11-letter words containing s, p, e, c, i, n
- prescission — the action of prescinding
- presynaptic — being or occurring on the transmitting end of a discharge across a synapse.
- pro-chinese — the standard language of China, based on the speech of Beijing; Mandarin.
- proceedings — a particular action or course or manner of action.
- prosaicness — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- prosecuting — carrying out a prosecution
- prosecution — Law. the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on.
- prosiliency — prominence
- prospecting — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
- prospection — anticipation
- providences — a seaport in and the capital of Rhode Island, in the NE part, at the head of Narragansett Bay.
- psychogenic — having origin in the mind or in a mental condition or process: a psychogenic disorder.
- puckishness — the state of being puckish
- punicaceous — of or relating to the family Punicaceae, containing the pomegranates
- pycniospore — the spore produced in a pycnium.
- reinspected — to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
- rescription — a reply or answering of a letter
- retinoscope — an apparatus that determines the refractive power of the eye by observing the lights and shadows on the pupil when a mirror illumines the retina; skiascope.
- retinoscopy — an objective method of determining the refractive error of an eye.
- scatter pin — a woman's small ornamental pin, usually worn with other similar pins on a dress, suit jacket, etc.
- 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.
- scorpaenoid — resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.
- scotch pine — a pine, Pinus sylvestris, of Eurasia, having a reddish trunk and twisted, bluish-green needles.
- scrappiness — made up of scraps or of odds and ends; fragmentary; disconnected.
- sea captain — the master of a seagoing vessel.
- septic tank — a tank in which solid organic sewage is decomposed and purified by anaerobic bacteria.
- serpentinic — of, relating to, or containing the mineral serpentine
- snail-paced — slow of pace or motion, like a snail; sluggish.
- sniperscope — a snooperscope designed for attaching to a rifle or carbine.
- soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
- spacefaring — space travel
- spec cint92 — (benchmark) A benchmark suite from SPEC, which contains six benchmarks in C performing integer computations. They can be used to estimate the performance of CPU, memory system, and compiler code generation. The individual programs are Logic Design (2x), Interpreter, Data Compression, Spreadsheet. The approximate size of the suite is 85500 lines of source code without comments. The benchmark suite can be used either for speed measurement, resulting in SPEC ratios, or for throughput measurement, resulting in SPEC rates
- 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.
- speedcoding — (language) A pseudocode interpreter for mathematics on IBM 701 and IBM 650 written by John Backus in 1953.
- spinachlike — resembling or characteristic of spinach
- spite fence — a wall or fence erected solely to annoy one's neighbor or lower the value of his or her property.
- spruce pine — a tall coniferous tree, Pinus glabra, of the southeastern U.S., having smooth, gray bark and needles in bundles of two.
- stepdancing — a dance emphasizing footwork or certain steps instead of other bodily gestures or movement
- stringpiece — a long, usually horizontal piece of timber, beam, etc., for strengthening, connecting, or supporting a framework.
- superceding — supersede.
- superinduce — to bring in or induce as an added feature, circumstance, etc.; superimpose.
- superinfect — to infect further with an additional infection
- supersonics — the branch of science that deals with supersonic phenomena.
- swing space — a temporary working environment, used esp while renovations are being carried out
- syncopative — relating to syncopation
- technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
- telescoping — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
- tennis camp — a camp that people go to in order to play and be taught tennis
- transpierce — to pierce through; penetrate; pass through.