11-letter words containing s, t, a, m, p
- scyphistoma — a stage in the life cycle of a jellyfish or other scyphozoan when it is fixed in place and reproduces asexually to produce free-swimming medusas.
- semipalmate — partially or imperfectly palmate, as a bird's foot; half-webbed.
- semiplastic — imperfectly plastic; in a state between rigidity and plasticity.
- semiprivate — having some degree of privacy but not fully private, as a hospital room with fewer beds than a ward.
- sempiternal — everlasting; eternal.
- septemviral — of or relating to septemvirs or a septemvirate.
- septicaemia — the invasion and persistence of pathogenic bacteria in the blood-stream.
- small print — text typewritten in a small-sized font
- smart phone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- smoky topaz — smoky quartz used as a gemstone: not a true topaz.
- somatoplasm — the cytoplasm of a somatic cell, especially as distinguished from germ plasm.
- southampton — Henry Wriothesley [rahy-uh ths-lee] /ˈraɪ əθs li/ (Show IPA), 3rd Earl of, 1573–1624, English nobleman, soldier, and patron of writers, including William Shakespeare.
- sparagmatic — denoting a type of Precambrian rock found in Scandinavia
- spasmolytic — of or noting spasmolysis.
- spectrogram — a representation or photograph of a spectrum.
- speed metal — a style of heavy-metal music typically played at extremely fast tempos.
- spermaphyte — the placenta of a plant
- spermatheca — a small sac or cavity in female or hermaphroditic invertebrates used to store sperm for fertilizing eggs, as in the queen bee.
- spermatoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermatoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermatozoa — one of the minute, usually actively motile gametes in semen, which serve to fertilize the ovum; a mature male reproductive cell.
- spirit lamp — a lamp that burns methylated or other spirits instead of oil
- spodomantic — relating to spodomancy
- sportswoman — a woman who engages in sports.
- spot market — a market in which commodities, as grain, gold, or crude oil, are dealt in for cash and immediate delivery (distinguished from futures market).
- stamp album — a book used by collectors of postage stamps to display and store their stamps
- stasimorphy — structural modification by arrested development
- static dump — a transfer of the contents of computer memory made at a time when the process is guaranteed to be inactive, as at the end of a routine.
- steam point — the temperature at which water vapor condenses at a pressure of one atmosphere, represented by 100°C and 212°F.
- stickup man — a man who commits a stickup.
- strippagram — a greetings message delivered by a stripper who does a striptease on delivery
- stump ranch — (in British Columbia) an undeveloped ranch in the bush where animals graze among the stumps of felled trees
- sub-optimal — being below an optimal level or standard.
- supermarket — a large retail market that sells food and other household goods and that is usually operated on a self-service basis.
- supremacist — a person who believes in or advocates the supremacy of a particular group, especially a racial group: a white supremacist.
- suprematism — a nonrepresentational style of art developed in Russia in the early 20th century, characterized by severely simple geometric shapes or forms and an extremely limited palette.
- sympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
- sympathique — pleasing or congenial
- sympathizer — a person who sympathizes.
- sympetalous — gamopetalous.
- symptomatic — pertaining to a symptom or symptoms.
- synaptosome — a saclike structure at an isolated nerve ending
- t & c’s — terms and conditions
- taphonomist — a specialist in taphonomy
- team spirit — camaraderie, esprit de corps
- temptatious — enticing or illicitly desirable
- tennis camp — a camp that people go to in order to play and be taught tennis
- timepleaser — a timeserver.
- tomato soup — soup made from tomatoes
- tonic spasm — Pathology. a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations (clonic spasm)