11-letter words containing s, t, a, m, p
- mustard pot — a small pot, of glass, silver, etc, placed on the table to serve mustard
- mycophagist — a fungus-eating organism.
- myographist — a person who has expert knowledge of muscles
- nudist camp — a resort where nudism is practiced
- ophthalmist — an eye expert; an oculist
- opisthosoma — the abdomen of a spider or other arachnid
- palm desert — a town in S California, near Palm Springs.
- palmatisect — (of leaves) having palmate veins and lobes split almost to the base of the blade.
- pan-atheism — the belief that because there is no God, nothing can properly be termed sacred or holy.
- panentheism — the belief that God is a part of the universe as well as transcending it
- panspermist — someone who advocates panspermia
- pantomimist — a person who acts in pantomime.
- parabaptism — unauthorized baptism
- paramastoid — of or relating to the part of the skull next to the mastoid process
- partial sum — one of a series of sums of elements of a given sequence, the first sum being the first element, the second sum being the first element added to the second element, the third sum being equal to the sum of the first three elements, and so on.
- partisanism — partisan action or spirit.
- party music — music for or at a party
- pass muster — to assemble (troops, a ship's crew, etc.), as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.
- past master — a person who is thoroughly experienced or exceptionally skilled in a profession, art, etc.: a past master at chess.
- pastoralism — the practice of herding as the primary economic activity of a society.
- paternalism — the system, principle, or practice of managing or governing individuals, businesses, nations, etc., in the manner of a father dealing benevolently and often intrusively with his children: The employees objected to the paternalism of the old president.
- pedanticism — pedantry.
- pedobaptism — the baptism of infants.
- pentamerous — consisting of or divided into five parts.
- pentastomid — tongue worm.
- pentatonism — the use of a five-tone scale.
- petrarchism — the poetic style introduced by Petrarch and characteristic of his work, marked by complex grammatical structure, elaborate conceits, and conventionalized diction.
- phantasmata — phantasm (defs 1, 2).
- phonematics — phonemics.
- photomosaic — mosaic (def 4).
- plagiostome — (of fish) belonging to the genus Plagiostomi, which includes sharks and rays, characterized by a transverse mouth with the jaw suspended from the skull
- plantswoman — a nurserywoman.
- plasmatical — relating to plasma
- plastometer — an instrument for measuring the plasticity of a substance.
- poetry slam — a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- postmarital — occurring, effective, or provided after marriage
- postprimary — of or relating to education after primary school
- potash alum — alum1 (def 1).
- presagement — an omen
- primateship — primacy (def 2).
- prognathism — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- pronatalism — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
- prostomiate — having a prostomium.
- protagonism — the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
- psammophyte — a plant that grows in sand or sandy soil.
- pumpstation — A pumpstation is a place with pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another.
- safety lamp — a miner's lamp in which the flame is protected by wire gauze to prevent the immediate ignition of explosive gases.
- sample rate — (digital signal processing) The number of times an analog signal is measured (sampled) per second. The unit of sample rate is "samples per second". This is often expressed in kiloHertz (kHz). For example, "CD quality" sound has a sample rate of 44 kHz. Compare data rate. See Nyquist frequency.
- samson post — a strong bitt or post at the bow or stern of a vessel.
- scrap metal — discarded metal