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11-letter words containing s, p, i, n, e, t

  • respiration — the act of respiring; inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing.
  • retinispora — any member of the genus Retinispora, of conifers which grow in the east of Asia and in the east and west of North America
  • 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.
  • scotch pine — a pine, Pinus sylvestris, of Eurasia, having a reddish trunk and twisted, bluish-green needles.
  • sea captain — the master of a seagoing vessel.
  • sempiternal — everlasting; eternal.
  • sempiternum — a type of durable woollen fabric popular in the 17th century
  • sempstering — the profession of being a tailor
  • senatorship — the office or position of a senator
  • septenarius — a verse consisting of seven feet, usually printed in two lines: used especially in Latin poems.
  • septentrion — Obsolete. the north.
  • septic tank — a tank in which solid organic sewage is decomposed and purified by anaerobic bacteria.
  • septivalent — having a valence of seven; heptavalent.
  • serendipity — an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.
  • serpentinic — of, relating to, or containing the mineral serpentine
  • serpentlike — resembling a serpent
  • shine up to — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
  • shinplaster — a plaster for the shin or leg.
  • sign-posted — a post bearing a sign that gives information or guidance.
  • silverpoint — a technique of drawing with a silver stylus on specially prepared paper.
  • simon peter — Peter (def 1).
  • single tape — a ribbon of material, usually with a plastic base, coated on one side (single tape) or both sides (double tape) with a substance containing iron oxide, to make it sensitive to impulses from an electromagnet: used to record sound, images, data, etc.
  • single-step — to perform a single instruction on (a program), generally under the control of a debug program
  • six-pointer — a football match between two teams in similar positions in the league table, considered as being worth six points as it not only gains the winning team three points but denies three points to the losing team
  • sleep on it — contemplate sth overnight
  • smoke point — heat at which oil gives off smoke
  • soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
  • sopping wet — soaked, dripping
  • spaghettini — pasta in the form of long thin strings
  • 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.
  • spendthrift — a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; prodigal.
  • spermatoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
  • spermotoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
  • spinmeister — spin doctor.
  • spinsterdom — the state of being a spinster
  • spinsterial — relating to a spinster
  • spinsterian — relating to a spinster
  • spinsterish — Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
  • spirketting — deck planking near the bulwarks
  • spite fence — a wall or fence erected solely to annoy one's neighbor or lower the value of his or her property.
  • spitsbergen — a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean, N of and belonging to Norway. 24,293 sq. mi. (62,920 sq. km).
  • spitzbergen — a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean, N of and belonging to Norway. 24,293 sq. mi. (62,920 sq. km).
  • spitzenburg — any of several red or yellow varieties of apple that ripen in the autumn.
  • splint bone — one of the rudimentary, splintlike metacarpal or metatarsal bones of the horse or some allied animal, one on each side of the back of each cannon bone.
  • splintering — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
  • spontaneity — the state, quality, or fact of being spontaneous.
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