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11-letter words containing s, p, a, c, y

  • placelessly — in a placeless manner
  • polycarpous — producing fruit many times, as a perennial plant.
  • polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
  • polycrystal — an object composed of randomly oriented crystals, formed by rapid solidification
  • predynastic — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the first dynasty of a nation, especially the period in Egypt before c3200 b.c.
  • presanctify — to sanctify ahead of an event
  • presbycusia — impaired hearing due to old age.
  • presynaptic — being or occurring on the transmitting end of a discharge across a synapse.
  • prickly ash — Also called Northern prickly ash, toothache tree. a citrus shrub or small tree, Zanthoxylum americanum, having aromatic leaves and usually prickly branches.
  • prosaically — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
  • prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
  • psychagogue — a necromancer
  • psychedelia — the realm or artifacts of psychedelic drugs, art, writings, or the like.
  • psychiatric — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
  • psychically — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
  • psychoanal. — psychoanalysis
  • psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences
  • psychodrama — a method of group psychotherapy in which participants take roles in improvisational dramatizations of emotionally charged situations.
  • psychograph — Psychology. a graph indicating the relative strength of the personality traits of an individual.
  • psychomancy — occult communication between souls or with spirits.
  • psychopathy — a mental disorder in which an individual manifests amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.
  • pyroclastic — composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic.
  • respectably — worthy of respect or esteem; estimable; worthy: a respectable citizen.
  • saprophytic — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
  • scenography — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
  • scent spray — perfume that comes in an aerosol bottle
  • sceuophylax — a keeper of sacred vessels
  • scrapepenny — a person who is stingy; a miser
  • scyphistoma — a stage in the life cycle of a jellyfish or other scyphozoan when it is fixed in place and reproduces asexually to produce free-swimming medusas.
  • skeptically — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
  • sky compass — a device for taking a bearing by means of polarized sunlight when the sun is invisible.
  • skyscraping — of or like a skyscraper; very high: a skyscraping chimney.
  • sociography — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
  • spasmolytic — of or noting spasmolysis.
  • spastically — Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by spasm, especially tonic spasm.
  • spectrality — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
  • specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
  • speculatory — a place suitable for observation
  • sporadicity — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
  • stanley cup — a trophy emblematic since 1926 of the championship of the National Hockey League, composed of Canadian and U.S. professional teams.
  • steatopygic — extreme accumulation of fat on and about the buttocks, especially of women.
  • sticky tape — adhesive strip
  • sub-company — subsidiary company.
  • superagency — a very large agency, especially a large government agency that oversees smaller ones.
  • sycophantic — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • sympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
  • symposiarch — the president, director, or master of a symposium.
  • symptomatic — pertaining to a symptom or symptoms.
  • syncopation — Music. a shifting of the normal accent, usually by stressing the normally unaccented beats.
  • syncopative — relating to syncopation
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