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11-letter words containing s, i, n, u, p

  • sesquiplane — a biplane having one wing with not more than half the surface area of the other wing.
  • shine up to — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
  • showjumping — horseriding event
  • sinupallial — (of lamellibranchs) having an impression of the sinus on the pallium
  • sipunculoid — a member of the group Sipunculoidea
  • ski jumping — a competitive event, included in the Nordic combined, in which a skier jumps from a ski jump, often traveling 230 to 300 feet (70 to 90 meters) in the air, with scores being based on both the skier's form and the distance of the jump.
  • ski-jumping — the sport or activity of (skiers) jumping from a high ramp overhanging a slope
  • speculating — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
  • speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • spiculation — formation into spicules.
  • spinel ruby — ruby spinel.
  • spiniferous — (esp of plants) bearing spines or thorns
  • spitzenburg — any of several red or yellow varieties of apple that ripen in the autumn.
  • spondulicks — money; cash.
  • sporogonium — the sporangium of mosses and liverworts.
  • sporulation — to produce spores.
  • 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.
  • spruce pine — a tall coniferous tree, Pinus glabra, of the southeastern U.S., having smooth, gray bark and needles in bundles of two.
  • spud island — Prince Edward Island.
  • standing up — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
  • stickup man — a man who commits a stickup.
  • stipulating — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
  • stipulation — a condition, demand, or promise in an agreement or contract.
  • studentship — the state or condition of being a student.
  • sub-captain — a person who is at the head of or in authority over others; chief; leader.
  • subpanation — the belief that the body and blood of Christ are present in the bread and wine of Communion
  • subpoenaing — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
  • subsumption — an act of subsuming.
  • sucking-pig — a pig that is not yet weaned
  • suction cup — a cup-shaped object of rubber, glass, plastic, etc., which, by producing a partial vacuum, can be made to adhere to or draw something to a surface.
  • sun prairie — a town in S Wisconsin.
  • sun-worship — the act of worshipping the sun as a deity
  • superceding — supersede.
  • superdainty — very dainty
  • superinduce — to bring in or induce as an added feature, circumstance, etc.; superimpose.
  • superinfect — to infect further with an additional infection
  • superintend — to oversee and direct (work, processes, etc.).
  • supernation — a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.
  • superrefine — to refine to an advanced degree
  • superseding — to replace in power, authority, effectiveness, acceptance, use, etc., as by another person or thing.
  • supersinger — an exceptional singer
  • supersonics — the branch of science that deals with supersonic phenomena.
  • superstring — any supersymmetric string theory in which each type of elementary particle is treated as a vibration of a single fundamental string (superstring) at a particular frequency.
  • supervision — the act or function of supervising; superintendence.
  • supplanting — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
  • supply line — A supply line is a route along which goods and equipment are transported to an army during a war.
  • supposition — the act of supposing.
  • suppressing — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
  • suppression — the act of suppressing.
  • suppurating — to produce or discharge pus, as a wound; maturate.
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