11-letter words containing s, e, p, o
- ship-broker — a person who acts for a shipowner by getting cargo and passengers for his ships and also handling insurance and other matters
- shoe polish — wax for making footwear shiny
- shoofly pie — an open pie filled with a sweet crumb and molasses mixture and baked.
- shoot-em-up — A shoot-em-up is a computer game that involves shooting and killing characters.
- shoot'em-up — a book, film, TV show, video game, etc. characterized by much violent content, gunplay, etc., esp. one in the western, crime, or war genres
- shopbreaker — a robber who breaks into a shop
- shopkeeping — a retail merchant or tradesman; a person who owns or operates a small store or shop.
- shot putter — a sportsperson who competes in the shot put
- shot-putter — a participant in shot put.
- show jumper — A show jumper is a person who takes part in the sport of show jumping.
- showerproof — (of clothing, fabric, etc.) treated so as to resist rain; rainproof.
- showstopper — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
- sideropenia — a lack of iron in the body
- siderophile — (of a cell or tissue) having an affinity for iron.
- sideroscope — an apparatus for detecting splinters of iron or steel in the eye.
- sign-posted — a post bearing a sign that gives information or guidance.
- silverpoint — a technique of drawing with a silver stylus on specially prepared paper.
- simon peter — Peter (def 1).
- simple pole — a pole of order 1 of a function of a complex variable.
- simple vows — the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience when taken for a limited period
- singaporean — an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.
- six-pointer — a football match between two teams in similar positions in the league table, considered as being worth six points as it not only gains the winning team three points but denies three points to the losing team
- sleep on it — contemplate sth overnight
- sleep rough — to spend the night in the open; be without a home or without shelter
- 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.
- smart phone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- smoke point — heat at which oil gives off smoke
- smokejumper — a firefighter who parachutes to forest fires inaccessible to ground crews.
- snap course — an academic course that can be passed with a minimum of effort.
- snapshooter — an amateur photographer, especially one who takes snapshots with a simple camera.
- snapshotted — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
- sneak up on — If someone sneaks up on you, they try and approach you without being seen or heard, perhaps to surprise you or do you harm.
- sniperscope — a snooperscope designed for attaching to a rifle or carbine.
- snob appeal — the attributes of something that appeal to people who associate those qualities with social or intellectual superiority; a thing's attractiveness to snobs.
- snow report — a regular weather report that concentrates on details of amounts of snow and conditions at ski resorts
- snow-capped — A snow-capped mountain is covered with snow at the top.
- so to speak — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
- soap boiler — a manufacturer of soap
- soap bubble — a bubble of soapsuds.
- soap powder — soap produced and packaged in powdered form.
- soap-bubble — a bubble of soapsuds.
- soapolallie — a drink made by crushing soapberries
- sock puppet — a hand puppet made out of a sock.
- soft hyphen — a hyphen that is used only in breaking a word at the end of a line of text.
- 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
- soft-soaper — a person who flatters or cajoles, especially for reasons of self-interest or personal advantage: a soft-soaper specializing in rich, elderly women.
- soft-spoken — (of persons) speaking with a soft or gentle voice; mild.