11-letter words containing sp
- doctorspeak — the language of physicians and other health professionals; specialized or technical jargon used by healthcare workers.
- donor sperm — sperm which has been voluntarily given for use in the insemination of another person
- dorsispinal — of or relating to the back and the spine.
- doublespeak — evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
- dyspareunia — painful coitus.
- dyspathetic — characterized by dyspathy
- dyspeptical — (archaic) dyspeptic.
- dysphemisms — Plural form of dysphemism.
- endospermic — Of, or relating to the endosperm.
- espadrilles — Plural form of espadrille.
- espaliering — Present participle of espalier.
- especialize — (nonstandard, India) specialize.
- espieglerie — Impish or playful behaviour; mischief.
- evil spirit — malevolent ghost
- exasperated — Simple past tense and past participle of exasperate.
- exasperates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exasperate.
- exasperator — one who exasperates
- fair-spoken — speaking or spoken in a courteous, civil, or plausible manner; smooth-spoken.
- feldspathic — of, relating to, or containing feldspar.
- field sport — Hunting, shooting birds, and fishing with a rod are referred to as field sports when they are done mainly for pleasure.
- flank speed — the maximum possible speed of a ship.
- floor space — an area on the floor of a premises where objects may be placed
- flying-spot — denoting an electronic system in which a rapidly moving spot of light is used to encode or decode data, for example to obtain a television signal by scanning a photographic film or slide
- flyspecking — A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
- fools' lisp — A small Scheme interpreter by Jonathan Lee <[email protected]>. Version 1.3.2 is R4RS conformant. It runs on Sun-3, Sun-4, Decstation, VAX (Ultrix), Sequent, Apollo.
- fort casper — a fort in central Wyoming, near Casper: an important post on the Oregon Trail.
- fox sparrow — a North American sparrow, Passerella iliaca, having a bright rufous tail and streaked breast.
- free speech — freedom of speech.
- free spirit — a person with a highly individual or unique attitude, lifestyle, or imagination; nonconformist.
- free-spoken — given to speaking freely or without reserve; frank; outspoken.
- gopherspace — (networking) The sum of all files that can be reached using gopher.
- gospel oath — an oath sworn on the Gospels
- gospel side — (in some Protestant churches) the left side of a church, facing the altar.
- gospel song — a piece of gospel music
- gravisphere — the area in which the gravitational force of a celestial body is predominant.
- groundspeed — the speed of an aircraft with reference to the ground.
- group speed — the speed at which energy is propagated in a wave. This is the quantity determined when one measures the distance which the radiation travels in a given time. In a medium in which the speed increases with wavelength the group speed is less than the phase speed, and vice versa
- gymnosperms — Plural form of gymnosperm.
- gymnospermy — The property of being gymnospermous.
- hackerspace — A place where hackers meet to work on programming and hardware projects together, and to share their knowledge.
- hairsprings — Plural form of hairspring.
- handsprings — Plural form of handspring.
- haruspicate — of or relating to a haruspex
- hate speech — speech that attacks, threatens, or insults a person or group on the basis of national origin, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability.
- helicospore — a coiled cylindrical fungal spore.
- heliosphere — the region around the sun over which the effect of the solar wind extends.
- helispheric — spiral
- helmsperson — A helmsman or helmswoman.
- hemispheres — Plural form of hemisphere.
- hemispheric — of or relating to a hemisphere.