11-letter words containing p, e, a, s
- retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
- retinispora — any member of the genus Retinispora, of conifers which grow in the east of Asia and in the east and west of North America
- reverse arp — Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
- rhône-alpes — a region of E France: mainly mountainous, rising to the edge of the Massif Central in the west and the French Alps in the east; drained by the Rivers Rhône, Saône, and Isère
- riesz space — a topological space in which sets containing one point are closed.
- ripplegrass — English plantain.
- rupes altai — a mountain range in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 315 miles (507 km) long.
- saddle soap — a soap, usually consisting chiefly of Castile, used for cleaning and preserving saddles and other leather articles.
- safe period — an interval of the menstrual cycle when fertilization is considered to be least likely, usually a number of days prior and subsequent to the onset of menstruation.
- safekeeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
- safety lamp — a miner's lamp in which the flame is protected by wire gauze to prevent the immediate ignition of explosive gases.
- salad plate — a small plate used chiefly for serving an individual portion of salad.
- sales pitch — promotional talk
- salespeople — a person who sells goods, services, etc.
- salesperson — a person who sells goods, services, etc.
- saline drip — the usually intravenous drop-by-drop administration of an isotonic solution of sodium chloride in distilled water
- sample book — a number of pieces of fabric, wallpaper, etc fastened together at one edge, for people to examine when trying to choose which example to buy
- sample case — a handheld container of samples of products used by a salesperson to show potential customers what is available
- 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.
- sample room — a room, as in a hotel suite, in which merchandise is displayed for sale to the trade.
- sand hopper — beach flea.
- sand-groper — a native of the arid region of Western Australia.
- sandia peak — a mountain in N central New Mexico in the Sandia Mountains. 10,678 feet (3255 meters).
- sapiosexual — a person who finds intelligence to be a sexually attractive quality in others.
- saplessness — the state of having no sap
- saponaceous — resembling soap; soapy.
- sapotaceous — belonging to the Sapotaceae, the sapodilla family of plants.
- sapphic ode — Horatian ode.
- saprolegnia — a variety of fungus
- sapropelite — a foul-smelling mud
- scape wheel — escape wheel.
- scapigerous — having a scape or leafless stalk
- scarlet cup — a small, fleshy, saucer-shaped fungus, Sarcoscypha coccinea, of the family Sarcoscyphaceae, marked by a scarlet inner surface and white exterior, seen on fallen branches in the spring.
- scatter pin — a woman's small ornamental pin, usually worn with other similar pins on a dress, suit jacket, etc.
- scenography — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- scent spray — perfume that comes in an aerosol bottle
- sceuophylax — a keeper of sacred vessels
- scolopendra — a member of a genus of centipedes belonging to the Scolopendridae family
- scopolamine — a colorless, syrupy, water-soluble alkaloid, C 1 7 H 2 1 NO 4 , obtained from certain plants of the nightshade family, used chiefly as a sedative and mydriatic and to alleviate the symptoms of motion sickness.
- scorpaenoid — resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.
- scotch tape — clear adhesive tape
- scotch-tape — to fasten or mend with Scotch tape.
- scrap metal — discarded metal
- scrap paper — rough paper for scribbling on
- scrap value — what sth is worth for recycling or reuse
- scrapepenny — a person who is stingy; a miser
- scrappiness — made up of scraps or of odds and ends; fragmentary; disconnected.
- screen pass — a pass thrown to a receiver who is directly in back of a wall of blockers and who is behind or not far beyond the line of scrimmage.
- screw plate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
- sea captain — the master of a seagoing vessel.