11-letter words containing m, p, s
- suppedaneum — a shelf affixed to a cross for supporting the feet of the crucified.
- supportment — the action of supporting
- supremacist — a person who believes in or advocates the supremacy of a particular group, especially a racial group: a white supremacist.
- suprematism — a nonrepresentational style of art developed in Russia in the early 20th century, characterized by severely simple geometric shapes or forms and an extremely limited palette.
- swamp barge — A swamp barge is a vessel used for offshore drilling in very shallow water, which is towed out and then rests on the bottom.
- swamp blues — a style of slow blues originating in Louisiana
- swamp buggy — an amphibious vehicle for use in and around swamps, typically having an automobile engine, four-wheel drive, large wheels with deep treads, and a raised chassis.
- swamp fever — leptospirosis.
- swamp maple — red maple.
- swarm spore — zoospore
- sympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
- sympathique — pleasing or congenial
- sympathizer — a person who sympathizes.
- sympetalous — gamopetalous.
- symphonette — a small symphony orchestra that usually specializes in playing short, familiar classical works or salon music.
- symphonious — harmonious; in harmonious agreement or accord.
- symposiarch — the president, director, or master of a symposium.
- symptomatic — pertaining to a symptom or symptoms.
- symptomless — having or showing no symptoms.
- synaptosome — a saclike structure at an isolated nerve ending
- t & c’s — terms and conditions
- taphonomist — a specialist in taphonomy
- team spirit — camaraderie, esprit de corps
- telescopium — an inconspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere, close to Sagittarius and Ara
- tempestuous — stormy, tumultuous
- temptatious — enticing or illicitly desirable
- tennis camp — a camp that people go to in order to play and be taught tennis
- the tempest — a comedy (1611) by Shakespeare.
- thermoscope — a device that indicates a change in temperature, esp one that does not measure the actual temperature
- timepleaser — a timeserver.
- tomato soup — soup made from tomatoes
- tonic spasm — Pathology. a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations (clonic spasm)
- tramp stamp — a tattoo on a woman's lower back, just above the buttocks.
- trimorphism — Zoology. the occurrence of three forms distinct in structure, coloration, etc., among animals of the same species.
- triptolemus — a favorite of Demeter and the inventor of the plow and patron of agriculture, connected with the Eleusinian mysteries.
- trispermous — having three seeds.
- trophoplasm — the cytoplasm that is involved in the nutritive processes of a cell
- tropomyosin — a protein in muscle tissue that works with troponin to control the process by which actin and myosin interact to produce muscle contraction
- trumpetfish — any of several fishes of the family Aulostomidae, having a long, tubular snout, as the slender, brown-flecked Aulostomus maculatus, inhabiting waters on both sides of the tropical Atlantic Ocean, having the habit of orienting vertically in the water and capturing its prey from that position.
- trypanosoma — trypanosome.
- trypanosome — any minute, flagellate protozoan of the genus Trypanosoma, parasitic in the blood or tissues of humans and other vertebrates, usually transmitted by insects, often causing serious diseases, as African sleeping sickness in humans, and many diseases in domestic animals.
- tummy upset — an (often short) illness indicating an upset digestive system with symptoms such as a sore stomach, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea
- ultrasimple — extremely or exceptionally easy
- unimpressed — finding sth unremarkable
- unimpulsive — actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
- unpresuming — not presumptuous; humble
- unpromising — unlikely to be favorable or successful, as the weather, a situation, or a career.
- ununseptium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a short half-life. Symbol: Uus; atomic number: 117.
- utnapishtim — the favorite of the gods, who survived the great flood and became immortal.
- warm spring — a thermal spring having a temperature of up to 98°F (37°C).