11-letter words containing r, t, s, p
- spirit lamp — a lamp that burns methylated or other spirits instead of oil
- spiritually — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
- spiritualty — Often, spiritualties. ecclesiastical property or revenue.
- spirituelle — having a refined and lively mind or wit; spirituel
- spirketting — deck planking near the bulwarks
- spirochaete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- spitsbergen — a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean, N of and belonging to Norway. 24,293 sq. mi. (62,920 sq. km).
- spitsticker — a wood-engraving tool with a fine prow-shaped point for cutting curved lines
- spitzbergen — a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean, N of and belonging to Norway. 24,293 sq. mi. (62,920 sq. km).
- spitzenburg — any of several red or yellow varieties of apple that ripen in the autumn.
- splintering — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- split brain — having, involving, or pertaining to a severed corpus callosum.
- split hairs — any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- split skirt — a pair of women's shorts with flared legs resembling a skirt; culottes
- split-brain — having, involving, or pertaining to a severed corpus callosum.
- sponge tree — huisache.
- sporadicity — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- spore fruit — a spore-bearing structure, as an ascoscarp; sporocarp.
- spore print — the pattern produced by placing the cap of a mushroom on a piece of paper and allowing the spores to fall
- sporocystic — of or like a sporocyst
- sport shirt — a long- or short-sleeved soft shirt for informal wear by men, having a squared-off shirttail that may be left outside the trousers, usually worn without a tie.
- sports desk — the editorial section of a newspaper, television or radio programme, etc that deals with sports news
- sports hall — venue for physical activities
- sports page — newspaper page carrying sports results
- sports shop — a shop where sports clothes and equipment are sold
- sportswoman — a woman who engages in sports.
- sporulation — to produce spores.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- spot market — a market in which commodities, as grain, gold, or crude oil, are dealt in for cash and immediate delivery (distinguished from futures market).
- spot strike — a labor strike by a local branch of a union.
- spot survey — a survey taken immediately and at random
- spotted ray — any of various species of ray with irregular markings on the back
- spray paint — paint in aerosol form
- spray skirt — a piece of waterproof material that fits around the paddler and opening of a kayak to keep water out of the craft.
- spray-paint — to cover, mark, draw, or write with spray paint.
- spreadsheet — Accounting. a worksheet that is arranged in the manner of a mathematical matrix and contains a multicolumn analysis of related entries for easy reference on a single sheet.
- sprezzatura — effortlessness or ease, esp. in art or literature; careless grace; nonchalance
- sprightless — without any spirit or liveliness
- spring rate — The spring rate is a measurement of the amount of force needed to compress a spring a particular distance.
- spring tide — the large rise and fall of the tide at or soon after the new or the full moon.
- springsteen — Bruce. born 1949, US rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His albums include Born to Run (1975), Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978), Born in the USA (1984), The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995), The Rising (2002), Magic (2007), and Wrecking Ball (2012)
- springwater — water from a spring
- sprite crab — ghost crab.
- spur blight — a disease of raspberries, characterized by reddish-brown spots on the stems, caused by a fungus, Didymella applanata.
- st. peter's — a basilica in Vatican City: dome designed by Michelangelo.
- standpatter — a person who refuses to consider or accept change.
- star-shaped — of the shape of or like a star.
- stasimorphy — structural modification by arrested development
- stauroscope — an optical instrument for studying the crystal structure of minerals under polarized light
- stearoptene — the oxygenated solid part of an essential oil (opposed to eleoptene).