11-letter words containing s, l, i, p, n
- publishings — the activities or business of a publisher, especially of books or periodicals: He plans to go into publishing after college.
- publishment — publication.
- punctilious — extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
- punctualist — a person who is concerned with points of conduct
- pupil nurse — a nurse who is still undergoing medical training
- pustulation — the formation or breaking out of pustules.
- quintuplets — Plural form of quintuplet.
- rapscallion — a rascal; rogue; scamp.
- replenished — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
- replenisher — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
- responsible — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
- responsibly — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
- rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
- ruby spinel — a deep red, transparent variety of spinel, used as a gem.
- sailplaning — the sport of flying sailplanes
- saline drip — the usually intravenous drop-by-drop administration of an isotonic solution of sodium chloride in distilled water
- salmon pink — salmon (defs 4, 5).
- salpingitis — inflammation of a salpinx.
- saprolegnia — a variety of fungus
- scopolamine — a colorless, syrupy, water-soluble alkaloid, C 1 7 H 2 1 NO 4 , obtained from certain plants of the nightshade family, used chiefly as a sedative and mydriatic and to alleviate the symptoms of motion sickness.
- scorpionfly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
- sculpturing — the act of sculpturing or carving
- sempiternal — everlasting; eternal.
- septivalent — having a valence of seven; heptavalent.
- serpentlike — resembling a serpent
- sesquiplane — a biplane having one wing with not more than half the surface area of the other wing.
- shinplaster — a plaster for the shin or leg.
- shinsplints — inflammation of the muscles around the shinbone caused by strenuous exercise
- shoplifting — to steal (merchandise) as a shoplifter.
- silverpoint — a technique of drawing with a silver stylus on specially prepared paper.
- single tape — a ribbon of material, usually with a plastic base, coated on one side (single tape) or both sides (double tape) with a substance containing iron oxide, to make it sensitive to impulses from an electromagnet: used to record sound, images, data, etc.
- single whip — an instrument for striking, as in driving animals or in punishing, typically consisting of a lash or other flexible part with a more rigid handle.
- single-step — to perform a single instruction on (a program), generally under the control of a debug program
- sinupallial — (of lamellibranchs) having an impression of the sinus on the pallium
- sipunculoid — a member of the group Sipunculoidea
- sleep on it — contemplate sth overnight
- small print — text typewritten in a small-sized font
- snail-paced — slow of pace or motion, like a snail; sluggish.
- soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
- spallanzani — Lazzaro [lahd-dzah-raw] /ˈlɑd dzɑ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–99, Italian biologist.
- spanish fly — Also called cantharides. a preparation of powdered blister beetles, especially the Spanish fly, used medicinally as a counterirritant, diuretic, and aphrodisiac.
- sparklingly — in a sparkling manner
- 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.
- spellbinder — a person or thing that spellbinds, especially a powerful speaker who can captivate an audience.
- spiculation — formation into spicules.
- spin bowler — a bowler who specializes in bowling balls with a spinning motion
- spinachlike — resembling or characteristic of spinach
- spinal cord — the cord of nerve tissue extending through the spinal canal of the spinal column.
- spindlelegs — (used with a plural verb) long, thin legs.