11-letter words containing s, p, o, n, h
- punch spoon — a spoon having a pierced bowl and a barbed end for removing fruit, ice, etc., from punch.
- push around — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- push-button — operated by or as if by push buttons: push-button tuning.
- pythonesque — denoting a kind of humour that is absurd and unpredictable; zany; surreal
- rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
- rhône-alpes — a region of E France: mainly mountainous, rising to the edge of the Massif Central in the west and the French Alps in the east; drained by the Rivers Rhône, Saône, and Isère
- rompishness — the state or condition of being rompish
- sand hopper — beach flea.
- satanophany — a manifestation or incarnation of Satan; demonic possession
- saxophonist — musician who plays saxophone
- scenography — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- schoonschip — (mathematics, tool) (From the Dutch for "beautiful ship" or "clean ship") A program for symbolic mathematics, especially High Energy Physics, written by M. Veltman of CERN in 1964. Schoonschip only does algebra, no derivatives. It was implemented originally in CDC 6600 and CDC 7600 assembly language and currently in 680x0 assembly language. Runs on Amiga, Atari ST, Sun-3 and NeXT. It was once maintained by David Williams at the University of Michigan Physics Department.
- scotch pine — a pine, Pinus sylvestris, of Eurasia, having a reddish trunk and twisted, bluish-green needles.
- scotch snap — a rhythmic pattern consisting of a short note followed by a long one
- scotophobin — a peptide isolated from the brains of rats conditioned to avoid darkness, alleged to induce a dark-avoidance response in untrained rats, mice, and other animals.
- senatorship — the office or position of a senator
- sharp-nosed — having a thin, pointed nose.
- shine up to — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
- shop around — compare prices
- shop window — storefront display
- shop-window — a window used for display of merchandise.
- shopkeeping — a retail merchant or tradesman; a person who owns or operates a small store or shop.
- shoplifting — to steal (merchandise) as a shoplifter.
- showjumping — horseriding event
- showmanship — the skill or ability of a showman.
- siphonogamy — a mode of pollination in which pollen tubes develop to facilitate the passage of male cells to eggs
- smart phone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- snapshooter — an amateur photographer, especially one who takes snapshots with a simple camera.
- snapshotted — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
- snobography — an account or description of snobs
- soda siphon — fizzy water dispenser
- soft hyphen — a hyphen that is used only in breaking a word at the end of a line of text.
- solenoglyph — any poisonous snake of the viper family with hollow, paired, erectile fangs
- sonographer — a diagnostic technician who operates a sonograph
- southampton — Henry Wriothesley [rahy-uh ths-lee] /ˈraɪ əθs li/ (Show IPA), 3rd Earl of, 1573–1624, English nobleman, soldier, and patron of writers, including William Shakespeare.
- sphagnology — the study of sphagna
- sphingosine — a basic unsaturated amino alcohol, C 1 8 H 3 3 (OH) 2 NH 2 , produced by the hydrolysis of sphingomyelin or gangliosides.
- sphinx moth — hawk moth.
- sponge bath — a bath in which the bather is cleaned by a wet sponge or washcloth dipped in water, without getting into a tub of water.
- sponsorship — a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing.
- springhouse — a small storehouse built over a spring or part of a brook, for keeping such foods as meat and dairy products cool and fresh.
- spy-hopping — a vertical half-rise out of the water performed by a whale in order to view the surroundings. a springing bounce in tall grasses performed by certain land mammals, as foxes and wolves, to view the surroundings.
- stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stephanotis — any vine belonging to the genus Stephanotis, of the milkweed family, having fragrant, waxy, white flowers and leathery leaves.
- stereophony — the state or condition of being stereophonic.
- stone sheep — a wild sheep found in the Yukon and the northern Rocky Mountains
- sun-worship — the act of worshipping the sun as a deity
- sundry shop — (in Malaysia) a shop, similar to a delicatessen, that sells predominantly Chinese foodstuffs
- surgeonship — the position or responsibility of a surgeon
- sycophantic — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.