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11-letter words containing s, y, l, p, h

  • shadow play — a show in which shadows of puppets, flat figures, or live actors are projected onto a lighted screen.
  • shoofly pie — an open pie filled with a sweet crumb and molasses mixture and baked.
  • sialography — radiography of salivary glands once they have been injected with a contrast medium
  • solenoglyph — any poisonous snake of the viper family with hollow, paired, erectile fangs
  • spanish fly — Also called cantharides. a preparation of powdered blister beetles, especially the Spanish fly, used medicinally as a counterirritant, diuretic, and aphrodisiac.
  • sphagnology — the study of sphagna
  • sphygmology — the study and examination of the pulse
  • staphylinid — rove beetle.
  • staphylitis — inflammation of the soft palate or uvula
  • stylography — the art of writing, tracing, drawing, etc., with a style.
  • sulphhydryl — the univalent radical group -SH
  • superphylum — a category of related phyla within a kingdom.
  • supply ship — vessel carrying supplies
  • syphilology — the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of syphilis
  • syrphid fly — any of numerous beelike or wasplike flies of the family Syrphidae that feed on the nectar and pollen of flowers and have larvae that feed on decaying vegetation or prey on aphids.
  • syrphus fly — any of a family (Syrphidae) of dipterous flies, many of which mimic bees or wasps: the adults feed on nectar and pollen, and the larvae of various species feed on plant lice, plants, etc.
  • thesis play — a play that develops or defends a particular thesis.
  • triphyllous — having three leaves.
  • welsh poppy — a poppy, Meconopsis cambrica, of western Europe, having pale-green, slightly hairy foliage and pale-yellow flowers.
  • xylophagous — Feeding on wood. (of insects etc.).
  • xylophilous — Living on or in wood, as some fungi and beetles do.
  • xylophonist — A person who plays or performs with the xylophone.
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