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11-letter words containing s, p, e

  • joao pessoa — a state in E Brazil. 21,760 sq. mi. (56,360 sq. km). Capital: João Pessoa.
  • joe sixpack — Slang. the average or typical blue-collar man.
  • joggle post — a wooden king post having notches or raised areas for receiving and supporting the feet of struts.
  • john scopes — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
  • joseph raff — Joseph Joachim, 1822–82, Swiss composer.
  • josephinite — a mineral alloy of nickel and iron
  • jumpmasters — Plural form of jumpmaster.
  • jumpstarted — Simple past tense and past participle of jumpstart.
  • justiceship — the office of a justice.
  • keep kosher — to observe the Jewish dietary laws
  • keep stroke — to make strokes in rhythm
  • keogh plans — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
  • keratoscope — an instrument, as Placido's disk, for determining the symmetry of the curvature of the cornea.
  • keratoscopy — an instrument, as Placido's disk, for determining the symmetry of the curvature of the cornea.
  • ketopentose — (carbohydrate) A pentose that is also a ketose.
  • khyber pass — the chief mountain pass between Pakistan and Afghanistan, W of Peshawar. 33 miles (53 km) long; 6825 feet (2080 meters) high.
  • kiloparsecs — Plural form of kiloparsec.
  • kinderspiel — a play or piece of musical theatre performed by children
  • kindredship — a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
  • kinetoplast — A mass of mitochondrial DNA lying close to the nucleus in some flagellate protozoa.
  • kinetoscope — an early motion-picture device, invented by Edison, in which the film passed behind a peephole for viewing by a single viewer.
  • klappvisier — a visor attached by a hinge at the top: used on basinets of the 14th century.
  • kleptocrats — Plural form of kleptocrat.
  • knee spavin — chronic inflammation of the carpal joint of a horse
  • knee-sprung — (of a horse, mule, etc.) having a forward bowing of the knee caused by shortening of the flexor tendons.
  • knifepoints — Plural form of knifepoint.
  • knoop scale — a scale of hardness based on the indentation made in the material to be tested by a diamond point.
  • krugersdorp — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa, NW of Johannesburg.
  • lakshadweep — a union territory of India comprising a group of islands and coral reefs in the Arabian Sea, off the SW coast of India. About 12 sq. mi. (31 sq. km).
  • landscapers — Plural form of landscaper.
  • laparoscope — a flexible fiberoptic instrument, passed through a small incision in the abdominal wall and equipped with biopsy forceps, an obturator, scissors or the like, with which to examine the abdominal cavity or perform minor surgery.
  • lapidescent — in the process of changing into stone
  • laser proof — a print proof of an element of a page printed out on a laser printer, so as to give an almost accurate preview of the final printout
  • lassen peak — an active volcano in N California, in the S Cascade Range. 10,465 feet (3190 meters).
  • last gospel — in the order of service for the Mass, the final reading of a Gospel lesson.
  • last supper — the supper of Jesus and His disciples on the eve of His Crucifixion. Compare Lord's Supper (def 1).
  • latiseptate — having broad partitions or septa
  • leader-ship — the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition. Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony.
  • leaderships — Plural form of leadership.
  • leaf spring — a long, narrow, multiple spring composed of several layers of spring metal bracketed together: used in some suspension systems of carriages and automobiles.
  • leafhoppers — Plural form of leafhopper.
  • leap second — Coordinated Universal Time
  • lectureship — the office of lecturer.
  • led display — a flat-screen device in which an array of light-emitting diodes can be selectively activated to display numerical and alphabetical information, used esp in pocket calculators, digital timepieces, measuring instruments, and in some microcomputers
  • leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
  • leper house — a hospital for lepers; leprosarium.
  • lepidosiren — a lungfish, Lepidosiren paradoxa, of the Amazon, having an eel-shaped body.
  • leprechauns — a dwarf or sprite.
  • lepromatous — the swollen lesion of leprosy.
  • leprosarium — a hospital for the treatment of lepers.
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