11-letter words containing p, e, a, s
- single tape — a ribbon of material, usually with a plastic base, coated on one side (single tape) or both sides (double tape) with a substance containing iron oxide, to make it sensitive to impulses from an electromagnet: used to record sound, images, data, etc.
- skeptically — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
- skip tracer — an investigator whose job is to locate missing persons, especially debtors.
- sleep apnea — a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- sleep shade — an opaque, masklike covering for the eyes, usually fitted with an elasticized cord that passes around the head, worn to aid sleep by shutting out light.
- sleepwalker — the act or state of walking, eating, or performing other motor acts while asleep, of which one is unaware upon awakening; somnambulism.
- smart phone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- snail-paced — slow of pace or motion, like a snail; sluggish.
- snake plant — a widely grown houseplant, Sansevieria trifasciata, having stiffly erect, mottled, lance-shaped leaves.
- snap course — an academic course that can be passed with a minimum of effort.
- snapperback — the center on the offensive team.
- snapshooter — an amateur photographer, especially one who takes snapshots with a simple camera.
- snapshotted — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
- sneak up on — If someone sneaks up on you, they try and approach you without being seen or heard, perhaps to surprise you or do you harm.
- sneaky pete — a homemade or inferior liquor or wine.
- snob appeal — the attributes of something that appeal to people who associate those qualities with social or intellectual superiority; a thing's attractiveness to snobs.
- snow-capped — A snow-capped mountain is covered with snow at the top.
- so to speak — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
- soap boiler — a manufacturer of soap
- soap bubble — a bubble of soapsuds.
- soap powder — soap produced and packaged in powdered form.
- soap-bubble — a bubble of soapsuds.
- soapolallie — a drink made by crushing soapberries
- soft palate — Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
- soft-soaper — a person who flatters or cajoles, especially for reasons of self-interest or personal advantage: a soft-soaper specializing in rich, elderly women.
- solar panel — a bank of solar cells.
- solar power — energy generated by the sun
- sonographer — a diagnostic technician who operates a sonograph
- sour grapes — bitterness about sth unattainable
- space cadet — a person who appears to be in his or her own world or out of touch with reality.
- space group — a set of symmetry elements that brings a periodic arrangement of points on a Bravais space lattice to its original position.
- space opera — a television or radio drama or motion picture that is a science-fiction adventure story.
- space probe — Aerospace. an unmanned spacecraft designed to explore the solar system and transmit data back to earth.
- space stage — a stage set, often limited to an arrangement of ramps and platforms, in which actors and set pieces are spotlighted against the bare background of a dark or black cyclorama.
- spacefaring — space travel
- spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
- spacewalker — a person who manoeuvres in space while outside but attached to a spacecraft
- spaghettini — pasta in the form of long thin strings
- 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
- spathaceous — of the nature of or resembling a spathe.
- spatterdash — a long gaiter to protect the trousers or stockings, as from mud while riding.
- spatterdock — any of various water lilies of the genus Nuphar, having globular yellow flowers and growing in lakes or sluggish streams, especially N. advena, of the eastern U.S.
- spatterwork — a method of decorating whereby ink or another fluid is spattered over a medium
- speakeasies — a saloon or nightclub selling alcoholic beverages illegally, especially during Prohibition.
- speakership — a person who speaks.
- spear grass — any of various grasses, as a meadow grass or a bent grass, having lance-shaped leaves or floral spikes.
- spearheaded — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
- 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.