11-letter words containing s, p, i
- apostlebird — an omnivorous bird, Struthidea cinerea, of eastern Australia, that has chiefly dark gray-brown plumage with white tail markings and is noted for its habit of traveling in groups of about 12 related individuals.
- apostleship — the position or duty of an apostle
- apostolical — Apostolic.
- apostrophic — a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea, as “O Death, where is thy sting?”.
- apotheosise — Alternative spelling of apotheosize.
- apotheosize — to deify
- apotropaism — the use of ritual or magic to ward off evil or bad luck
- apparations — Plural form of apparation.
- apparitions — Plural form of apparition.
- appeasingly — in an appeasing manner
- applescript — (language) An object-oriented shell language for the Macintosh, approximately a superset of HyperTalk.
- applicators — Plural form of applicator.
- appositions — Plural form of apposition.
- appositives — Plural form of appositive.
- appraisable — to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess: We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it.
- appreciates — to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.
- apprentices — Plural form of apprentice.
- appressoria — a flattened and thickened tip of a hyphal branch, formed by some parasitic fungi, that facilitates penetration of the host plant.
- aprioristic — belief in, or reliance upon, a priori reasoning, arguments, or principles.
- arab spring — The Arab Spring is a period of time in and around 2011 to 2012 during which people in the Middle East and Africa tried to achieve democratic reforms.
- arabidopsis — Any cress (or related plant) of the genus Arabidopsis.
- archbishops — Plural form of archbishop.
- archpriests — Plural form of archpriest.
- ars poetica — the art of poetry
- arsonphobia — Pyrophobia.
- artisanship — the occupation or product of a craftsperson or artisan
- ascriptions — Plural form of ascription.
- aseptically — in a non-putrefying manner
- asperations — Plural form of asperation.
- aspergation — the action of sprinkling, suffusing or irrigating with water
- aspergillum — a brush or perforated container for sprinkling holy water
- aspergillus — any ascomycetous fungus of the genus Aspergillus, having chains of conidia attached like bristles to a club-shaped stalk: family Aspergillaceae
- aspersorium — a basin containing holy water with which worshippers sprinkle themselves
- aspheterise — to deny the right of private property
- aspheterism — the teaching that all property should be in common ownership and no individual should benefit from personal possession
- aspheterize — to observe or engage in aspheterism
- asphyxiants — Plural form of asphyxiant.
- asphyxiated — Simple past tense and past participle of asphyxiate.
- asphyxiates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asphyxiate.
- asphyxiator — to produce asphyxia in.
- aspidistras — Plural form of aspidistra.
- aspirations — a strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition: intellectual aspirations.
- asplanchnic — having no gut
- asportation — the removal or taking away of something
- assumptions — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
- astraphobia — a fear of thunder and lightning
- astrophobia — A fear of stars and celestial space.
- athwartship — having a position across a vessel from side to side at right angles to the keel
- atmospheric — Atmospheric is used to describe something which relates to the Earth's atmosphere.
- attophysics — the physics of structures and artefacts with dimensions in the attometre range or of devices, such as lasers, capable of producing pulses with a duration measured in attoseconds