11-letter words containing l, h, o, s, p
- potash alum — alum1 (def 1).
- prep school — preparatory school.
- preschooler — a child below the official school starting age, usually a child up to age five.
- priest-hole — a secret chamber in certain houses in England, built as a hiding place for Roman Catholic priests when they were proscribed in the 16th and 17th centuries
- prophylaxis — Medicine/Medical. the preventing of disease. the prevention of a specific disease, as by studying the biological behavior, transmission, etc., of its causative agent and applying a series of measures against it.
- proud flesh — granulation tissue.
- psammophile — a plant or animal that thrives in sand
- psilophytic — (of a plant) that grows well in the dry savannah
- psychoanal. — psychoanalysis
- psychobilly — loud frantic rockabilly music
- psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences
- psychologic — of or relating to psychology.
- psychophily — the pollination of flowers by butterflies
- retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
- reupholster — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- rhapsodical — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
- rhône-alpes — a region of E France: mainly mountainous, rising to the edge of the Massif Central in the west and the French Alps in the east; drained by the Rivers Rhône, Saône, and Isère
- sarcophagal — related to or depicted on sarcophagi
- sceuophylax — a keeper of sacred vessels
- schizopodal — pertaining to a split-foot or appendage
- scholarship — learning; knowledge acquired by study; the academic attainments of a scholar.
- school ship — a vessel used in training students for nautical careers.
- school trip — educational outing
- sclerophyll — Also, sclerophyllous [skleer-uh-fil-uh s] /ˌsklɪər əˈfɪl əs/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or exhibiting sclerophylly.
- scopophilia — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
- scopophilic — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
- scotophilic — living and flourishing in darkness.
- scripholder — a person who owns a scrip or scrips
- scripophile — a person who practices scripophily.
- scripophily — the collecting by hobbyists of old stock certificates and bonds that have no intrinsic value other than their aesthetic appeal or relative rarity.
- sepulchrous — of the nature of a sepulchre
- shadow play — a show in which shadows of puppets, flat figures, or live actors are projected onto a lighted screen.
- shoe polish — wax for making footwear shiny
- shoofly pie — an open pie filled with a sweet crumb and molasses mixture and baked.
- shoplifting — to steal (merchandise) as a shoplifter.
- sialography — radiography of salivary glands once they have been injected with a contrast medium
- siderophile — (of a cell or tissue) having an affinity for iron.
- sleep rough — to spend the night in the open; be without a home or without shelter
- soldiership — a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
- solenoglyph — any poisonous snake of the viper family with hollow, paired, erectile fangs
- sophistical — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- spermophile — any of various burrowing rodents of the squirrel family, especially of the genus Spermophilus (or Citellus), sometimes sufficiently numerous to do much damage to crops, as the ground squirrels and susliks.
- sphagnology — the study of sphagna
- spheroplast — a Gram-negative bacterial cell with a cell wall that has been altered or is partly missing, resulting in a spherical shape.
- sphygmology — the study and examination of the pulse
- spider hole — a foxhole with a camouflaged lid or cover in which a sniper hides
- splashboard — a board, guard, or screen to protect from splashing, as a dashboard of a vehicle or a guard placed over a wheel to intercept water, dirt, etc.
- splashproof — resistant to splashing
- sports hall — venue for physical activities