11-letter words starting with sp
- split shift — a work period divided into two parts that are separated by an interval longer than a normal rest period
- split skirt — a pair of women's shorts with flared legs resembling a skirt; culottes
- split wings — wings (of an artificial fly) that are dressed cocked up and separated into a V shape
- split-brain — having, involving, or pertaining to a severed corpus callosum.
- split-level — noting a house having a room or rooms that are somewhat above or below adjacent rooms, with the floor levels usually differing by approximately half a story.
- split-phase — pertaining to or noting a current in one of two parallel circuits that have a single-phase current source but unequal impedances and that produce currents of different phase.
- splitsville — the state or condition of being divorced or separated.
- splodginess — the state of being splodgy
- spodomantic — relating to spodomancy
- spoken word — The spoken word is used to refer to language expressed in speech, for example in contrast to written texts or music.
- spokesmodel — an attractive or otherwise appealing person who is hired to speak on behalf of a company or product, as in a commercial.
- spokeswoman — a woman who speaks for another person or for a group.
- spondulicks — money; cash.
- spondylitic — inflammation of the vertebrae.
- spondylitis — inflammation of the vertebrae.
- spondylosis — immobility and fusion of vertebral joints.
- sponge bath — a bath in which the bather is cleaned by a wet sponge or washcloth dipped in water, without getting into a tub of water.
- sponge cake — a light, sweet cake made with a comparatively large proportion of eggs but no shortening.
- sponge down — to wipe clean with a damp sponge or cloth
- sponge iron — finely divided, porous iron, reduced from an oxide at a temperature below the melting point.
- sponge tree — huisache.
- sponsorship — a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing.
- spontaneity — the state, quality, or fact of being spontaneous.
- spontaneous — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- spoon bread — Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a baked dish made with cornmeal, milk, eggs, and shortening, served as an accompaniment to meat.
- sporadicity — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- 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
- sporiferous — bearing spores.
- sporocystic — of or like a sporocyst
- sporogenous — of or relating to spores or spore production.
- sporogonium — the sporangium of mosses and liverworts.
- sport shirt — a long- or short-sleeved soft shirt for informal wear by men, having a squared-off shirttail that may be left outside the trousers, usually worn without a tie.
- sports desk — the editorial section of a newspaper, television or radio programme, etc that deals with sports news
- sports hall — venue for physical activities
- sports page — newspaper page carrying sports results
- sports shop — a shop where sports clothes and equipment are sold
- sportswoman — a woman who engages in sports.
- sporulation — to produce spores.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- spot fixing — the act of deliberately engineering an outcome within a sporting contest without attempting to alter the outcome of the contest itself
- spot height — the elevation of a certain point.
- spot market — a market in which commodities, as grain, gold, or crude oil, are dealt in for cash and immediate delivery (distinguished from futures market).
- spot strike — a labor strike by a local branch of a union.
- spot survey — a survey taken immediately and at random
- spotted gum — an Australian eucalyptus tree, Eucalyptus maculata
- spotted owl — a dark-brown owl (Strix occidentalis, family Strigidae) with scattered white spots and dark eyes, sometimes seen in the forests of W North America: it is an endangered species
- spotted ray — any of various species of ray with irregular markings on the back
- spottedness — the state, condition or quality of being spotted
- 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.