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11-letter words containing p, i, s, a, n

  • prussianize — to make Prussian, as in character, method, organization, etc.
  • psilomelane — a common mineral consisting of a mixture of pyrolusite and other oxides of manganese, usually found in black, rounded masses: an ore of manganese.
  • pumpstation — A pumpstation is a place with pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another.
  • punctualist — a person who is concerned with points of conduct
  • punicaceous — of or relating to the family Punicaceae, containing the pomegranates
  • punji stake — a sharp bamboo stake concealed in high grass at an angle so as to gash the feet and legs of enemy soldiers and often coated with excrement so as to cause an infected wound.
  • pustulation — the formation or breaking out of pustules.
  • put on airs — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
  • rap session — a usually informal or unstructured group discussion, attended especially by people with shared interests, concerns, or problems.
  • rapscallion — a rascal; rogue; scamp.
  • reparations — the making of amends for wrong or injury done: reparation for an injustice.
  • respiration — the act of respiring; inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing.
  • 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
  • rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
  • rising damp — moisture problem affecting walls
  • safekeeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
  • sailplaning — the sport of flying sailplanes
  • saline drip — the usually intravenous drop-by-drop administration of an isotonic solution of sodium chloride in distilled water
  • salmon pink — salmon (defs 4, 5).
  • salpingitis — inflammation of a salpinx.
  • sandia peak — a mountain in N central New Mexico in the Sandia Mountains. 10,678 feet (3255 meters).
  • saprolegnia — a variety of fungus
  • sauropsidan — relating to the Sauropsida or animals belonging to the Sauriodea group in Huxley's classification
  • saxophonist — musician who plays saxophone
  • scatter pin — a woman's small ornamental pin, usually worn with other similar pins on a dress, suit jacket, etc.
  • 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.
  • scrappiness — made up of scraps or of odds and ends; fragmentary; disconnected.
  • sea captain — the master of a seagoing vessel.
  • sempiternal — everlasting; eternal.
  • senatorship — the office or position of a senator
  • 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.
  • septivalent — having a valence of seven; heptavalent.
  • sesquiplane — a biplane having one wing with not more than half the surface area of the other wing.
  • shinplaster — a plaster for the shin or leg.
  • showmanship — the skill or ability of a showman.
  • shrink wrap — transparent film for wrapping food
  • shrink-wrap — to wrap and seal (a book, a food product, etc.) in a flexible film of plastic that, when exposed to a heating process, shrinks to the contour of the merchandise.
  • sideropenia — a lack of iron in the body
  • singaporean — an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.
  • 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.
  • sinupallial — (of lamellibranchs) having an impression of the sinus on the pallium
  • siphonogamy — a mode of pollination in which pollen tubes develop to facilitate the passage of male cells to eggs
  • skyscraping — of or like a skyscraper; very high: a skyscraping chimney.
  • small print — text typewritten in a small-sized font
  • snail-paced — slow of pace or motion, like a snail; sluggish.
  • soda siphon — fizzy water dispenser
  • spacefaring — space travel
  • spaghettini — pasta in the form of long thin strings
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