11-letter words containing s, y, m, p, l
- peristylium — a peristyle.
- permissibly — that can be permitted; allowable: a permissible amount of sentimentality under the circumstances; Such behavior is not permissible!
- physicalism — a doctrine associated with logical positivism and holding that every meaningful statement, other than the necessary statements of logic and mathematics, must refer directly or indirectly to observable properties of spatiotemporal things or events.
- plasmolysis — contraction of the protoplasm in a living cell when water is removed by exosmosis.
- play possum — opossum.
- plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
- poetry slam — a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- polyamorous — noting or relating to polyamory, the practice or condition of participating simultaneously in more than one serious romantic or sexual relationship with the knowledge and consent of all partners.
- polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
- polychroism — the ability of a crystal to absorb different wavelengths of light and thus to display multiple colours
- polycrotism — a polycrotic condition
- polyglotism — able to speak or write several languages; multilingual.
- polylithism — (programming) A property of a data-object that can exist in many shapes and sizes, but not simultaneously; which distinguishes it from a union. It is often implemented as a set of classes (or structs) derived from a common base class (or with a common header, as in the case of structs), typically without any methods. It has been loosely described as polymorphic data.
- polymerizes — to subject to polymerization.
- polyonymous — having or known by several or many names.
- polyspermia — the secretion of an excessive amount of semen.
- preassembly — an assembling or coming together of a number of persons, usually for a particular purpose: The principal will speak to all the students at Friday's assembly.
- presumingly — presumptuous.
- promisingly — giving favorable promise; likely to turn out well: a promising young man; a promising situation.
- proselytism — the act or fact of becoming a proselyte; conversion.
- safety lamp — a miner's lamp in which the flame is protected by wire gauze to prevent the immediate ignition of explosive gases.
- sea lamprey — a parasitic marine lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, that spawns in fresh water along both Atlantic coasts and in the Great Lakes, where it is responsible for losses of economically valuable fish.
- spasmolysis — the relaxation or relief of muscle spasm.
- spasmolytic — of or noting spasmolysis.
- sphygmology — the study and examination of the pulse
- splenectomy — excision or removal of the spleen.
- stylopodium — a glandular disk or expansion surmounting the ovary and supporting the styles in plants of the parsley family.
- subemployed — of or relating to workers affected by subemployment
- sumptuously — entailing great expense, as from choice materials, fine work, etc.; costly: a sumptuous residence.
- superfamily — a category of related families within an order or suborder.
- superphylum — a category of related phyla within a kingdom.
- sympetalous — gamopetalous.
- symptomless — having or showing no symptoms.