11-letter words containing s, p, l, i, t, h
- lithophytes — Plural form of lithophyte.
- lithosphere — the solid portion of the earth (distinguished from atmosphere, hydrosphere).
- lithotripsy — the pulverization and removal of urinary calculi using a lithotripter.
- loop stitch — any stitch, as the chain stitch, that uses loops in the pattern or process of working.
- multiphasic — having many phases, stages, aspects, or the like.
- nemophilist — (rare) One who is fond of forests or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods.
- nephroliths — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
- neutrophils — Plural form of neutrophil.
- nonhospital — not related to, identified with, or taking place in a hospital
- notaphilist — a person who studies or collects paper money
- oenophilist — a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
- ophiologist — the branch of herpetology dealing with snakes.
- ophthalmist — an eye expert; an oculist
- pathologies — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- pathologist — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- peristalith — a group of stones encircling a mound, dolmen, or the like.
- philatelist — the collecting of stamps and other postal matter as a hobby or an investment.
- philistines — (sometimes initial capital letter) a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes.
- phillipsite — a zeolite mineral, similar to stilbite but with potassium replacing some of the calcium.
- philoctetes — Classical Mythology. a noted archer and squire of Hercules. Bitten by a snake and abandoned on an island because of his festering wound, he was at length brought by the Greeks to Troy, where he recovered and later killed Paris.
- philologist — the study of literary texts and of written records, the establishment of their authenticity and their original form, and the determination of their meaning.
- phitsanulok — a city in central Thailand.
- phonologist — a specialist in phonology.
- phycologist — the branch of botany dealing with algae.
- phyllotaxis — phyllotaxy.
- physicalist — a doctrine associated with logical positivism and holding that every meaningful statement, other than the necessary statements of logic and mathematics, must refer directly or indirectly to observable properties of spatiotemporal things or events.
- physicality — the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- physiolatry — the worship of nature
- pilot house — an enclosed structure on the deck of a ship from which it can be navigated.
- pissasphalt — a sticky semi-liquid form of bitumen that is similar to tar
- pistol shot — a shot fired from a pistol
- pistol-whip — to beat or hit (someone) repeatedly with a pistol, especially in the head and shoulder area.
- polyhistory — the quality of a polyhistor
- polylithism — (programming) A property of a data-object that can exist in many shapes and sizes, but not simultaneously; which distinguishes it from a union. It is often implemented as a set of classes (or structs) derived from a common base class (or with a common header, as in the case of structs), typically without any methods. It has been loosely described as polymorphic data.
- polyphonist — a musical composer of or theorist in polyphony
- popish plot — an imaginary conspiracy against the crown of Great Britain on the part of English Roman Catholics, fabricated in 1678 by Titus Oates as a means of gaining power.
- postholiday — occurring after a holiday
- prelateship — the rank of a prelate
- priest-hole — a secret chamber in certain houses in England, built as a hiding place for Roman Catholic priests when they were proscribed in the 16th and 17th centuries
- psilophytic — (of a plant) that grows well in the dry savannah
- publishment — publication.
- retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
- rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
- sales pitch — promotional talk
- school trip — educational outing
- scotophilic — living and flourishing in darkness.
- shinplaster — a plaster for the shin or leg.
- shinsplints — inflammation of the muscles around the shinbone caused by strenuous exercise
- shoplifting — to steal (merchandise) as a shoplifter.