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

  • 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
  • spiritually — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
  • spiritualty — Often, spiritualties. ecclesiastical property or revenue.
  • spirituelle — having a refined and lively mind or wit; spirituel
  • spitzenburg — any of several red or yellow varieties of apple that ripen in the autumn.
  • spore fruit — a spore-bearing structure, as an ascoscarp; sporocarp.
  • sporulation — to produce spores.
  • sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
  • spot survey — a survey taken immediately and at random
  • sprezzatura — effortlessness or ease, esp. in art or literature; careless grace; nonchalance
  • spur blight — a disease of raspberries, characterized by reddish-brown spots on the stems, caused by a fungus, Didymella applanata.
  • stauroscope — an optical instrument for studying the crystal structure of minerals under polarized light
  • stipuliform — shaped like a stipule.
  • stirrup cup — farewell drink, especially one offered to a rider already mounted for departure.
  • stirrup jar — pseudamphora.
  • stop chorus — a solo during which the rhythm section plays only the first beat of each phrase of music
  • straight up — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • straight-up — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • stratopause — the boundary or transition layer between the stratosphere and mesosphere.
  • stripe rust — a disease of wheat, barley, rye, and other grasses, characterized by elongated rows of yellow spores on the affected parts, caused by a rust fungus, Puccinia glumarum.
  • stripe smut — a disease of grasses, characterized by stripes of black spores on the leaves, caused by any of several smut fungi of the genera Urocystis and Ustilago.
  • study group — an informal gathering of people who convene regularly to exchange ideas and information on a specific subject.
  • stump ranch — (in British Columbia) an undeveloped ranch in the bush where animals graze among the stumps of felled trees
  • stumpsucker — windsucker; cribber.
  • 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.
  • subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
  • sulphurator — an apparatus used in treating anything with sulphur or sulphur fumes, such as in fumigating
  • sulphurwort — an umbelliferous perennial plant, Peucedanum officinale, of which the roots produce a smell like that of sulphur
  • super-earth — a hypothetical planet larger than the earth but smaller than the four gas giants Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus, thought to be orbiting the sun beyond the Kuiper belt but nearer than the Oort cloud: its existence is suggested by two known dwarf planets in a similar orbit
  • super-title — (especially in opera production) a translation of a segment of the libretto or other text or sometimes a brief summary of the plot projected onto a screen above the stage during a performance.
  • superactive — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
  • superaltern — a universal proposition that is the basis for the immediate inference of a corresponding particular proposition.
  • superbright — exceptionally bright
  • supercenter — a very large shopping centre or complex
  • superdainty — very dainty
  • superegoist — an exceptionally selfish or self-centred person; someone who is very self-important
  • superfatted — (of soap) containing excess fat that has not been converted into soap by saponification
  • superfluity — the state of being superfluous.
  • supergrowth — exceptional growth; very rapid growth
  • superheated — If a liquid is superheated, it has been heated to a temperature that is higher than its boiling point without being allowed to boil.
  • superinfect — to infect further with an additional infection
  • superintend — to oversee and direct (work, processes, etc.).
  • superiority — the quality or condition of being superior.
  • superjacent — lying above or upon something else.
  • superlative — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
  • supermarket — a large retail market that sells food and other household goods and that is usually operated on a self-service basis.
  • supernatant — floating above or on the surface.
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