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

  • strandloper — a member of an extinct tribe of Khoikhoi or Bushmen who lived on seafood gathered on the beaches of southern Africa
  • stratopause — the boundary or transition layer between the stratosphere and mesosphere.
  • stroke play — medal play.
  • stylography — the art of writing, tracing, drawing, etc., with a style.
  • subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
  • sulphurator — an apparatus used in treating anything with sulphur or sulphur fumes, such as in fumigating
  • supernation — a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.
  • superoctave — an organ stop two octaves above the standard pitch
  • support act — a band or entertainer not topping the bill
  • supportable — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
  • suppuration — the process of suppurating.
  • supracostal — above the rib
  • suspiration — a long, deep sigh.
  • taboparesis — the occurrence of two conditions (general paresis and tabes dorsalis) at the same time
  • takoma park — a city in central Maryland.
  • tamperproof — that cannot be tampered with; impervious to tampering: a tamper-proof lock.
  • tape-record — to record (speech, music, etc.) on magnetic tape.
  • 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.
  • tenorrhaphy — suture of a tendon.
  • tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
  • tetraploidy — having a chromosome number that is four times the basic or haploid number.
  • tetrapodous — of or related to a tetrapod
  • thaumatrope — a card with different pictures on opposite sides, as a horse on one side and a rider on the other, which appear as if combined when the card is twirled rapidly, thus illustrating the persistence of visual impressions.
  • the proteas — the national cricket team of South Africa
  • the vapours — a depressed mental condition believed originally to be the result of vaporous exhalations from the stomach
  • thermograph — a thermometer that records the temperatures it measures.
  • 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.
  • thread rope — cordage 1/2 inch (1.3 cm) or less in thickness.
  • tidal power — the use of the rise and fall of tides involving very large volumes of water at low heads to generate electric power
  • tomographic — relating to tomography
  • top-ranking — A top-ranking person is someone who has a very high rank or status in a particular organization or field of activity.
  • top-up card — a card bought by a mobile phone user entitling him or her to a stipulated amount of credit for future calls
  • topless bar — a bar in which barmaids or waitresses work naked from the waist up
  • topographer — a specialist in topography.
  • topographic — the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.
  • torsiograph — a graph indicating vibrating movements
  • touch paper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
  • traffic cop — a police officer who directs the flow of traffic, usually at an intersection.
  • traitorship — a person who betrays another, a cause, or any trust.
  • transphobia — unreasoning hostility, aversion, etc., toward transgender people.
  • transponder — a radio, radar, or sonar transceiver that automatically transmits a signal upon reception of a designated incoming signal.
  • transportal — an act of transporting
  • transported — emotionally moved; ecstatic: transported by the music.
  • transporter — a person or thing that transports, especially a very large truck for large or heavy loads, as missiles or automobiles.
  • transposing — the act of transposing
  • trapeziform — formed like a trapezium.
  • trapezoidal — Geometry. a quadrilateral plane figure having two parallel and two nonparallel sides. British. trapezium (def 1b).
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