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11-letter words containing p, e, a, s

  • sea lamprey — a parasitic marine lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, that spawns in fresh water along both Atlantic coasts and in the Great Lakes, where it is responsible for losses of economically valuable fish.
  • sea scallop — Also called giant scallop. a large scallop, Pecten magellanicus, of deep waters off the Atlantic coast of North America.
  • sea serpent — an enormous, imaginary, snakelike or dragonlike marine animal.
  • sea-poacher — poacher1 (def 2).
  • seed potato — a potato tuber used for planting
  • seepage pit — a pit that is lined with a porous, mortarless masonry wall in which effluent from a septic tank is collected for gradual seepage into the ground, sometimes used as a substitute for a drainfield.
  • seismic gap — the part of an active fault that has experienced little or no seismic activity for a long period, indicating the buildup of stresses that are useful in predicting earthquakes.
  • seismograph — any of various instruments for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes.
  • self-parody — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
  • self-praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
  • semelparous — (of a plant) producing flowers and fruit only once before dying
  • semipalmate — partially or imperfectly palmate, as a bird's foot; half-webbed.
  • semiplastic — imperfectly plastic; in a state between rigidity and plasticity.
  • semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
  • semiprivate — having some degree of privacy but not fully private, as a hospital room with fewer beds than a ward.
  • sempiternal — everlasting; eternal.
  • senatorship — the office or position of a senator
  • septavalent — having a valence of seven; heptavalent.
  • septemviral — of or relating to septemvirs or a septemvirate.
  • septenarius — a verse consisting of seven feet, usually printed in two lines: used especially in Latin poems.
  • septic tank — a tank in which solid organic sewage is decomposed and purified by anaerobic bacteria.
  • septicaemia — the invasion and persistence of pathogenic bacteria in the blood-stream.
  • septifragal — (of a capsule) dehiscing by breaking away from the partitions but remaining attached to the common axis; dehiscing at the valves or backs of the carpels but leaving the septa intact.
  • septivalent — having a valence of seven; heptavalent.
  • serial port — A serial port on a computer is a place where you can connect the computer to a device such as a modem or a mouse.
  • serigrapher — someone who engages in serigraphy
  • serigraphic — of or pertaining to serigraphy
  • serotherapy — therapy by means of injections of a serum obtained especially from an immune animal.
  • service cap — a saucer-shaped uniform cap with a visor, standard in the U.S. Army and Air Force.
  • sesquipedal — given to using long words.
  • sesquiplane — a biplane having one wing with not more than half the surface area of the other wing.
  • sewage pipe — a pipe used to carry waste matter such as faeces or dirty water from homes and factories
  • sex partner — a person with whom you have had sex
  • sex therapy — treatment of sexual disorders that have psychological causes, employing psychiatric counseling, behavior modification, and education.
  • shag carpet — shag pile carpet
  • shakespeare — William ("the Bard"; "the Bard of Avon") 1564–1616, English poet and dramatist.
  • share price — cost of financial stocks
  • sharp-eared — having pointed ears.
  • sharp-edged — having a fine edge or edges.
  • sharp-nosed — having a thin, pointed nose.
  • sharpbender — an organization that has been underperforming its competitors but suddenly becomes more successful, often as a result of new management or changes in its business strategy
  • sharpeville — a town in E South Africa: scene of riots in 1960 (when 69 demonstrators died), 1984, and 1985 (when 19 died)
  • sheep track — a pathway made by and used by sheep, often in rocky or mountainous terrain, and sometimes followed by hikers
  • sheep-shank — a kind of knot, hitch, or bend made on a rope to shorten it temporarily.
  • shelf paper — paper used for covering shelves, especially those of a cupboard or kitchen cabinet.
  • shelf space — amount of room on shelves
  • shinplaster — a plaster for the shin or leg.
  • shopbreaker — a robber who breaks into a shop
  • sideropenia — a lack of iron in the body
  • singaporean — an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.
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