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11-letter words containing d, e, p, r

  • milk powder — dry milk.
  • mis-phrased — Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
  • mispersuade — to persuade wrongly
  • misreported — Simple past tense and past participle of misreport.
  • mistempered — Simple past tense and past participle of mistemper.
  • monographed — Simple past tense and past participle of monograph.
  • mope around — If you mope around or mope about a place, you wander around there not doing anything, looking and feeling unhappy.
  • mothproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of mothproof.
  • mudskippers — Plural form of mudskipper.
  • mudspringer — mudskipper.
  • multiperiod — Relating to multiple periods.
  • namedropper — A person who name-drops.
  • neuropodium — (zoology) The ventral lobe or branch of a parapodium.
  • nondescript — of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind: a nondescript novel; a nondescript color.
  • numeric pad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
  • odontophore — a structure in the mouth of most mollusks over which the radula is drawn backward and forward in the process of breaking up food.
  • oedipus rex — a tragedy (c430 b.c.) by Sophocles.
  • old persian — an ancient West Iranian language attested by cuneiform inscriptions. Abbreviation: OPers.
  • open ground — uncovered or unobstructed ground in a wide open space
  • openhearted — Frank and candid.
  • operculated — relating to the operculum
  • order paper — a list indicating the order in which business is to be conducted, esp in Parliament
  • orthopaedic — of or relating to orthopedics.
  • orthopedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
  • orthopedist — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
  • outstripped — Simple past tense and past participle of outstrip.
  • over-expand — to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company.
  • overcropped — Simple past tense and past participle of overcrop.
  • overdevelop — Develop too much or to excess.
  • overexposed — An overexposed photograph is of poor quality because the film has been exposed to too much light, either when the photograph was taken or during the developing process.
  • overimposed — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
  • overplaided — (of a garment) covered with a design consisting of an overplaid
  • overplanned — resulting from overplanning
  • overplotted — relating to an excessively elaborate plot
  • overproduce — to produce more of (a product or commodity) than is required
  • overrespond — to respond too dramatically
  • overspender — someone who overspends
  • pachydermal — having the characteristics of a pachyderm
  • pachydermia — an abnormal thickening of the skin
  • pachydermic — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
  • paddle worm — any of a family of green-blue faintly iridescent active marine polychaete worms of the genus Phyllodoce, having paddle-shaped swimming lobes, found under stones on the shore
  • paddleboard — a type of surfboard with one end rounded and the other tapered to a point, used chiefly in surfing and often in lifesaving.
  • paediatrics — Paediatrics is the area of medicine that is concerned with the treatment of children's illnesses.
  • paedotrophy — the art of raising children
  • pagoda tree — a Chinese leguminous tree, Sophora japonica, with ornamental white flowers and dark green foliage
  • palm desert — a town in S California, near Palm Springs.
  • palm reader — fortune teller who interprets hand lines
  • palmer land — the southern part of the Antarctic Peninsula.
  • paper round — job delivering newspapers
  • paper-bound — a book bound in a flexible paper cover, often a lower-priced edition of a hardcover book.
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