11-letter words containing s, t, e, p, l
- foretopsail — (nautical) the sail draped from the foretopmast.
- genioplasty — Mentoplasty.
- geopolitics — the study or the application of the influence of political and economic geography on the politics, national power, foreign policy, etc., of a state.
- gospel oath — an oath sworn on the Gospels
- graptolites — Plural form of graptolite.
- hectopascal — An SI unit of pressure and stress equal to 100 pascals.
- helicopters — Plural form of helicopter.
- heliophytes — a plant that grows best in full sunlight.
- heliotropes — Plural form of heliotrope.
- heptathlons — Plural form of heptathlon.
- heteroplasm — (pathology) Tissue growing in a part of the body where it does not normally occur.
- hospitalise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hospitalize.
- hospitalize — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitaller — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- house plant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- houseplants — Plural form of houseplant.
- hyperbolist — One who uses hyperbole; an exaggerator.
- hypergelast — Someone who laughs excessively.
- hypohalites — Plural form of hypohalite.
- hyposulfite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- imperialist — the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.
- impetuously — of, relating to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive: an impetuous decision; an impetuous person.
- in lockstep — When members of the armed forces march in lockstep, they march very close to each other.
- incapsulate — Alternative form of encapsulate.
- incompletes — Plural form of incomplete.
- insculpture — an inscription or carving
- inspectable — to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
- interlisp-d — Xerox's Interlisp with deep binding.
- interlopers — Plural form of interloper.
- interseptal — situated between septa.
- interspinal — interspinous
- intersplice — (transitive) To splice between; to intercut (e.g. a scene in a film).
- ipsilateral — pertaining to, situated on, or affecting the same side of the body: ipsilateral paralysis.
- isenthalpic — pertaining to or characterized by constant enthalpy.
- isospectral — (mathematics) Having the same spectrum.
- joggle post — a wooden king post having notches or raised areas for receiving and supporting the feet of struts.
- kinetoplast — A mass of mitochondrial DNA lying close to the nucleus in some flagellate protozoa.
- kleptocrats — Plural form of kleptocrat.
- lapidescent — in the process of changing into stone
- last gospel — in the order of service for the Mass, the final reading of a Gospel lesson.
- last supper — the supper of Jesus and His disciples on the eve of His Crucifixion. Compare Lord's Supper (def 1).
- latiseptate — having broad partitions or septa
- lectureship — the office of lecturer.
- lepromatous — the swollen lesion of leprosy.
- leptospiral — relating to, caused by, or characteristic of leptospires
- letterpress — the process of printing from letters or type in relief, rather than from intaglio plates or planographically.
- letterspace — to space out (the letters of a word or line) for balance or emphasis.
- leucoplasts — Plural form of leucoplast.
- lex scripta — written law; statute law.
- lickspittle — a contemptible, fawning person; a servile flatterer or toady.