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11-letter words containing p, e, r, s, i, t

  • springsteen — Bruce. born 1949, US rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His albums include Born to Run (1975), Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978), Born in the USA (1984), The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995), The Rising (2002), Magic (2007), and Wrecking Ball (2012)
  • springwater — water from a spring
  • sprite crab — ghost crab.
  • stereoptics — the branch of stereoscopy that is concerned with optics
  • stereotypic — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
  • stewardship — the position and duties of a steward, a person who acts as the surrogate of another or others, especially by managing property, financial affairs, an estate, etc.
  • stipendiary — receiving a stipend; performing services for regular pay.
  • strap hinge — a hinge having a flap, especially a long one, attached to one face of a door or the like.
  • strap-hinge — a hinge having a flap, especially a long one, attached to one face of a door or the like.
  • strike slip — the component of slip on a fault parallel with the linear extension or strike of the fault.
  • stringpiece — a long, usually horizontal piece of timber, beam, etc., for strengthening, connecting, or supporting a framework.
  • strip poker — a game of poker in which the losers in a hand remove an article of clothing.
  • strip steak — cut of beef: sirloin
  • stripe rust — a disease of wheat, barley, rye, and other grasses, characterized by elongated rows of yellow spores on the affected parts, caused by a rust fungus, Puccinia glumarum.
  • stripe smut — a disease of grasses, characterized by stripes of black spores on the leaves, caused by any of several smut fungi of the genera Urocystis and Ustilago.
  • stripteaser — stripper (def 3).
  • super-title — (especially in opera production) a translation of a segment of the libretto or other text or sometimes a brief summary of the plot projected onto a screen above the stage during a performance.
  • superactive — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
  • superbright — exceptionally bright
  • superdainty — very dainty
  • superegoist — an exceptionally selfish or self-centred person; someone who is very self-important
  • superfluity — the state of being superfluous.
  • superinfect — to infect further with an additional infection
  • superintend — to oversee and direct (work, processes, etc.).
  • superiority — the quality or condition of being superior.
  • superlative — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
  • supernation — a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.
  • superpolite — extremely polite
  • superprofit — above-average profits gained through enterprise
  • superscript — Printing. superior (def 10).
  • superstrike — an exceptionally large strike
  • superstring — any supersymmetric string theory in which each type of elementary particle is treated as a vibration of a single fundamental string (superstring) at a particular frequency.
  • supertitles — (especially in opera production) a translation of a segment of the libretto or other text or sometimes a brief summary of the plot projected onto a screen above the stage during a performance.
  • suppurative — suppurating; characterized by suppuration.
  • 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.
  • sweet spire — a shrub, Itea virginica, of the eastern and southern U.S., having showy, fragrant, white flowers.
  • swipe right — to move a finger from left to right across a touchscreen in order to approve an image
  • sympathizer — a person who sympathizes.
  • taboparesis — the occurrence of two conditions (general paresis and tabes dorsalis) at the same time
  • teachership — a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession; instructor.
  • team spirit — camaraderie, esprit de corps
  • teles pires — a river in central Brazil, flowing NW to the Tapajos River. 600 miles (965 km) long.
  • terpsichore — Classical Mythology. the Muse of dancing and choral song.
  • tertianship — (in the Jesuit order) a period of strict discipline before the taking of final vows, beginning one or two years after ordination.
  • the tropics — that part of the earth's surface between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn; the Torrid Zone
  • third space — the coffee shop considered as an alternative to a bar or restaurant as a place to socialize outside the home
  • timepleaser — a timeserver.
  • tin pyrites — stannite.
  • topdressing — an application of fertiliser to soil
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