11-letter words containing s, p, e, n, c
- presanctify — to sanctify ahead of an event
- prescindent — tending to prescind
- prescission — the action of prescinding
- presentence — Grammar. a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.
- 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.
- procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
- 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.
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- 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.
- psyche knot — a woman's hairdo in which a knot or coil of hair projects from the back of the head.
- psychogenic — having origin in the mind or in a mental condition or process: a psychogenic disorder.
- psychotogen — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
- puckishness — the state of being puckish
- punch press — a power-driven machine used to cut, draw, or otherwise shape material, especially metal sheets, with dies, under pressure or by heavy blows.
- punicaceous — of or relating to the family Punicaceae, containing the pomegranates
- putrescence — becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
- 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.
- relandscape — to landscape again after a previous landscaping
- rescription — a reply or answering of a letter
- respondence — the act of responding; response: respondence to a stimulus.
- 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.
- saponaceous — resembling soap; soapy.
- scatter pin — a woman's small ornamental pin, usually worn with other similar pins on a dress, suit jacket, etc.
- scenography — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- scent spray — perfume that comes in an aerosol bottle
- scolopendra — a member of a genus of centipedes belonging to the Scolopendridae family
- 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.
- scrapepenny — a person who is stingy; a miser
- scrappiness — made up of scraps or of odds and ends; fragmentary; disconnected.
- screen dump — the act or process of printing or saving the graphical or textual data displayed on a computer screen.
- screen pass — a pass thrown to a receiver who is directly in back of a wall of blockers and who is behind or not far beyond the line of scrimmage.
- scuppernong — a silvery amber-green variety of muscadine grape.
- 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.
- snap course — an academic course that can be passed with a minimum of effort.
- snapperback — the center on the offensive team.
- sniperscope — a snooperscope designed for attaching to a rifle or carbine.