11-letter words containing o, p, s, n
- appositions — Plural form of apposition.
- apron stage — a stage that projects into the auditorium so that the audience sit on three sides of it
- arsonphobia — Pyrophobia.
- ascriptions — Plural form of ascription.
- asperations — Plural form of asperation.
- aspergation — the action of sprinkling, suffusing or irrigating with water
- aspirations — a strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition: intellectual aspirations.
- asportation — the removal or taking away of something
- assumptions — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
- astrophyton — The giant basket star, an early Mesozoic invertebrate.
- autophanous — illuminated by a self-contained power source
- axanthopsia — a defect of vision in which the retina fails to respond to yellow.
- basepersons — Plural form of baseperson.
- basis point — In finance, a basis point is one hundredth of a per cent (.01%).
- 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.
- 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.
- bloodsprent — spattered or stained with blood
- boatmanship — boatsmanship.
- bonapartism — a political system resembling the rules of the Bonapartes, esp Napoleon I and Napoleon III: centralized government by a military dictator, who enjoys popular support given expression in plebiscites
- bonapartist — an adherent of the Bonapartes or their policies.
- bondmanship — the state of being a bondman; serfdom
- 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)
- bonus point — an additional point in a game, a sporting competition, or any similar scheme in which points can be awarded
- bony spavin — enlargement of the hock of a horse by a bony growth, usually caused by inflammation or injury, and often resulting in lameness
- bossnapping — kidnapping a company executive as part of industrial action
- 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
- boy soprano — a young male singer whose voice is in the soprano range and has not yet broken, esp one who performs solo
- bunny slope — (in skiing) a nursery slope
- cacophonies — Plural form of cacophony.
- cacophonous — If you describe a mixture of sounds as cacophonous, you mean that they are loud and unpleasant.
- caddy spoon — a small spoon used in taking tea from a storage caddy.
- calypsonian — a performer or writer of calypsos
- campgrounds — Plural form of campground.
- campo santo — a cemetery
- canophilist — a person who loves dogs
- cantaloupes — Plural form of cantaloupe.
- caparisoned — (of a horse) Having a richly ornamented harness.
- capitations — Plural form of capitation.
- cappuccinos — Plural form of cappuccino.
- capricornus — a faint zodiacal constellation in the S hemisphere, lying between Sagittarius and Aquarius
- capsulation — enclosed in or formed into a capsule.
- captionless — (of a cartoon) having no caption
- cargo pants — Cargo pants are large, loose pants with lots of pockets.
- carnaptious — ill-tempered or cantankerous
- cataphonics — catacoustics
- cenospecies — a species related to another by the ability to interbreed
- centipoises — Plural form of centipoise.