11-letter words containing p, o, s, l
- supracostal — above the rib
- suspicional — of or relating to suspicion, especially morbid or insane suspicions.
- sympetalous — gamopetalous.
- symptomless — having or showing no symptoms.
- synsepalous — gamosepalous.
- syphilology — the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of syphilis
- 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.
- top slicing — mining of thick orebodies in a series of stopes from top to bottom, the roof being caved with its timbers as each stope is exhausted.
- topless bar — a bar in which barmaids or waitresses work naked from the waist up
- townspeople — residents of a town
- transportal — an act of transporting
- tripersonal — consisting of or existing in three persons, as the Godhead.
- tripetalous — having three petals.
- triphyllous — having three leaves.
- triptolemus — a favorite of Demeter and the inventor of the plow and patron of agriculture, connected with the Eleusinian mysteries.
- trisepalous — having three sepals.
- trophoblast — the layer of extraembryonic ectoderm that chiefly nourishes the embryo or develops into fetal membranes with nutritive functions.
- trophoplasm — the cytoplasm that is involved in the nutritive processes of a cell
- turtle soup — soup made from turtle flesh, usually of the green turtle
- unapostolic — not apostolic; not related to or characteristic of the early Christian apostles or their subsequent apostles
- undespoiled — (of nature, land, etc.) not damaged or despoiled; pristine
- undo-plasty — cosmetic surgical procedures designed to reverse the results of a previous procedure or procedures
- unipersonal — consisting of or existing as one person only.
- unipetalous — having only one petal.
- unpurposely — intentionally; deliberately: He tripped me purposely.
- unreposeful — characterized by a lack of repose or rest
- unstoppable — that cannot be stopped or surpassed; unbeatable: an unstoppable ball team.
- unstoppably — that cannot be stopped or surpassed; unbeatable: an unstoppable ball team.
- up for sale — If a property or company is up for sale, its owner is trying to sell it.
- upholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- upholsterer — a person whose business it is to upholster furniture and, sometimes, to furnish and put in place hangings, curtains, carpets, etc.
- upholstress — a female upholsterer
- uranoplasty — a surgical operation to correct a defect of the palate or roof of the mouth
- very pistol — a special pistol which fires coloured flares for signalling at night, esp at sea
- well-spoken — speaking well, fittingly, or pleasingly: The new chairwoman was very well-spoken.
- welsh poppy — a poppy, Meconopsis cambrica, of western Europe, having pale-green, slightly hairy foliage and pale-yellow flowers.
- westpolitik — a policy of a Communist country of adopting trade and diplomatic relations with non-Communist nations.
- whistlestop — (US, dated) A minor railway station at which a train would stop if requested.
- whole snipe — the common snipe. See under snipe (def 1).
- wolf packs' — a group of submarines operating together in hunting down and attacking enemy convoys.
- wolf spider — any of numerous ground spiders of the family Lycosidae, including the southern European tarantula, Lycosa taretula, that hunt their prey instead of using a web.
- wool sponge — a commercial sponge, Hippiospongia lachne, of Florida and the West Indies, the surface of which resembles the fleece of a sheep.