11-letter words containing p, o, s, t, c, l
- psilophytic — (of a plant) that grows well in the dry savannah
- punctilious — extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
- pyroclastic — composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic.
- school trip — educational outing
- scotophilic — living and flourishing in darkness.
- scriptorial — of or relating to a scriptorium
- slit pocket — a pocket on the underside of a garment, reached through a vertical opening
- slop bucket — slop pail.
- soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
- solipsistic — of or characterized by solipsism, or the theory that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist: Her treatment philosophy dealt with madness as a complete, self-contained, solipsistic world that sane people are not able to enter.
- sophistical — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- spasmolytic — of or noting spasmolysis.
- 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
- spiculation — formation into spicules.
- splenectomy — excision or removal of the spleen.
- spondylitic — inflammation of the vertebrae.
- stock split — the act or result of splitting stock
- stockpiling — the activity of acquiring and storing a large quantity of something
- subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
- supracostal — above the rib
- technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
- 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
- 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.
- unapostolic — not apostolic; not related to or characteristic of the early Christian apostles or their subsequent apostles
- xenoplastic — involving distantly related individuals
- xiphocostal — Pertaining to the xiphoid process and the ribs.