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11-letter words containing s, p, u, e

  • guttersnipe — a person belonging to or characteristic of the lowest social group in a city.
  • gypsiferous — containing gypsum.
  • harrumphers — Plural form of harrumpher.
  • haruspicate — of or relating to a haruspex
  • helpfulness — giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service: Your comments were very helpful.
  • hemipterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hemiptera, an order of insects having forewings that are thickened and leathery at the base and membranous at the apex, comprising the true bugs.
  • heptagynous — (of a flower) having seven pistils
  • heptamerous — consisting of or divided into seven parts.
  • heptandrous — (of a flower) having seven stamens
  • hermoupolis — a port in Greece, capital of Cyclades department, on the E coast of Syros Island. Pop: (municipality): 13 496 (2001)
  • herpesvirus — a DNA-containing virus of the family Herpesviridae, certain members of which cause such diseases in humans as oral and genital herpes, infectious mononucleosis, chickenpox, and shingles.
  • hertzsprung — Ejnar (ˈəɪnar). 1873–1967, Danish astronomer: he discovered the existence of giant and dwarf stars, originating one form of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
  • hesperidium — the fruit of a citrus plant, as an orange.
  • hip huggers — trousers that begin at the hips instead of the waist
  • hip-huggers — (of a garment) having a close-fitting waistline placed at the hip rather than at the natural waist: hiphugger jeans.
  • hippeastrum — any plant of the South American amaryllidaceous genus Hippeastrum: cultivated for their large funnel-shaped typically red flowers
  • homopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Homoptera, an order of insects closely related to the hemipterous insects (in some classifications a suborder of Hemiptera) but having membranous forewings and hind wings, including the aphids, cicadas, leafhoppers, planthoppers, and scale insects.
  • hopefulness — full of hope; expressing hope: His hopeful words stimulated optimism.
  • house group — a group of Christians who regularly meet to worship, study the Bible, etc, in someone's house
  • house party — the guests at such an affair or party: The house party goes sailing today.
  • house place — (in medieval architecture) a room common to all the inhabitants of a house, as a hall.
  • house plant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
  • house-proud — taking pride in one's house and housekeeping.
  • housekeeper — a person, often hired, who does or directs the domestic work and planning necessary for a home, as cleaning or buying food.
  • houseparent — one of a married couple responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc., sometimes acting solely as an advisor, but often serving as host or hostess, chaperon, housekeeper, etc.
  • houseperson — someone who manages a household; househusband or housewife.
  • houseplants — Plural form of houseplant.
  • hpcode-plus — A descendant of HPcode with data types, developed to be an ANDF language.
  • hyperacusis — (medicine) A heightened sensitivity to some sounds.
  • hypercasual — Extremely casual.
  • hypernymous — Having the qualities of a hypernym.
  • hypersexual — unusually or excessively active in or concerned with sexual matters.
  • hypnogenous — characterized by the induction of hypnotic sleep
  • hyposulfite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
  • hypotenuses — Plural form of hypotenuse.
  • hypothenuse — hypotenuse.
  • impecunious — having little or no money; penniless; poor.
  • imperiously — domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
  • impetuosity — the quality or condition of being impetuous.
  • impetuously — of, relating to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive: an impetuous decision; an impetuous person.
  • impiousness — Quality of being impious.
  • implausible — not plausible; not having the appearance of truth or credibility: an implausible alibi.
  • imponderous — (obsolete) imponderable.
  • impostumate — affected by an abscess
  • impuissance — Impotence, weakness.
  • impulse buy — spur-of-the-moment purchase
  • impulsively — actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
  • in close-up — If you see something in close-up, you see it in great detail in a photograph or piece of film which has been taken very near to the subject.
  • in the soup — a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
  • incapsulate — Alternative form of encapsulate.
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