11-letter words containing s, p, i, n, y
- rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
- ruby spinel — a deep red, transparent variety of spinel, used as a gem.
- scorpionfly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
- serendipity — an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.
- siphonogamy — a mode of pollination in which pollen tubes develop to facilitate the passage of male cells to eggs
- skyscraping — of or like a skyscraper; very high: a skyscraping chimney.
- spanish fly — Also called cantharides. a preparation of powdered blister beetles, especially the Spanish fly, used medicinally as a counterirritant, diuretic, and aphrodisiac.
- sparklingly — in a sparkling manner
- spin a yarn — If you say that someone spins a yarn, you mean that they tell a story that is not true, often an interesting or imaginative one.
- spin-drying — a technique for extracting water from clothes, linen, etc, by spinning them in a perforated drum
- spinel ruby — ruby spinel.
- spiny-rayed — spiny-finned.
- spondylitic — inflammation of the vertebrae.
- spondylitis — inflammation of the vertebrae.
- spondylosis — immobility and fusion of vertebral joints.
- spontaneity — the state, quality, or fact of being spontaneous.
- spray paint — paint in aerosol form
- spray-paint — to cover, mark, draw, or write with spray paint.
- spreadingly — in a spreading manner
- spy-hopping — a vertical half-rise out of the water performed by a whale in order to view the surroundings. a springing bounce in tall grasses performed by certain land mammals, as foxes and wolves, to view the surroundings.
- staphylinid — rove beetle.
- stenotypist — shorthand in which alphabetic letters or types are used to produce shortened forms of words or groups of words.
- stipendiary — receiving a stipend; performing services for regular pay.
- stony point — a village in SE New York, on the Hudson: site of a strategic fort in the Revolutionary War.
- superdainty — very dainty
- supply line — A supply line is a route along which goods and equipment are transported to an army during a war.
- sycophantic — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- symphonious — harmonious; in harmonious agreement or accord.
- syncopation — Music. a shifting of the normal accent, usually by stressing the normally unaccented beats.
- syncopative — relating to syncopation
- synoptistic — relating to the work of a synoptist
- synthespian — a computer-generated image of a film actor, esp used in place of the real actor when shooting special effects or stunts
- tin pyrites — stannite.
- tropomyosin — a protein in muscle tissue that works with troponin to control the process by which actin and myosin interact to produce muscle contraction
- trypsinogen — a precursor of trypsin that is secreted by the pancreas and is activated to trypsin in the small intestine.
- typecasting — the practice of casting an actor repeatedly in the same kind of role, esp because of his or physical appearance or previous success in such roles
- typesetting — the process or action of setting an article, book, or other printed matter into type.
- typicalness — of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
- undisplayed — (of a bird) represented with wings and legs spread: an eagle displayed.
- unplausibly — not plausibly; implausibly
- vin de pays — the wine of a particular region, usually available only in the region where the wine is made; local wine.
- vin du pays — vin de pays.
- xylophonist — A person who plays or performs with the xylophone.