11-letter words containing s, p, l, a, t, e
- 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.
- skeptically — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
- snake plant — a widely grown houseplant, Sansevieria trifasciata, having stiffly erect, mottled, lance-shaped leaves.
- soft palate — Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
- spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
- special act — a legislative act that applies only to specific persons or to a specific area.
- specialties — a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.
- spectacular — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- spectrality — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
- 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.
- speculatist — a person who speculates
- speculative — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
- speculatory — a place suitable for observation
- speed metal — a style of heavy-metal music typically played at extremely fast tempos.
- spheroplast — a Gram-negative bacterial cell with a cell wall that has been altered or is partly missing, resulting in a spherical shape.
- spinsterial — relating to a spinster
- spirit lake — a lake in SW Washington, at the N foot of Mount St. Helens: site of devastation during 1980 eruptions of Mount St. Helens.
- split-phase — pertaining to or noting a current in one of two parallel circuits that have a single-phase current source but unequal impedances and that produce currents of different phase.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- stalin peak — former name of Communism Peak.
- stanley cup — a trophy emblematic since 1926 of the championship of the National Hockey League, composed of Canadian and U.S. professional teams.
- steeplejack — a person who climbs steeples, towers, or the like, to build or repair them.
- stone plant — living stones.
- strandloper — a member of an extinct tribe of Khoikhoi or Bushmen who lived on seafood gathered on the beaches of southern Africa
- stroke play — medal play.
- superaltern — a universal proposition that is the basis for the immediate inference of a corresponding particular proposition.
- superlative — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
- supportable — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- suspectable — that could be suspected
- swash plate — an inclined circular plate on a rotating shaft for transferring force and motion to or from parts reciprocating in a direction parallel to the axis of shaft rotation.
- sympetalous — gamopetalous.
- teaspoonful — the amount a teaspoon can hold.
- telepathist — a student of or believer in telepathy.
- ten's place — ten (def 6).
- thesis play — a play that develops or defends a particular thesis.
- timepleaser — a timeserver.
- toilet soap — a mild and usually perfumed soap for washing the hands and face and for bathing.
- topless bar — a bar in which barmaids or waitresses work naked from the waist up
- transalpine — situated beyond the Alps, especially toward the north as viewed from Italy.
- tripersonal — consisting of or existing in three persons, as the Godhead.
- tripetalous — having three petals.
- trisepalous — having three sepals.
- typicalness — of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
- ultrasimple — extremely or exceptionally easy
- unipetalous — having only one petal.
- unplastered — (of a room, wall, etc) not covered with plaster
- unstoppable — that cannot be stopped or surpassed; unbeatable: an unstoppable ball team.
- usucaptible — able to be taken possession of