11-letter words containing s, p, o, n
- sporulation — to produce spores.
- spot fixing — the act of deliberately engineering an outcome within a sporting contest without attempting to alter the outcome of the contest itself
- spottedness — the state, condition or quality of being spotted
- spring lock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
- spring roll — an egg roll.
- spring snow — corn snow.
- springboard — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- 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.
- stand up to — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- steam point — the temperature at which water vapor condenses at a pressure of one atmosphere, represented by 100°C and 212°F.
- stearoptene — the oxygenated solid part of an essential oil (opposed to eleoptene).
- stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stenotypist — shorthand in which alphabetic letters or types are used to produce shortened forms of words or groups of words.
- stephanotis — any vine belonging to the genus Stephanotis, of the milkweed family, having fragrant, waxy, white flowers and leathery leaves.
- steppenwolf — a novel (1927) by Hermann Hesse.
- stereophony — the state or condition of being stereophonic.
- stipulation — a condition, demand, or promise in an agreement or contract.
- stockpiling — the activity of acquiring and storing a large quantity of something
- stone plant — living stones.
- stone sheep — a wild sheep found in the Yukon and the northern Rocky Mountains
- stony point — a village in SE New York, on the Hudson: site of a strategic fort in the Revolutionary War.
- stop button — (on a DVD player, cassette recorder, etc) the off switch
- stop motion — Also called stop frame. the process of filming puppets and other objects one frame at a time while incrementally moving or modifying them, giving the illusion of lifelike motion when the captured film frames are viewed in rapid sequence (often used attributively): stop-motion animation; a stop-motion film.
- stop-and-go — characterized by periodically enforced stops, as caused by heavy traffic or traffic signals: stop-and-go traffic.
- stop-motion — Also called stop frame. the process of filming puppets and other objects one frame at a time while incrementally moving or modifying them, giving the illusion of lifelike motion when the captured film frames are viewed in rapid sequence (often used attributively): stop-motion animation; a stop-motion film.
- strandloper — a member of an extinct tribe of Khoikhoi or Bushmen who lived on seafood gathered on the beaches of southern Africa
- strip joint — a nightclub or other establishment featuring striptease performances.
- strongpoint — a fortified defensive position; stronghold.
- study up on — to make a careful study of
- sub-company — subsidiary company.
- subpanation — the belief that the body and blood of Christ are present in the bread and wine of Communion
- subpoenaing — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- subsumption — an act of subsuming.
- suction cup — a cup-shaped object of rubber, glass, plastic, etc., which, by producing a partial vacuum, can be made to adhere to or draw something to a surface.
- sugar spoon — a small spoon for serving granulated sugar, resembling but having a wider bowl than a teaspoon.
- 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
- superabound — to abound beyond something else.
- supermodern — highly modern
- supernation — a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.
- supernormal — in excess of the normal or average: supernormal faculties; supernormal production.
- superperson — a person who transcends personal limits
- supersonics — the branch of science that deals with supersonic phenomena.
- superstrong — extremely strong
- supervision — the act or function of supervising; superintendence.
- superweapon — an extremely powerful weapon
- supportment — the action of supporting
- supposition — the act of supposing.
- suppression — the act of suppressing.