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11-letter words containing a, s, o, r, t

  • ostracising — Present participle of ostracise.
  • ostracizing — Simple past tense and past participle of ostracize.
  • ostracoderm — any of several extinct jawless fishes of the Ordovician, Silurian, and Devonian periods, having the body enclosed in an armor of bony plates.
  • ostreaceous — oyster-like
  • ostreophage — someone who loves or eats oysters
  • ostreophagy — the consumption of oysters
  • other ranks — (in the armed forces) all those who do not hold a commissioned rank
  • outdoorsman — a person devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities, as hiking, hunting, fishing, or camping.
  • outer banks — chain of long, narrow, sandy islands, along the coast of N.C.
  • outer space — space beyond the atmosphere of the earth.
  • outgenerals — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outgeneral.
  • outsmarting — Present participle of outsmart.
  • outswearing — Present participle of outswear.
  • outwardness — (uncountable) The quality of being outward.
  • overballast — (transitive) To load with too much ballast.
  • overcasting — Meteorology. the condition of the sky when more than 95 percent covered by clouds.
  • overearnest — Excessively earnest.
  • overharvest — the harvesting of plants or animals in an unsustainable manner
  • overhastily — in such a way as to be excessively hasty or done without enough consideration
  • overstaffed — If you say that a place is overstaffed, you think there are more people working there than is necessary.
  • oxenstierna — Count Axel [ahk-suh l] /ˈɑk səl/ (Show IPA), 1583–1654, Swedish statesman.
  • oyster crab — a pea crab, Pinnotheres ostreum, the female of which lives as a commensal within the mantle cavity of oysters.
  • oyster farm — a place where oyster beds are kept.
  • oyster rake — a rake with a long handle and curved teeth for gathering in oysters from shallow waters
  • oysterwoman — a woman who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
  • paint horse — paint (def 6).
  • panchreston — a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.
  • pantisocrat — someone who believes, or takes part, in pantisocracy
  • paracrostic — a poem in which the initial letters of each line replicate the first line
  • paramastoid — of or relating to the part of the skull next to the mastoid process
  • parasitosis — parasitism (def 3).
  • parasol ant — leaf-cutting ant.
  • parcel post — (in the U.S. Postal Service) nonpreferential mail consisting of packages and parcels, weighing one pound or more sent at fourth-class rates. Compare fourth class.
  • park forest — a city in NE Illinois.
  • parotiditis — inflammation of a parotid.
  • parrot-fish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.
  • passthrough — a windowlike opening, as one for passing food or dishes between a kitchen and a dining area.
  • pastoralism — the practice of herding as the primary economic activity of a society.
  • pastoralist — a grazier or land-holder raising sheep, cattle, etc, on a large scale
  • pastoralize — to make pastoral or rural.
  • paternoster — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
  • patio doors — doors to an area adjoining a house, esp one that is paved and used for outdoor activities
  • patrologist — a student of patrology.
  • patron-ship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
  • patronising — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
  • patroonship — a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
  • patter song — a comic song depending for its humorous effect on rapid enunciation of the words, occurring most commonly in comic opera and operetta.
  • pea-shooter — a tube through which dried peas, beans, or small pellets are blown, used as a toy.
  • pentamerous — consisting of or divided into five parts.
  • pentandrous — of or pertaining to the order of plants Pentandria, characterized by having five stamens
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