11-letter words containing o, f, s, p
- proof stage — the stage of publishing where trial impressions made from composed type, or print-outs (from a laser printer, etc) are read for the correction of errors
- proud flesh — granulation tissue.
- pussyfooter — a person who behaves stealthily or evasively
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- safe period — an interval of the menstrual cycle when fertilization is considered to be least likely, usually a number of days prior and subsequent to the onset of menstruation.
- scalpriform — chisel-shaped, as the incisors of certain rodents.
- schwarzkopf — Elisabeth, 1915–2006, German soprano, born in Poland.
- scorpionfly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
- self-parody — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- self-poised — acting with poise.
- self-profit — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- septiferous — in possession of a septum or partition
- ship of war — warship.
- shoofly pie — an open pie filled with a sweet crumb and molasses mixture and baked.
- shoplifting — to steal (merchandise) as a shoplifter.
- showerproof — (of clothing, fabric, etc.) treated so as to resist rain; rainproof.
- snap out of — to make a sudden, sharp, distinct sound; crack, as a whip; crackle.
- soft hyphen — a hyphen that is used only in breaking a word at the end of a line of text.
- soft option — If you take the soft option, you do the thing that is easiest or least likely to cause trouble in a particular situation.
- soft palate — Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
- soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
- soft-soaper — a person who flatters or cajoles, especially for reasons of self-interest or personal advantage: a soft-soaper specializing in rich, elderly women.
- soft-spoken — (of persons) speaking with a soft or gentle voice; mild.
- sparrowfart — the very early morning
- speech form — linguistic form.
- spent force — If you refer to someone who used to be powerful as a spent force, you mean that they no longer have any power or influence.
- spiniferous — (esp of plants) bearing spines or thorns
- spiraliform — having or resembling spiral lines
- spiriferous — having a spire or spiral parts.
- splashproof — resistant to splashing
- spore fruit — a spore-bearing structure, as an ascoscarp; sporocarp.
- sporiferous — bearing spores.
- spot fixing — the act of deliberately engineering an outcome within a sporting contest without attempting to alter the outcome of the contest itself
- steppenwolf — a novel (1927) by Hermann Hesse.
- stipitiform — having the form of a stipe.
- stipuliform — shaped like a stipule.
- sulfo group — the univalent group SO 3 H–, derived from sulfuric acid.
- superfluous — being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.
- superprofit — above-average profits gained through enterprise
- teaspoonful — the amount a teaspoon can hold.
- thornproofs — garments that resist penetration by thorns
- thrift shop — a retail store that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices.
- to speak of — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
- unprofessed — not professed, not openly declared
- unreposeful — characterized by a lack of repose or rest
- up for sale — If a property or company is up for sale, its owner is trying to sell it.
- up to snuff — to draw in through the nose by inhaling.
- waterproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of waterproof.
- wolf packs' — a group of submarines operating together in hunting down and attacking enemy convoys.
- wolf spider — any of numerous ground spiders of the family Lycosidae, including the southern European tarantula, Lycosa taretula, that hunt their prey instead of using a web.