11-letter words containing p, a, s, l
- spallanzani — Lazzaro [lahd-dzah-raw] /ˈlɑd dzɑ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–99, Italian biologist.
- spanish fly — Also called cantharides. a preparation of powdered blister beetles, especially the Spanish fly, used medicinally as a counterirritant, diuretic, and aphrodisiac.
- spare wheel — A spare wheel is a wheel with a tyre on it that you keep in your car in case you get a flat tyre and need to replace one of your wheels.
- sparklessly — in a sparkless manner
- sparklingly — in a sparkling manner
- spasmolysis — the relaxation or relief of muscle spasm.
- spasmolytic — of or noting spasmolysis.
- spastically — Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by spasm, especially tonic spasm.
- special act — a legislative act that applies only to specific persons or to a specific area.
- specialised — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
- specialises — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
- specialized — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
- specializer — a person who specializes in something
- specialogue — a mail-order catalogue aimed at a specific group of customers
- specialties — a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.
- specifiable — that can be specified.
- spectacular — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- spectrality — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
- 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.
- speculatist — a person who speculates
- speculative — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
- speculatory — a place suitable for observation
- speed metal — a style of heavy-metal music typically played at extremely fast tempos.
- sperm whale — a large, square-snouted whale, Physeter catodon, valued for its oil and spermaceti: now reduced in number and rare in some areas.
- spermicidal — that kills sperm
- sphagnology — the study of sphagna
- spheroplast — a Gram-negative bacterial cell with a cell wall that has been altered or is partly missing, resulting in a spherical shape.
- 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.
- spinsterial — relating to a spinster
- spiral gear — a type of helical gear used for transmitting power between shafts that are at an angle to each other.
- spiraliform — having or resembling spiral lines
- spirit lake — a lake in SW Washington, at the N foot of Mount St. Helens: site of devastation during 1980 eruptions of Mount St. Helens.
- spirit lamp — a lamp that burns methylated or other spirits instead of oil
- spiritually — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
- spiritualty — Often, spiritualties. ecclesiastical property or revenue.
- spiroplasma — any of numerous bacteria of the genus Spiroplasma that have no cell walls or flagella and are parasitic in plants and arthropods.
- splashboard — a board, guard, or screen to protect from splashing, as a dashboard of a vehicle or a guard placed over a wheel to intercept water, dirt, etc.
- splashproof — resistant to splashing
- split brain — having, involving, or pertaining to a severed corpus callosum.
- split hairs — any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- split-brain — having, involving, or pertaining to a severed corpus callosum.
- split-phase — pertaining to or noting a current in one of two parallel circuits that have a single-phase current source but unequal impedances and that produce currents of different phase.
- sports hall — venue for physical activities
- sporulation — to produce spores.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- spreadingly — in a spreading manner