11-letter words containing s, e, p, o
- splodginess — the state of being splodgy
- spoken word — The spoken word is used to refer to language expressed in speech, for example in contrast to written texts or music.
- spokesmodel — an attractive or otherwise appealing person who is hired to speak on behalf of a company or product, as in a commercial.
- spokeswoman — a woman who speaks for another person or for a group.
- sponge bath — a bath in which the bather is cleaned by a wet sponge or washcloth dipped in water, without getting into a tub of water.
- sponge cake — a light, sweet cake made with a comparatively large proportion of eggs but no shortening.
- sponge down — to wipe clean with a damp sponge or cloth
- sponge iron — finely divided, porous iron, reduced from an oxide at a temperature below the melting point.
- sponge tree — huisache.
- spontaneity — the state, quality, or fact of being spontaneous.
- spontaneous — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- spoon bread — Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a baked dish made with cornmeal, milk, eggs, and shortening, served as an accompaniment to meat.
- 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
- sporiferous — bearing spores.
- sporogenous — of or relating to spores or spore production.
- sports desk — the editorial section of a newspaper, television or radio programme, etc that deals with sports news
- sports page — newspaper page carrying sports results
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- spot height — the elevation of a certain point.
- 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 gum — an Australian eucalyptus tree, Eucalyptus maculata
- spotted owl — a dark-brown owl (Strix occidentalis, family Strigidae) with scattered white spots and dark eyes, sometimes seen in the forests of W North America: it is an endangered species
- spotted ray — any of various species of ray with irregular markings on the back
- spottedness — the state, condition or quality of being spotted
- spouted bed — A spouted bed is a bed in which the particles are quite big, and contact only happens in an upward movement of fluid in the middle of the bed.
- springhouse — a small storehouse built over a spring or part of a brook, for keeping such foods as meat and dairy products cool and fresh.
- stauroscope — an optical instrument for studying the crystal structure of minerals under polarized light
- steam point — the temperature at which water vapor condenses at a pressure of one atmosphere, represented by 100°C and 212°F.
- stearoptene — the oxygenated solid part of an essential oil (opposed to eleoptene).
- steatopygia — extreme accumulation of fat on and about the buttocks, especially of women.
- steatopygic — extreme accumulation of fat on and about the buttocks, especially of women.
- stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stenotypist — shorthand in which alphabetic letters or types are used to produce shortened forms of words or groups of words.
- step reebok — a set of aerobic exercises designed to improve the cardiovascular system, which consists of stepping on and off a special box of adjustable height
- step rocket — a multistage rocket that discards burned-out stages.
- stepbrother — one's stepfather's son or stepmother's son by a previous marriage.
- stephanotis — any vine belonging to the genus Stephanotis, of the milkweed family, having fragrant, waxy, white flowers and leathery leaves.
- steppenwolf — a novel (1927) by Hermann Hesse.
- stereograph — a single or double picture for a stereoscope.
- stereophony — the state or condition of being stereophonic.
- stereoptics — the branch of stereoscopy that is concerned with optics
- stereoscope — an optical instrument through which two pictures of the same object, taken from slightly different points of view, are viewed, one by each eye, producing the effect of a single picture of the object, with the appearance of depth or relief.
- stereoscopy — the study of the stereoscope and its techniques.
- stereotyped — reproduced in or by stereotype plates.
- stereotypes — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- stereotypic — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- stethoscope — an instrument used in auscultation to convey sounds in the chest or other parts of the body to the ear of the examiner.