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