11-letter words containing n, a, p, r
- sand hopper — beach flea.
- sand-groper — a native of the arid region of Western Australia.
- saprolegnia — a variety of fungus
- sauropsidan — relating to the Sauropsida or animals belonging to the Sauriodea group in Huxley's classification
- scatter pin — a woman's small ornamental pin, usually worn with other similar pins on a dress, suit jacket, etc.
- scenography — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- scent spray — perfume that comes in an aerosol bottle
- scolopendra — a member of a genus of centipedes belonging to the Scolopendridae family
- scorpaenoid — resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.
- scrapepenny — a person who is stingy; a miser
- scrappiness — made up of scraps or of odds and ends; fragmentary; disconnected.
- screen pass — a pass thrown to a receiver who is directly in back of a wall of blockers and who is behind or not far beyond the line of scrimmage.
- sea serpent — an enormous, imaginary, snakelike or dragonlike marine animal.
- sempiternal — everlasting; eternal.
- senatorship — the office or position of a senator
- septenarius — a verse consisting of seven feet, usually printed in two lines: used especially in Latin poems.
- sex partner — a person with whom you have had sex
- sharp-nosed — having a thin, pointed nose.
- sharpbender — an organization that has been underperforming its competitors but suddenly becomes more successful, often as a result of new management or changes in its business strategy
- shinplaster — a plaster for the shin or leg.
- shop around — compare prices
- shrink wrap — transparent film for wrapping food
- shrink-wrap — to wrap and seal (a book, a food product, etc.) in a flexible film of plastic that, when exposed to a heating process, shrinks to the contour of the merchandise.
- sideropenia — a lack of iron in the body
- singaporean — an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.
- skyscraping — of or like a skyscraper; very high: a skyscraping chimney.
- slop around — to spill or splash (liquid).
- 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.
- snap course — an academic course that can be passed with a minimum of effort.
- snapperback — the center on the offensive team.
- snapshooter — an amateur photographer, especially one who takes snapshots with a simple camera.
- snobography — an account or description of snobs
- solar panel — a bank of solar cells.
- sonographer — a diagnostic technician who operates a sonograph
- spacefaring — space travel
- spanish fir — a species of fir native to S Spain and N Morocco, Abies pinsapo
- sparklingly — in a sparkling manner
- spartanburg — a city in NW South Carolina.
- spermatoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
- spin a yarn — If you say that someone spins a yarn, you mean that they tell a story that is not true, often an interesting or imaginative one.
- spinal cord — the cord of nerve tissue extending through the spinal canal of the spinal column.
- spinsterial — relating to a spinster
- spinsterian — relating to a spinster
- spiny-rayed — spiny-finned.
- split brain — having, involving, or pertaining to a severed corpus callosum.
- split-brain — having, involving, or pertaining to a severed corpus callosum.
- spoon bread — Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a baked dish made with cornmeal, milk, eggs, and shortening, served as an accompaniment to meat.
- sportswoman — a woman who engages in sports.
- sporulation — to produce spores.