11-letter words containing a, l, e, o, p, r
- pyelography — the science or technique of making photographs of the kidneys, renal pelves, and ureters by means of x-rays, after the injection of an opaque solution or of a radiopaque dye.
- pyrogallate — a salt or ether of pyrogallol.
- pyrolysable — able to be pyrolysed
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- re-approval — the act of approving; approbation.
- realpolitik — political realism or practical politics, especially policy based on power rather than on ideals.
- repeat loop — (programming) (Or "do loop") A loop construct found in many procedural languages which repeatedly executes some instructions while a condition is true. Repeat loops are found in Perl, Pascal, BASIC and C. The initial keyword may be "repeat" or "do" and the condition may be introduced with a "while" or "until" keyword. In constrast to a while loop, the "loop body" is executed once before the condition is tested. This is useful when the condition depends on the action of the loop body. In the following BASIC loop "Hello" is printed once despite the fact that the condition is false; i = 2 repeat print "Hello" i = i+1 until i>0 See also while loop and for loop.
- repertorial — a type of theatrical presentation in which a company presents several works regularly or in alternate sequence in one season.
- replication — a reply; answer.
- reportorial — of or relating to a reporter.
- reproachful — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
- retrophilia — a strong liking for things from the past
- 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
- robot plane — an unmanned plane
- rope ladder — ladder made primarily of rope
- salesperson — a person who sells goods, services, etc.
- sample room — a room, as in a hotel suite, in which merchandise is displayed for sale to the trade.
- saprolegnia — a variety of fungus
- sapropelite — a foul-smelling mud
- scolopendra — a member of a genus of centipedes belonging to the Scolopendridae family
- self-parody — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- semelparous — (of a plant) producing flowers and fruit only once before dying
- semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
- serial port — A serial port on a computer is a place where you can connect the computer to a device such as a modem or a mouse.
- soap boiler — a manufacturer of soap
- solar panel — a bank of solar cells.
- solar power — energy generated by the sun
- speculatory — a place suitable for observation
- spheroplast — a Gram-negative bacterial cell with a cell wall that has been altered or is partly missing, resulting in a spherical shape.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- strandloper — a member of an extinct tribe of Khoikhoi or Bushmen who lived on seafood gathered on the beaches of southern Africa
- stroke play — medal play.
- supernormal — in excess of the normal or average: supernormal faculties; supernormal production.
- supportable — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- temporality — temporal character or nature; temporariness.
- temporalize — to make temporal in time; place in time.
- temporarily — lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need; a temporary job.
- tetraploidy — having a chromosome number that is four times the basic or haploid number.
- thermopylae — a pass in E Greece, between the cliffs of Mt. Oeta and the Gulf of Lamia: Persian defeat of the Spartans 480 b.c.
- thorn apple — any poisonous plant belonging to the genus Datura, of the nightshade family, the species of which bear capsules covered with prickly spines, especially the jimson weed, D. stramonium.
- tidal power — the use of the rise and fall of tides involving very large volumes of water at low heads to generate electric power
- topless bar — a bar in which barmaids or waitresses work naked from the waist up
- trapezoidal — Geometry. a quadrilateral plane figure having two parallel and two nonparallel sides. British. trapezium (def 1b).
- tripersonal — consisting of or existing in three persons, as the Godhead.
- tripetalous — having three petals.
- trisepalous — having three sepals.
- tropicalize — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- unipersonal — consisting of or existing as one person only.
- unpolarized — of or relating to a medium that exhibits polarization.