0%

11-letter words containing s, p, o, r, u

  • shot putter — a sportsperson who competes in the shot put
  • shot-putter — a participant in shot put.
  • show jumper — A show jumper is a person who takes part in the sport of show jumping.
  • sleep rough — to spend the night in the open; be without a home or without shelter
  • slop around — to spill or splash (liquid).
  • smokejumper — a firefighter who parachutes to forest fires inaccessible to ground crews.
  • snap course — an academic course that can be passed with a minimum of effort.
  • soup course — a part of a meal when soup is served
  • soup tureen — a large bowl with a lid, from which soup is served at the table
  • sour grapes — bitterness about sth unattainable
  • space group — a set of symmetry elements that brings a periodic arrangement of points on a Bravais space lattice to its original position.
  • speculatory — a place suitable for observation
  • sperm count — the number of spermatozoa in an amount of semen, used as an indication of a man's fertility
  • spice route — an ancient trade route followed by merchants, importers and exporters trading in exotic spices such as cloves and cinnamon
  • spiniferous — (esp of plants) bearing spines or thorns
  • spiriferous — having a spire or spiral parts.
  • splendorous — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
  • spore fruit — a spore-bearing structure, as an ascoscarp; sporocarp.
  • sporiferous — bearing spores.
  • sporogenous — of or relating to spores or spore production.
  • sporogonium — the sporangium of mosses and liverworts.
  • sporulation — to produce spores.
  • sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
  • spot survey — a survey taken immediately and at random
  • 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.
  • stauroscope — an optical instrument for studying the crystal structure of minerals under polarized light
  • stipuliform — shaped like a stipule.
  • stop chorus — a solo during which the rhythm section plays only the first beat of each phrase of music
  • stratopause — the boundary or transition layer between the stratosphere and mesosphere.
  • study group — an informal gathering of people who convene regularly to exchange ideas and information on a specific subject.
  • sub-product — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
  • sub-project — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
  • subprioress — a nun junior to a prioress
  • subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
  • sugar spoon — a small spoon for serving granulated sugar, resembling but having a wider bowl than a teaspoon.
  • sulfo group — the univalent group SO 3 H–, derived from sulfuric acid.
  • sulphurator — an apparatus used in treating anything with sulphur or sulphur fumes, such as in fumigating
  • sulphureous — of the yellow colour of sulphur
  • sulphurwort — an umbelliferous perennial plant, Peucedanum officinale, of which the roots produce a smell like that of sulphur
  • 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.
  • superbomber — an aircraft used for dropping superbombs
  • superegoist — an exceptionally selfish or self-centred person; someone who is very self-important
  • superfluous — being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.
  • supergrowth — exceptional growth; very rapid growth
  • superheroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
  • superimpose — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
  • superiority — the quality or condition of being superior.
  • supermodern — highly modern
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?