /ˈraɪ əθs li/ (Show IPA), 3rd Earl of, 1573–1624, English nobleman, soldier, and patron of writers, including William Shakespeare.
- sparagmatic — denoting a type of Precambrian rock found in Scandinavia
- spasmolysis — the relaxation or relief of muscle spasm.
- spasmolytic — of or noting spasmolysis.
- spectrogram — a representation or photograph of a spectrum.
- speech form — linguistic form.
- speechmaker — a person who delivers speeches.
- speed demon — a person who travels or works at high speed.
- 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.
- speed metal — a style of heavy-metal music typically played at extremely fast tempos.
- speedometer — an instrument on an automobile or other vehicle for indicating the rate of travel in miles or kilometers per hour.
- sperm count — the number of spermatozoa in an amount of semen, used as an indication of a man's fertility
- sperm donor — a man who supplies sperm to be used in an artificial fertilization process
- sperm whale — a large, square-snouted whale, Physeter catodon, valued for its oil and spermaceti: now reduced in number and rare in some areas.
- spermaphyte — the placenta of a plant
- spermatheca — a small sac or cavity in female or hermaphroditic invertebrates used to store sperm for fertilizing eggs, as in the queen bee.
- spermatoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermatoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermatozoa — one of the minute, usually actively motile gametes in semen, which serve to fertilize the ovum; a mature male reproductive cell.
- spermicidal — that kills sperm
- 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.
- spermophyte — spermatophyte.
- spermotoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermotoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
- sphaeridium — a round body found on sea urchins
- spherometer — an instrument for measuring the curvature of spheres and curved surfaces.
- sphinx moth — hawk moth.
- sphygmogram — a tracing or diagram produced by a sphygmograph.