11-letter words containing p, e, r, s, t
- streetscape — a pictorial view of a street.
- 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).
- stroboscope — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- stroke play — medal play.
- stumpsucker — windsucker; cribber.
- sub-project — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- super-earth — a hypothetical planet larger than the earth but smaller than the four gas giants Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus, thought to be orbiting the sun beyond the Kuiper belt but nearer than the Oort cloud: its existence is suggested by two known dwarf planets in a similar orbit
- 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.
- superaltern — a universal proposition that is the basis for the immediate inference of a corresponding particular proposition.
- superbright — exceptionally bright
- supercenter — a very large shopping centre or complex
- superdainty — very dainty
- superegoist — an exceptionally selfish or self-centred person; someone who is very self-important
- superfatted — (of soap) containing excess fat that has not been converted into soap by saponification
- superfluity — the state of being superfluous.
- supergrowth — exceptional growth; very rapid growth
- superheated — If a liquid is superheated, it has been heated to a temperature that is higher than its boiling point without being allowed to boil.
- superinfect — to infect further with an additional infection
- superintend — to oversee and direct (work, processes, etc.).
- superiority — the quality or condition of being superior.
- superjacent — lying above or upon something else.
- superlative — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
- supermarket — a large retail market that sells food and other household goods and that is usually operated on a self-service basis.
- supernatant — floating above or on the surface.
- 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.
- supernature — the supernatural
- superoctave — an organ stop two octaves above the standard pitch
- superpolite — extremely polite
- superprofit — above-average profits gained through enterprise
- supersafety — the state of being supersafe
- superscript — Printing. superior (def 10).
- supersecret — a top secret
- supersleuth — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
- supersmooth — exceptionally smooth
- 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.
- superstrong — extremely strong
- superstruct — to erect upon a foundation or on top of another building or part
- supersubtle — extremely or excessively subtle; oversubtle.
- supersystem — an assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole: a mountain system; a railroad system.
- supertanker — a tanker with a deadweight capacity of over 75,000 tons.
- 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.
- supervolute — (of convolute leaves) enveloping a rolled up leaf within the bud