11-letter words containing c, a, p, s, r
- prickly ash — Also called Northern prickly ash, toothache tree. a citrus shrub or small tree, Zanthoxylum americanum, having aromatic leaves and usually prickly branches.
- priestcraft — the training, knowledge, and abilities necessary to a priest.
- prison camp — a camp for the confinement of prisoners of war or political prisoners.
- pro-fascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- processable — capable of being processed.
- proconsular — Roman History. an official, usually a former consul, who acted as governor or military commander of a province, and who had powers similar to those of a consul.
- procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
- prosaically — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- prosaicness — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- prosobranch — a gastropod mollusc of the subclass Prosobranchia, which includes conches, limpets, abalones, and numerous aquatic and terrestrial snails
- provascular — of or relating to procambium
- psychiatric — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
- psychodrama — a method of group psychotherapy in which participants take roles in improvisational dramatizations of emotionally charged situations.
- psychograph — Psychology. a graph indicating the relative strength of the personality traits of an individual.
- purchasable — capable of being bought.
- pyroclastic — composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic.
- radarscopes — Plural form of radarscope.
- rapid chess — a game of chess played within a fixed amount of time, usually 30 minutes per player for all moves.
- rapscallion — a rascal; rogue; scamp.
- recall slip — a printed piece of paper sent by library staff to a borrower's home address to remind them that a book is overdue
- relandscape — to landscape again after a previous landscaping
- repurchaser — to buy again; regain by purchase.
- res publica — the state, republic, or commonwealth
- respectable — worthy of respect or esteem; estimable; worthy: a respectable citizen.
- respectably — worthy of respect or esteem; estimable; worthy: a respectable citizen.
- rhapsodical — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- riesz space — a topological space in which sets containing one point are closed.
- sap orchard — sugarbush (def 2).
- saprobiotic — saprobic
- saprophytic — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- sarcophagal — related to or depicted on sarcophagi
- sarcophagus — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
- scalpriform — chisel-shaped, as the incisors of certain rodents.
- scapigerous — having a scape or leafless stalk
- scarlet cup — a small, fleshy, saucer-shaped fungus, Sarcoscypha coccinea, of the family Sarcoscyphaceae, marked by a scarlet inner surface and white exterior, seen on fallen branches in the spring.
- scatter pin — a woman's small ornamental pin, usually worn with other similar pins on a dress, suit jacket, etc.
- scenography — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- scent spray — perfume that comes in an aerosol bottle
- scholarship — learning; knowledge acquired by study; the academic attainments of a scholar.
- schwarzkopf — Elisabeth, 1915–2006, German soprano, born in Poland.
- scolopendra — a member of a genus of centipedes belonging to the Scolopendridae family
- scorpaenoid — resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.
- scrap metal — discarded metal
- scrap paper — rough paper for scribbling on
- scrap value — what sth is worth for recycling or reuse
- scrapepenny — a person who is stingy; a miser
- scrappiness — made up of scraps or of odds and ends; fragmentary; disconnected.
- scratch pad — a pad of paper used for jotting down ideas, informal notes, preliminary writing, etc.
- screen pass — a pass thrown to a receiver who is directly in back of a wall of blockers and who is behind or not far beyond the line of scrimmage.