11-letter words containing s, p, o, n
- suppuration — the process of suppurating.
- surgeonship — the position or responsibility of a surgeon
- suspicional — of or relating to suspicion, especially morbid or insane suspicions.
- suspiration — a long, deep sigh.
- sword-point — the point of a sword
- sycophantic — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- symphonette — a small symphony orchestra that usually specializes in playing short, familiar classical works or salon music.
- symphonious — harmonious; in harmonious agreement or accord.
- synaptosome — a saclike structure at an isolated nerve ending
- syncopation — Music. a shifting of the normal accent, usually by stressing the normally unaccented beats.
- syncopative — relating to syncopation
- synoptistic — relating to the work of a synoptist
- synsepalous — gamosepalous.
- taphonomist — a specialist in taphonomy
- teaspoonful — the amount a teaspoon can hold.
- technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
- technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
- telephonist — a telephone switchboard operator.
- telescoping — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
- thanatopsis — a view or contemplation of death.
- theophanous — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
- theopneusty — divine inspiration; the influence of God's spirit enabling humans to receive a divine truth
- thornproofs — garments that resist penetration by thorns
- thrust upon — If something is thrust upon you, you are forced to have it, deal with it, or experience it.
- ton-up boys — youths who habitually ride or drive a vehicle at speeds of a hundred miles per hour or more
- tonic spasm — Pathology. a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations (clonic spasm)
- top slicing — mining of thick orebodies in a series of stopes from top to bottom, the roof being caved with its timbers as each stope is exhausted.
- topdressing — an application of fertiliser to soil
- torpedinous — of, relating to, or resembling a torpedo
- torpescence — the state or quality of being torpescent or torpid
- townscaping — the act of designing a town
- townspeople — residents of a town
- transphobia — unreasoning hostility, aversion, etc., toward transgender people.
- transponder — a radio, radar, or sonar transceiver that automatically transmits a signal upon reception of a designated incoming signal.
- transportal — an act of transporting
- transported — emotionally moved; ecstatic: transported by the music.
- transporter — a person or thing that transports, especially a very large truck for large or heavy loads, as missiles or automobiles.
- transposing — the act of transposing
- tripersonal — consisting of or existing in three persons, as the Godhead.
- tropomyosin — a protein in muscle tissue that works with troponin to control the process by which actin and myosin interact to produce muscle contraction
- trypanosoma — trypanosome.
- trypanosome — any minute, flagellate protozoan of the genus Trypanosoma, parasitic in the blood or tissues of humans and other vertebrates, usually transmitted by insects, often causing serious diseases, as African sleeping sickness in humans, and many diseases in domestic animals.
- trypsinogen — a precursor of trypsin that is secreted by the pancreas and is activated to trypsin in the small intestine.
- unapostolic — not apostolic; not related to or characteristic of the early Christian apostles or their subsequent apostles
- undeposited — to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account: He deposited his paycheck every Friday.
- underexpose — to expose either to insufficient light or to sufficient light for too short a period, as in photography.
- undespoiled — (of nature, land, etc.) not damaged or despoiled; pristine
- undo-plasty — cosmetic surgical procedures designed to reverse the results of a previous procedure or procedures
- unipersonal — consisting of or existing as one person only.
- unipetalous — having only one petal.