11-letter words containing s, t, r, i, p
- triptolemus — a favorite of Demeter and the inventor of the plow and patron of agriculture, connected with the Eleusinian mysteries.
- trisepalous — having three sepals.
- trispermous — having three seeds.
- trisulphide — any sulphide containing three sulphur atoms per molecule
- tropomyosin — a protein in muscle tissue that works with troponin to control the process by which actin and myosin interact to produce muscle contraction
- trumpetfish — any of several fishes of the family Aulostomidae, having a long, tubular snout, as the slender, brown-flecked Aulostomus maculatus, inhabiting waters on both sides of the tropical Atlantic Ocean, having the habit of orienting vertically in the water and capturing its prey from that position.
- trusteeship — Law. the office or function of a trustee.
- trypsinogen — a precursor of trypsin that is secreted by the pancreas and is activated to trypsin in the small intestine.
- turing plus — Systems programming language, a concurrent descendant of Turing. Available from Holt Software Assocs, Toronto <[email protected]>.
- ultrasimple — extremely or exceptionally easy
- unaspirated — Phonetics. to articulate (a speech sound, especially a stop) so as to produce an audible puff of breath, as with the first t of total, the second t being unaspirated. to articulate (the beginning of a word or syllable) with an h -sound, as in which, pronounced (hwich), or hitch as opposed to witch or itch.
- undisrupted — to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.
- unisotropic — Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes. Compare anisotropic (def 1).
- unpractised — not trained or skilled; inexpert: an unpracticed actor.
- unspiritual — not spiritual
- upper sixth — (in England, Wales and Northern Ireland) the final year of sixth form
- uprightness — erect or vertical, as in position or posture.
- upset price — the lowest price at which a person is permitted to bid for something being sold at auction.
- usurpations — an act of usurping; wrongful or illegal encroachment, infringement, or seizure.
- very pistol — a special pistol which fires coloured flares for signalling at night, esp at sea
- vespertinal — of, relating to, or occurring in the evening: vespertine stillness.
- watchspring — the main spring inside a watch
- whiteprints — Plural form of whiteprint.
- wind sprint — a sprint, usually run several times in succession as part of a conditioning program, to develop an athlete's wind, speed, and endurance.
- witherspoon — John, 1723–94, U.S. theologian and statesman, born in Scotland.
- wood spirit — methyl alcohol.
- wrist plate — a platelike part of a mechanism, oscillating in its own plane, to which links or rods are attached by pins.
- xerophytism — (botany) The adaptation of plants to habitats where water is scarce.
- xerotripsis — dry friction, attrition, or abrasion
- xiphisterna — Plural form of xiphisternum.
- zooparasite — any parasitic animal or protozoan.