11-letter words containing s, e, p, h, a, r
- sphaeridium — a round body found on sea urchins
- spheroplast — a Gram-negative bacterial cell with a cell wall that has been altered or is partly missing, resulting in a spherical shape.
- 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.
- 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.
- star-shaped — of the shape of or like a star.
- stench trap — a trap in a sewer that by means of a water seal prevents the upward passage of foul-smelling gases
- stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stereograph — a single or double picture for a stereoscope.
- stevengraph — a small picture woven in colored silk thread: introduced in 1879 and mass-produced on a Jacquard-type loom.
- stewardship — the position and duties of a steward, a person who acts as the surrogate of another or others, especially by managing property, financial affairs, an estate, etc.
- strap hinge — a hinge having a flap, especially a long one, attached to one face of a door or the like.
- strap-hinge — a hinge having a flap, especially a long one, attached to one face of a door or the like.
- straphanger — a passenger who stands in a crowded bus or subway train and holds onto a strap or other support suspended from above.
- super-earth — a hypothetical planet larger than the earth but smaller than the four gas giants Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus, thought to be orbiting the sun beyond the Kuiper belt but nearer than the Oort cloud: its existence is suggested by two known dwarf planets in a similar orbit
- supercharge — to charge with an abundant or excessive amount, as of energy, emotion, or tension.
- superharden — harden (def 6).
- superheated — If a liquid is superheated, it has been heated to a temperature that is higher than its boiling point without being allowed to boil.
- sympathizer — a person who sympathizes.
- teachership — a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession; instructor.
- tertianship — (in the Jesuit order) a period of strict discipline before the taking of final vows, beginning one or two years after ordination.
- the proteas — the national cricket team of South Africa
- the vapours — a depressed mental condition believed originally to be the result of vaporous exhalations from the stomach
- third space — the coffee shop considered as an alternative to a bar or restaurant as a place to socialize outside the home
- three-phase — of or relating to a circuit, system, or device that is energized by three electromotive forces that differ in phase by one third of a cycle or 120°.
- traineeship — the state or position of being a trainee.
- transhipper — a person who tranships
- undershapen — deficiently formed
- unpurchased — not bought or purchased
- unsharpened — not sharpened
- vapor phase — In its vapor phase a substance can be condensed to a liquid or to a solid by increasing its pressure without reducing the temperature.
- verb phrase — a group of words including a verb and its complements, objects, or other modifiers that functions syntactically as a verb. In English a verb phrase combines with a noun or noun phrase acting as subject to form a simple sentence.
- worshipable — Capable of being worshiped; worthy of veneration.
- xiphisterna — Plural form of xiphisternum.