11-letter words containing p, a, s, t, r, m
- protagonism — the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
- sample rate — (digital signal processing) The number of times an analog signal is measured (sampled) per second. The unit of sample rate is "samples per second". This is often expressed in kiloHertz (kHz). For example, "CD quality" sound has a sample rate of 44 kHz. Compare data rate. See Nyquist frequency.
- scrap metal — discarded metal
- semiprivate — having some degree of privacy but not fully private, as a hospital room with fewer beds than a ward.
- sempiternal — everlasting; eternal.
- septemviral — of or relating to septemvirs or a septemvirate.
- small print — text typewritten in a small-sized font
- smart phone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- sparagmatic — denoting a type of Precambrian rock found in Scandinavia
- spectrogram — a representation or photograph of a spectrum.
- spermaphyte — the placenta of a plant
- spermatheca — a small sac or cavity in female or hermaphroditic invertebrates used to store sperm for fertilizing eggs, as in the queen bee.
- spermatoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermatoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermatozoa — one of the minute, usually actively motile gametes in semen, which serve to fertilize the ovum; a mature male reproductive cell.
- spirit lamp — a lamp that burns methylated or other spirits instead of oil
- sportswoman — a woman who engages in sports.
- spot market — a market in which commodities, as grain, gold, or crude oil, are dealt in for cash and immediate delivery (distinguished from futures market).
- stasimorphy — structural modification by arrested development
- strippagram — a greetings message delivered by a stripper who does a striptease on delivery
- stump ranch — (in British Columbia) an undeveloped ranch in the bush where animals graze among the stumps of felled trees
- supermarket — a large retail market that sells food and other household goods and that is usually operated on a self-service basis.
- supremacist — a person who believes in or advocates the supremacy of a particular group, especially a racial group: a white supremacist.
- suprematism — a nonrepresentational style of art developed in Russia in the early 20th century, characterized by severely simple geometric shapes or forms and an extremely limited palette.
- sympathizer — a person who sympathizes.
- team spirit — camaraderie, esprit de corps
- timepleaser — a timeserver.
- tramp stamp — a tattoo on a woman's lower back, just above the buttocks.
- trophoplasm — the cytoplasm that is involved in the nutritive processes of a cell
- trypanosoma — trypanosome.
- trypanosome — any minute, flagellate protozoan of the genus Trypanosoma, parasitic in the blood or tissues of humans and other vertebrates, usually transmitted by insects, often causing serious diseases, as African sleeping sickness in humans, and many diseases in domestic animals.
- ultrasimple — extremely or exceptionally easy