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

  • speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • speed demon — a person who travels or works at high speed.
  • speedcoding — (language)   A pseudocode interpreter for mathematics on IBM 701 and IBM 650 written by John Backus in 1953.
  • 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.
  • sperm count — the number of spermatozoa in an amount of semen, used as an indication of a man's fertility
  • sperm donor — a man who supplies sperm to be used in an artificial fertilization process
  • spermatoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
  • spermotoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
  • sphingosine — a basic unsaturated amino alcohol, C 1 8 H 3 3 (OH) 2 NH 2 , produced by the hydrolysis of sphingomyelin or gangliosides.
  • spin bowler — a bowler who specializes in bowling balls with a spinning motion
  • spiniferous — (esp of plants) bearing spines or thorns
  • spinsterdom — the state of being a spinster
  • spleenstone — a stone which was supposed to cure maladies of the spleen
  • splendorous — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
  • splenectomy — excision or removal of the spleen.
  • splint bone — one of the rudimentary, splintlike metacarpal or metatarsal bones of the horse or some allied animal, one on each side of the back of each cannon bone.
  • splodginess — the state of being splodgy
  • spoken word — The spoken word is used to refer to language expressed in speech, for example in contrast to written texts or music.
  • spokeswoman — a woman who speaks for another person or for a group.
  • sponge bath — a bath in which the bather is cleaned by a wet sponge or washcloth dipped in water, without getting into a tub of water.
  • sponge cake — a light, sweet cake made with a comparatively large proportion of eggs but no shortening.
  • sponge down — to wipe clean with a damp sponge or cloth
  • sponge iron — finely divided, porous iron, reduced from an oxide at a temperature below the melting point.
  • sponge tree — huisache.
  • spontaneity — the state, quality, or fact of being spontaneous.
  • spontaneous — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
  • 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.
  • spore print — the pattern produced by placing the cap of a mushroom on a piece of paper and allowing the spores to fall
  • sporogenous — of or relating to spores or spore production.
  • spottedness — the state, condition or quality of being spotted
  • springhouse — a small storehouse built over a spring or part of a brook, for keeping such foods as meat and dairy products cool and fresh.
  • steam point — the temperature at which water vapor condenses at a pressure of one atmosphere, represented by 100°C and 212°F.
  • stearoptene — the oxygenated solid part of an essential oil (opposed to eleoptene).
  • stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
  • stenotypist — shorthand in which alphabetic letters or types are used to produce shortened forms of words or groups of words.
  • stephanotis — any vine belonging to the genus Stephanotis, of the milkweed family, having fragrant, waxy, white flowers and leathery leaves.
  • steppenwolf — a novel (1927) by Hermann Hesse.
  • stereophony — the state or condition of being stereophonic.
  • stone plant — living stones.
  • stone sheep — a wild sheep found in the Yukon and the northern Rocky Mountains
  • strandloper — a member of an extinct tribe of Khoikhoi or Bushmen who lived on seafood gathered on the beaches of southern Africa
  • subpoenaing — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
  • superabound — to abound beyond something else.
  • supermodern — highly modern
  • supernation — a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.
  • supernormal — in excess of the normal or average: supernormal faculties; supernormal production.
  • superperson — a person who transcends personal limits
  • supersonics — the branch of science that deals with supersonic phenomena.
  • superstrong — extremely strong
  • supervision — the act or function of supervising; superintendence.
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