11-letter words containing sp
- hertzsprung — Ejnar (ˈəɪnar). 1873–1967, Danish astronomer: he discovered the existence of giant and dwarf stars, originating one form of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
- hesperidium — the fruit of a citrus plant, as an orange.
- hesperornis — a toothed aquatic bird of the extinct genus Hesperornis, fossils of which are found in rocks of Cretaceous age in Kansas, having the rear legs modified for swimming and reaching a length of more than 4 feet (1.2 meters).
- heterospory — the production of both microspores and megaspores.
- hispanicism — an idiom peculiar to Spanish.
- hispanicist — Hispanist.
- hispanicize — to make Spanish or Latin American, as in character, custom, or style.
- hispidulous — covered with stiff, short hairs.
- holy spirit — the spirit of God.
- homosporous — having the spores of one kind only.
- horn-spread — (of a horned creature) the distance between the outermost tips of the horns.
- hospitalise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hospitalize.
- hospitalism — hospital conditions having an adverse effect on patients.
- hospitalist — a physician who specializes in treating hospitalized patients; a specialist in inpatient medicine.
- hospitality — the friendly reception and treatment of guests or strangers.
- hospitalize — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitaller — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hospitalman — an enlisted person working as a hospital assistant; corpsman.
- hot springs — city in central Ark., adjoining a national park: the park has 47 hot mineral springs: pop. 36,000
- hydrosphere — the water on or surrounding the surface of the globe, including the water of the oceans and the water in the atmosphere.
- hypersphere — the generalization of a sphere to more than three dimensions.
- hypospadias — (medicine) A birth defect of the male urethra that involves an abnormally placed urinary meatus.
- in prospect — expected, predicted
- in spite of — a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- inner space — the environment beneath the surface of the sea
- innerspring — having or characterized by a large number of enclosed coil springs within an overall padding: innerspring construction.
- inspectable — to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
- inspections — Plural form of inspection.
- inspiration — an inspiring or animating action or influence: I cannot write poetry without inspiration.
- inspirative — to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
- inspirators — Plural form of inspirator.
- inspiratory — of or relating to inspiration or inhalation.
- inspiringly — to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
- inspiriting — to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
- inspissated — Simple past tense and past participle of inspissate.
- inspissates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inspissate.
- inspissator — A heating device for thickening or congealing a liquid.
- interlisp-d — Xerox's Interlisp with deep binding.
- interspaced — Simple past tense and past participle of interspace.
- interspaces — Plural form of interspace.
- intersperse — to scatter here and there or place at intervals among other things: to intersperse flowers among shrubs.
- interspinal — interspinous
- intersplice — (transitive) To splice between; to intercut (e.g. a scene in a film).
- intraspinal — being within the spine.
- ionospheric — Of or pertaining to the ionosphere.
- iron sponge — sponge iron.
- isospectral — (mathematics) Having the same spectrum.
- jasperizing — Present participle of jasperize.
- kinderspiel — a play or piece of musical theatre performed by children
- knee spavin — chronic inflammation of the carpal joint of a horse