11-letter words containing s, p, a, r, c, t
- pro-fascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
- psychiatric — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
- pyroclastic — composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic.
- respectable — worthy of respect or esteem; estimable; worthy: a respectable citizen.
- respectably — worthy of respect or esteem; estimable; worthy: a respectable citizen.
- saprobiotic — saprobic
- saprophytic — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- scarlet cup — a small, fleshy, saucer-shaped fungus, Sarcoscypha coccinea, of the family Sarcoscyphaceae, marked by a scarlet inner surface and white exterior, seen on fallen branches in the spring.
- scatter pin — a woman's small ornamental pin, usually worn with other similar pins on a dress, suit jacket, etc.
- scent spray — perfume that comes in an aerosol bottle
- scrap metal — discarded metal
- scratch pad — a pad of paper used for jotting down ideas, informal notes, preliminary writing, etc.
- screw plate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
- scriptorial — of or relating to a scriptorium
- shag carpet — shag pile carpet
- sheep track — a pathway made by and used by sheep, often in rocky or mountainous terrain, and sometimes followed by hikers
- shoot craps — to play this game
- sir patrick — Norman Bel [bel] /bɛl/ (Show IPA), 1893–1958, U.S. industrial and stage designer and architect.
- skip tracer — an investigator whose job is to locate missing persons, especially debtors.
- sparagmatic — denoting a type of Precambrian rock found in Scandinavia
- spatterdock — any of various water lilies of the genus Nuphar, having globular yellow flowers and growing in lakes or sluggish streams, especially N. advena, of the eastern U.S.
- spectacular — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- spectrality — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- spectrogram — a representation or photograph of a spectrum.
- specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
- speculatory — a place suitable for observation
- speechcraft — the art of rhetoric
- spermatheca — a small sac or cavity in female or hermaphroditic invertebrates used to store sperm for fertilizing eggs, as in the queen bee.
- spermatoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- sphragistic — of or relating to seals or signet rings.
- spirit cave — an archaeological site in Thailand that has produced evidence of very early plant domestication in Southeast Asia, dated c7000 b.c.
- spirochaete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- sporadicity — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- sprite crab — ghost crab.
- stauroscope — an optical instrument for studying the crystal structure of minerals under polarized light
- stench trap — a trap in a sewer that by means of a water seal prevents the upward passage of foul-smelling gases
- streetscape — a pictorial view of a street.
- stump ranch — (in British Columbia) an undeveloped ranch in the bush where animals graze among the stumps of felled trees
- subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
- superactive — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- superjacent — lying above or upon something else.
- superoctave — an organ stop two octaves above the standard pitch
- support act — a band or entertainer not topping the bill
- supracostal — above the rib
- supremacist — a person who believes in or advocates the supremacy of a particular group, especially a racial group: a white supremacist.
- teachership — a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession; instructor.
- third space — the coffee shop considered as an alternative to a bar or restaurant as a place to socialize outside the home
- track spike — a chisel-pointed spike used to secure the rails of a railroad track to wooden ties.
- transpierce — to pierce through; penetrate; pass through.