11-letter words containing p, o, l, e, s, t
- priest-hole — a secret chamber in certain houses in England, built as a hiding place for Roman Catholic priests when they were proscribed in the 16th and 17th centuries
- proselyting — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- proselytism — the act or fact of becoming a proselyte; conversion.
- proselytize — try to attract converts
- proteolysis — the breaking down of proteins into simpler compounds, as in digestion.
- protestable — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- protrusible — able to be thrust outwards
- purportless — without purport
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
- reupholster — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- sapropelite — a foul-smelling mud
- self-profit — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- 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.
- silverpoint — a technique of drawing with a silver stylus on specially prepared paper.
- sleep on it — contemplate sth overnight
- slipperwort — any of several tropical American plants belonging to the genus Calceolaria, of the figwort family, having opposite or whorled leaves and slipper-shaped flowers.
- slit pocket — a pocket on the underside of a garment, reached through a vertical opening
- slop bucket — slop pail.
- 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 pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
- spectrology — the study of ghosts, phantoms, or apparitions.
- speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- speculatory — a place suitable for observation
- spheroplast — a Gram-negative bacterial cell with a cell wall that has been altered or is partly missing, resulting in a spherical shape.
- spleenstone — a stone which was supposed to cure maladies of the spleen
- splenectomy — excision or removal of the spleen.
- splint bone — one of the rudimentary, splintlike metacarpal or metatarsal bones of the horse or some allied animal, one on each side of the back of each cannon bone.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- spotted owl — a dark-brown owl (Strix occidentalis, family Strigidae) with scattered white spots and dark eyes, sometimes seen in the forests of W North America: it is an endangered species
- steppenwolf — a novel (1927) by Hermann Hesse.
- stobie pole — a steel and concrete pole for supporting electricity wires
- stone plant — living stones.
- stop volley — a softly hit volley that barely falls over the net and cannot be reached for a return.
- strandloper — a member of an extinct tribe of Khoikhoi or Bushmen who lived on seafood gathered on the beaches of southern Africa
- stroke play — medal play.
- superpolite — extremely polite
- supervolute — (of convolute leaves) enveloping a rolled up leaf within the bud
- supportable — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- sympetalous — gamopetalous.
- symptomless — having or showing no symptoms.
- teaspoonful — the amount a teaspoon can hold.
- technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
- telephonist — a telephone switchboard operator.
- telescoping — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
- telescopist — someone who is adept with a telescope
- telescopium — an inconspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere, close to Sagittarius and Ara
- telesphorus — pope a.d. 125?–136?.
- toilet soap — a mild and usually perfumed soap for washing the hands and face and for bathing.
- tool pusher — A tool pusher is someone who supervises drilling operations on an oil rig.