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11-letter words containing t, o, p, i, e

  • rocket ship — a rocket-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.
  • rope stitch — (in embroidery) a stitch formed from the entwining of stitches.
  • sapropelite — a foul-smelling mud
  • schizophyte — any of the Schizophyta, a group of organisms comprising the schizomycetes and the schizophyceous algae, characterized by a simple structure and reproduction by simple fission or spores.
  • scotch pine — a pine, Pinus sylvestris, of Eurasia, having a reddish trunk and twisted, bluish-green needles.
  • self-profit — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
  • senatorship — the office or position of a senator
  • septentrion — Obsolete. the north.
  • septiferous — in possession of a septum or partition
  • serial port — A serial port on a computer is a place where you can connect the computer to a device such as a modem or a mouse.
  • shine up to — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
  • sign-posted — a post bearing a sign that gives information or guidance.
  • silverpoint — a technique of drawing with a silver stylus on specially prepared paper.
  • simon peter — Peter (def 1).
  • six-pointer — a football match between two teams in similar positions in the league table, considered as being worth six points as it not only gains the winning team three points but denies three points to the losing team
  • sleep on it — contemplate sth overnight
  • slipperwort — any of several tropical American plants belonging to the genus Calceolaria, of the figwort family, having opposite or whorled leaves and slipper-shaped flowers.
  • slit pocket — a pocket on the underside of a garment, reached through a vertical opening
  • smoke point — heat at which oil gives off smoke
  • soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
  • sophistries — Sophistries are clever arguments that sound convincing but are in fact false.
  • sopping wet — soaked, dripping
  • speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • spermatoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
  • spermatoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
  • spermotoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
  • spermotoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
  • spice route — an ancient trade route followed by merchants, importers and exporters trading in exotic spices such as cloves and cinnamon
  • spinsterdom — the state of being a spinster
  • spirochaete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
  • splint bone — one of the rudimentary, splintlike metacarpal or metatarsal bones of the horse or some allied animal, one on each side of the back of each cannon bone.
  • spontaneity — the state, quality, or fact of being spontaneous.
  • spore fruit — a spore-bearing structure, as an ascoscarp; sporocarp.
  • spore print — the pattern produced by placing the cap of a mushroom on a piece of paper and allowing the spores to fall
  • sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
  • spot height — the elevation of a certain point.
  • spot strike — a labor strike by a local branch of a union.
  • steam point — the temperature at which water vapor condenses at a pressure of one atmosphere, represented by 100°C and 212°F.
  • steatopygia — extreme accumulation of fat on and about the buttocks, especially of women.
  • steatopygic — extreme accumulation of fat on and about the buttocks, especially of women.
  • stenotypist — shorthand in which alphabetic letters or types are used to produce shortened forms of words or groups of words.
  • stephanotis — any vine belonging to the genus Stephanotis, of the milkweed family, having fragrant, waxy, white flowers and leathery leaves.
  • stereoptics — the branch of stereoscopy that is concerned with optics
  • stereotypic — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
  • stobie pole — a steel and concrete pole for supporting electricity wires
  • strip poker — a game of poker in which the losers in a hand remove an article of clothing.
  • suboptimize — to use in a way that is less than optimal
  • superegoist — an exceptionally selfish or self-centred person; someone who is very self-important
  • superiority — the quality or condition of being superior.
  • supernation — a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.
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