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11-letter words containing o, l, p, e, s

  • up for sale — If a property or company is up for sale, its owner is trying to sell it.
  • upholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
  • upholsterer — a person whose business it is to upholster furniture and, sometimes, to furnish and put in place hangings, curtains, carpets, etc.
  • upholstress — a female upholsterer
  • very pistol — a special pistol which fires coloured flares for signalling at night, esp at sea
  • well-spoken — speaking well, fittingly, or pleasingly: The new chairwoman was very well-spoken.
  • welsh poppy — a poppy, Meconopsis cambrica, of western Europe, having pale-green, slightly hairy foliage and pale-yellow flowers.
  • westpolitik — a policy of a Communist country of adopting trade and diplomatic relations with non-Communist nations.
  • whistlestop — (US, dated) A minor railway station at which a train would stop if requested.
  • whole snipe — the common snipe. See under snipe (def 1).
  • 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.
  • wool sponge — a commercial sponge, Hippiospongia lachne, of Florida and the West Indies, the surface of which resembles the fleece of a sheep.
  • worshipable — Capable of being worshiped; worthy of veneration.
  • worshipless — lacking worship, not worshipped
  • xenoplastic — involving distantly related individuals
  • xerophilous — Botany. growing in or adapted to dry, especially dry and hot, regions.
  • yellow soap — old-fashioned all-purpose soap
  • yellow spot — Ophthalmology. macula (def 2b).
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