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11-letter words containing s, p, e, a, k

  • leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
  • leukoplasia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.
  • loudspeaker — any of various devices, usually electronic, by which speech, music, etc., can be intensified and made audible throughout a room, hall, or the like.
  • make a pass — sports
  • marksperson — A marksman or markswoman.
  • marlinspike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
  • mellowspeak — bland or vague language associated with New Age philosophy
  • mis-package — a bundle of something, usually of small or medium size, that is packed and wrapped or boxed; parcel.
  • misspeaking — (obsolete) Speaking ill; defamation, slander.
  • nonspeaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
  • nosy parker — a prying person
  • packet soup — soup supplied in dried form in a packet
  • park forest — a city in NE Illinois.
  • parkersburg — a city in NW West Virginia, on the Ohio River.
  • passagework — writing that is often extraneous to the thematic material of a work and is typically of a virtuosic or decorative character: passagework consisting of scales, arpeggios, trills, and double octaves.
  • peace talks — negotiations aimed at ending conflict
  • peak season — busiest annual period
  • perestroika — Russian. the program of economic and political reform in the Soviet Union initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986.
  • pervouralsk — a city in the central RSFSR, in the Ural Mountains in Asia.
  • phrase book — a small book containing everyday phrases and sentences and their equivalents in a foreign language, written especially for travelers.
  • phrasemaker — a person who is skilled in coining well-turned phrases; phraseologist.
  • plank-sheer — a plank or timber covering the upper ends of the frames of a wooden vessel
  • plasterwork — finish or ornamental work done in plaster.
  • plisetskaya — Maya (Mikhailovna) [mah-yuh myi-khahy-luh v-nuh] /ˈmɑ yə myɪˈxaɪ ləv nə/ (Show IPA), 1925–2015, Soviet ballet dancer.
  • pond-skater — any of various heteropterous insects of the family Gerrididae, esp Gerris lacustris (common pond-skater), having a slender hairy body and long hairy legs with which they skim about on the surface of ponds
  • press brake — brake1 (def 6).
  • prick-tease — a woman who is sexually provocative but refuses to engage in sexual activity
  • prokaryotes — any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops, characteristic of all organisms in the kingdom Monera, as the bacteria and blue-green algae.
  • punji stake — a sharp bamboo stake concealed in high grass at an angle so as to gash the feet and legs of enemy soldiers and often coated with excrement so as to cause an infected wound.
  • safekeeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
  • sample book — a number of pieces of fabric, wallpaper, etc fastened together at one edge, for people to examine when trying to choose which example to buy
  • sandia peak — a mountain in N central New Mexico in the Sandia Mountains. 10,678 feet (3255 meters).
  • septic tank — a tank in which solid organic sewage is decomposed and purified by anaerobic bacteria.
  • shakespeare — William ("the Bard"; "the Bard of Avon") 1564–1616, English poet and dramatist.
  • sheep track — a pathway made by and used by sheep, often in rocky or mountainous terrain, and sometimes followed by hikers
  • sheep-shank — a kind of knot, hitch, or bend made on a rope to shorten it temporarily.
  • shopbreaker — a robber who breaks into a shop
  • skeptically — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
  • skip tracer — an investigator whose job is to locate missing persons, especially debtors.
  • sleepwalker — the act or state of walking, eating, or performing other motor acts while asleep, of which one is unaware upon awakening; somnambulism.
  • snake plant — a widely grown houseplant, Sansevieria trifasciata, having stiffly erect, mottled, lance-shaped leaves.
  • snapperback — the center on the offensive team.
  • sneak up on — If someone sneaks up on you, they try and approach you without being seen or heard, perhaps to surprise you or do you harm.
  • sneaky pete — a homemade or inferior liquor or wine.
  • so to speak — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
  • spacewalker — a person who manoeuvres in space while outside but attached to a spacecraft
  • sparklessly — in a sparkless manner
  • 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.
  • spatterwork — a method of decorating whereby ink or another fluid is spattered over a medium
  • speakeasies — a saloon or nightclub selling alcoholic beverages illegally, especially during Prohibition.
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