11-letter words containing p, a, n, c
- septic tank — a tank in which solid organic sewage is decomposed and purified by anaerobic bacteria.
- skyscraping — of or like a skyscraper; very high: a skyscraping chimney.
- snail-paced — slow of pace or motion, like a snail; sluggish.
- snap course — an academic course that can be passed with a minimum of effort.
- snapperback — the center on the offensive team.
- snow-capped — A snow-capped mountain is covered with snow at the top.
- spacefaring — space travel
- speculating — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- spiculation — formation into spicules.
- spinachlike — resembling or characteristic of spinach
- spinal cord — the cord of nerve tissue extending through the spinal canal of the spinal column.
- spodomantic — relating to spodomancy
- sponge cake — a light, sweet cake made with a comparatively large proportion of eggs but no shortening.
- stanley cup — a trophy emblematic since 1926 of the championship of the National Hockey League, composed of Canadian and U.S. professional teams.
- stench trap — a trap in a sewer that by means of a water seal prevents the upward passage of foul-smelling gases
- step change — A step change is a sudden or major change in the way that something happens or the way that someone behaves.
- stepdancing — a dance emphasizing footwork or certain steps instead of other bodily gestures or movement
- stickup man — a man who commits a stickup.
- stump ranch — (in British Columbia) an undeveloped ranch in the bush where animals graze among the stumps of felled trees
- sub-captain — a person who is at the head of or in authority over others; chief; leader.
- sub-company — subsidiary company.
- substance p — a small peptide released upon stimulation in the nervous system and involved in regulation of the pain threshold.
- superagency — a very large agency, especially a large government agency that oversees smaller ones.
- superjacent — lying above or upon something else.
- susceptance — the imaginary component of admittance, equal to the quotient of the negative of the reactance divided by the sum of the squares of the reactance and resistance. Symbol: B.
- suspicional — of or relating to suspicion, especially morbid or insane suspicions.
- swing space — a temporary working environment, used esp while renovations are being carried out
- sycophantic — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- syncopation — Music. a shifting of the normal accent, usually by stressing the normally unaccented beats.
- syncopative — relating to syncopation
- tap dancing — dancing with clicking shoes
- tautophonic — having or repeating the same sound
- technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
- tehuantepec — Isthmus of, an isthmus in S Mexico, between the Gulf of Tehuantepec and the Gulf of Campeche. 125 miles (200 km) wide at its narrowest point.
- ten's place — ten (def 6).
- tennis camp — a camp that people go to in order to play and be taught tennis
- tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
- thunderclap — a crash of thunder.
- tonic spasm — Pathology. a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations (clonic spasm)
- townscaping — the act of designing a town
- transpierce — to pierce through; penetrate; pass through.
- trypanocide — a drug or substance that kills trypanosomes
- typecasting — the practice of casting an actor repeatedly in the same kind of role, esp because of his or physical appearance or previous success in such roles
- typicalness — of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
- unapostolic — not apostolic; not related to or characteristic of the early Christian apostles or their subsequent apostles
- uncaptioned — a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, especially in a magazine.
- uncompacted — not compacted
- uncompanied — unaccompanied
- uncompliant — complying; obeying, obliging, or yielding, especially in a submissive way: a man with a compliant nature.