11-letter words containing o, e, s, p
- apostleship — the position or duty of an apostle
- apostolates — Plural form of apostolate.
- apostrophes — Plural form of apostrophe.
- apotheosise — Alternative spelling of apotheosize.
- apotheosize — to deify
- appositives — Plural form of appositive.
- appressoria — a flattened and thickened tip of a hyphal branch, formed by some parasitic fungi, that facilitates penetration of the host plant.
- apron stage — a stage that projects into the auditorium so that the audience sit on three sides of it
- ars poetica — the art of poetry
- arthroscope — a tubular instrument that is inserted into the capsule of a joint to examine the joint, extract tissue, etc
- arthrospore — a sporelike cell of ascomycetous fungi and some algae produced by a breaking of the hyphae
- asperations — Plural form of asperation.
- aspergation — the action of sprinkling, suffusing or irrigating with water
- aspersorium — a basin containing holy water with which worshippers sprinkle themselves
- asteropaeus — a Trojan ally slain by Achilles.
- astrosphere — the part of the aster excluding the centrosome
- atmosphered — having an intellectual or psychological climate or feeling
- atmospheres — Plural form of atmosphere.
- atmospheric — Atmospheric is used to describe something which relates to the Earth's atmosphere.
- audiophiles — Plural form of audiophile.
- autopoiesis — Self creation; self organization.
- azoospermia — absence of spermatozoa in the semen
- backstopped — Simple past tense and past participle of backstop.
- backstopper — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- barber shop — A barber shop is a shop where a barber works.
- barber-shop — Also called, especially British, barber's shop. the place of business of a barber.
- barbershops — Plural form of barbershop.
- baroceptors — Plural form of baroceptor.
- base period — a neutral period used as a standard for comparison in constructing an index to express a variable factor: 100 is usually taken as the index number for the variable in the base period
- basepersons — Plural form of baseperson.
- bath sponge — any of various common sponges, of the family Spongiidae, that have a skeletal network composed of fibers of spongin: collected in the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean for their commercial value.
- bean sprout — Bean sprouts are small, long, thin shoots grown from beans. They are frequently used in Chinese cookery.
- beauty shop — A beauty shop is the same as a beauty parlour.
- beauty spot — A beauty spot is a place in the country that is popular because of its beautiful scenery.
- behind post — one of the smaller outer posts inside which the ball must be kicked to score a behind
- benthoscope — a deep-sea diving vessel
- berry spoon — a small spoon, especially of the late 18th century, having a perforated bowl.
- bicephalous — having two heads
- 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
- blogosphere — In computer technology, the blogosphere or the blogsphere is all the weblogs on the Internet, considered collectively.
- bloodsprent — spattered or stained with blood
- boat-shaped — shaped like a boat
- bone spavin — a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids (bog spavin) bony growth (bone spavin) or distention of the veins (blood spavin)
- boost phase — the portion of the flight of a ballistic missile or spacecraft during which the booster and sustainer engines operate to bring it near or to peak velocity.
- bottle shop — A bottle shop is a shop which sells wine, beer, and other alcoholic drinks.
- box spanner — a spanner consisting of a steel cylinder with a hexagonal end that fits over a nut: used esp to turn nuts in positions that are recessed or difficult of access
- brushpopper — a cowboy, especially one who works in the brush.
- bucket shop — an unregistered firm of stockbrokers that engages in speculation with clients' funds
- bunny slope — (in skiing) a nursery slope