11-letter words containing u, p, s, e, t
- putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- pythonesque — denoting a kind of humour that is absurd and unpredictable; zany; surreal
- quadruplets — Plural form of quadruplet.
- quintuplets — Plural form of quintuplet.
- raptureless — without rapture
- repetiteuse — a female repetiteur, one who rehearses opera singers
- repetitious — full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.
- reupholster — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- rupes altai — a mountain range in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 315 miles (507 km) long.
- sapotaceous — belonging to the Sapotaceae, the sapodilla family of plants.
- scarlet cup — a small, fleshy, saucer-shaped fungus, Sarcoscypha coccinea, of the family Sarcoscyphaceae, marked by a scarlet inner surface and white exterior, seen on fallen branches in the spring.
- sempiternum — a type of durable woollen fabric popular in the 17th century
- septenarius — a verse consisting of seven feet, usually printed in two lines: used especially in Latin poems.
- septiferous — in possession of a septum or partition
- set up shop — a retail store, especially a small one.
- shine up to — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
- shoot'em-up — a book, film, TV show, video game, etc. characterized by much violent content, gunplay, etc., esp. one in the western, crime, or war genres
- shoot-em-up — A shoot-em-up is a computer game that involves shooting and killing characters.
- shot putter — a sportsperson who competes in the shot put
- shot-putter — a participant in shot put.
- slop bucket — slop pail.
- sock puppet — a hand puppet made out of a sock.
- soup tureen — a large bowl with a lid, from which soup is served at the table
- spathaceous — of the nature of or resembling a spathe.
- spectacular — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
- speculating — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- speculatist — a person who speculates
- speculative — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
- speculatory — a place suitable for observation
- sperm count — the number of spermatozoa in an amount of semen, used as an indication of a man's fertility
- spice route — an ancient trade route followed by merchants, importers and exporters trading in exotic spices such as cloves and cinnamon
- spirituelle — having a refined and lively mind or wit; spirituel
- spitzenburg — any of several red or yellow varieties of apple that ripen in the autumn.
- spontaneous — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- spore fruit — a spore-bearing structure, as an ascoscarp; sporocarp.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- spot survey — a survey taken immediately and at random
- spotted gum — an Australian eucalyptus tree, Eucalyptus maculata
- spouted bed — A spouted bed is a bed in which the particles are quite big, and contact only happens in an upward movement of fluid in the middle of the bed.
- sprezzatura — effortlessness or ease, esp. in art or literature; careless grace; nonchalance
- stanley cup — a trophy emblematic since 1926 of the championship of the National Hockey League, composed of Canadian and U.S. professional teams.
- stauroscope — an optical instrument for studying the crystal structure of minerals under polarized light
- steeple cup — a standing cup of the 17th century having a cover with a tall finial.
- steeplebush — the hardhack.
- stratopause — the boundary or transition layer between the stratosphere and mesosphere.
- stripe rust — a disease of wheat, barley, rye, and other grasses, characterized by elongated rows of yellow spores on the affected parts, caused by a rust fungus, Puccinia glumarum.
- stripe smut — a disease of grasses, characterized by stripes of black spores on the leaves, caused by any of several smut fungi of the genera Urocystis and Ustilago.