11-letter words containing s, p, e, c, i, n
- kinetoscope — an early motion-picture device, invented by Edison, in which the film passed behind a peephole for viewing by a single viewer.
- lapidescent — in the process of changing into stone
- long splice — a splice for forming a united rope narrow enough to pass through a block, made by unlaying the ends of two ropes for a considerable distance, overlapping the strands so as to make pairs of one strand from each rope, unlaying one of each pair, twisting the other strand into its place in the united rope, and tucking the yarns of the unlaid strand separately into place.
- mesonephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, becoming the functional kidney of fishes and amphibians and becoming part of the tubules or ductules in the reproductive systems of higher vertebrates.
- microphones — Plural form of microphone.
- necropoleis — Plural form of necropolis.
- necroscopic — of or relating to a necropsy or postmortem examination
- nightscopes — Plural form of nightscope.
- nociceptors — Plural form of nociceptor.
- nondescript — of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind: a nondescript novel; a nondescript color.
- nonspecific — Not detailed or exact; general.
- occupancies — Plural form of occupancy.
- oneiroscopy — the interpretation or study of dreams
- open switch — (IBM, probably from railways) An unresolved question, issue, or problem.
- pacesetting — a person, group, or organization that is the most progressive or successful and serves as a model to be imitated.
- pantheistic — the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.
- parascenium — either of two wings flanking and extending forward from the skene of an ancient Greek theater.
- parascience — the study of subjects that are outside the scope of traditional science because they cannot be explained by accepted scientific theory or tested by conventional scientific methods
- patsy cline — Patsy (Virginia Patterson Hensley) 1932–63, U.S. country singer.
- peckishness — the state or condition of being peckish
- pedanticise — to be pedantic
- pedanticism — pedantry.
- pedodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the care and treatment of children's teeth.
- pencil case — container for writing implements
- perceptions — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- persecution — the act of persecuting.
- persian cat — a long-haired variety of the domestic cat, originally raised in Persia and Afghanistan.
- persistence — the act or fact of persisting.
- persistency — the act or fact of persisting.
- persnickety — overparticular; fussy.
- pescatarian — a person whose diet is mostly vegetarian but includes fish and seafood.
- pescetarian — a person whose diet is mostly vegetarian but includes fish and seafood.
- pheneticist — a person who makes classifications in the field of biology according to phenetic criteria
- phonematics — phonemics.
- phonetastic — (communications) A CTI product from Callware. Phonetastic employs if-then rules and customer records to tell those receiving calls who is calling (based on ANI and DNIS) and to determine how the call should be routed, e.g. to a certain sales representative or to the general sales department; receive high-priority treatment; receive a fax-back, etc.
- phoneticism — a phonetic scheme of writing
- picnic site — an attractive place for picnics
- pinnatisect — (of a leaf) divided in a pinnate manner.
- pinocytoses — (of a cell) to take within by means of pinocytosis.
- pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
- pleistocene — noting or pertaining to the epoch forming the earlier half of the Quaternary Period, beginning about two million years ago and ending 10,000 years ago, characterized by widespread glacial ice and the advent of modern humans.
- postscenium — a wing on either side of the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theatre where props could be stored and actors could prepare; a parascenium
- pre-scoring — to record the sound of (a motion picture) before filming.
- preachiness — the quality of being preachy; a preachy style, esp a tedious one
- preciseness — definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
- precisional — the state or quality of being precise.
- 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.
- prehispanic — Spanish.
- presanctify — to sanctify ahead of an event
- prescindent — tending to prescind