11-letter words containing c, r, o, s
- outsourcers — Plural form of outsourcer.
- outsourcing — (of a company or organization) to purchase (goods) or subcontract (services) from an outside supplier or source.
- overcasting — Meteorology. the condition of the sky when more than 95 percent covered by clouds.
- overcharges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcharge.
- overclasses — Plural form of overclass.
- overclothes — clothing worn outside other garments.
- overconsume — to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- overcurious — Excessively curious.
- overexcites — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overexcite.
- overmuscled — having muscles developed to excess
- overprecise — excessively precise
- overprocess — to process too much
- overservice — to give more service than required to (something)
- overstocked — containing too many fish
- overstretch — to stretch excessively.
- oxo process — a process for producing carbonyl compounds, especially alcohols and aldehydes, by adding, under high pressure, carbon monoxide and hydrogen to an olefin in the presence of a cobalt catalyst.
- oxyrhynchus — a fish found in the Nile, sometimes depicted on Egyptian sculptures and coins
- oyster crab — a pea crab, Pinnotheres ostreum, the female of which lives as a commensal within the mantle cavity of oysters.
- 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
- papal cross — a cross with three horizontal crosspieces.
- papyraceous — papery.
- paracrostic — a poem in which the initial letters of each line replicate the first line
- 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.
- peace corps — a civilian organization, sponsored by the U.S. government, that sends volunteers to instruct citizens of underdeveloped countries in the execution of industrial, agricultural, educational, and health programs.
- pechora sea — the SE part of the Barents Sea, northwest of Russia
- perceptions — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- perichylous — (of a plant) having water-storing tissue outside the green tissue
- persecution — the act of persecuting.
- persecutors — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
- persecutory — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
- perspicuous — clearly expressed or presented; lucid.
- phoniatrics — the study and treatment of voice disorders.
- piperaceous — belonging to the Piperacae, the pepper family of plants.
- piscatorial — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- piscivorous — adapted to feeding on fish; fish-eating.
- pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
- pleochroism — the property of certain crystals of exhibiting different colors when viewed from different directions under transmitted light. Compare dichroism (def 1), trichroism.
- plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
- polariscope — an instrument for measuring or exhibiting the polarization of light or for examining substances in polarized light, often to determine stress and strain in glass and other substances.
- polycarpous — producing fruit many times, as a perennial plant.
- polychroism — the ability of a crystal to absorb different wavelengths of light and thus to display multiple colours
- polycrotism — a polycrotic condition
- polycrystal — an object composed of randomly oriented crystals, formed by rapid solidification
- port neches — a town in SE Texas.
- post-crisis — a stage in a sequence of events at which the trend of all future events, especially for better or for worse, is determined; turning point.
- post-racial — characterized by the absence of racial discord, discrimination, or prejudice previously or historically present: post-racial politics; the post-racial era.
- postal card — a card sold by the post office with a stamp already printed on it.
- postconcert — occurring after a concert
- postcranial — located posterior to the head.