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

  • pseudograph — a piece of writing that is falsely ascribed
  • pseudomorph — an irregular or unclassifiable form.
  • pseudoprime — A backgammon prime (six consecutive occupied points) with one point missing. This term is an esoteric pun derived from a mathematical method that, rather than determining precisely whether a number is prime (has no divisors), uses a statistical technique to decide whether the number is "probably" prime. A number that passes this test is called a pseudoprime. The hacker backgammon usage stems from the idea that a pseudoprime is almost as good as a prime: it does the job of a prime until proven otherwise, and that probably won't happen.
  • pulse radar — a radar system using pulse modulation
  • purse-proud — proud of one's wealth, especially in an arrogant or showy manner.
  • quadruplets — Plural form of quadruplet.
  • r.s.v.p.'ed — to reply to an invitation: Don't forget to RSVP before Thursday.
  • 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.
  • re-inspired — to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
  • record shop — store selling recorded music
  • red snapper — any of several snappers of the genus Lutjanus, especially L. campechanus, a large food fish of the Gulf of Mexico.
  • reinspected — to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
  • relandscape — to landscape again after a previous landscaping
  • replenished — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
  • reposedness — the quality or state of being in repose or settled
  • represented — to serve to express, designate, stand for, or denote, as a word, symbol, or the like does; symbolize: In this painting the cat represents evil and the bird, good.
  • reprocessed — (of wool) previously spun and woven but not used, as tailors' clippings.
  • resplendent — shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid: troops resplendent in white uniforms; resplendent virtues.
  • respondence — the act of responding; response: respondence to a stimulus.
  • rest period — a period of rest
  • resuspended — to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
  • safe period — an interval of the menstrual cycle when fertilization is considered to be least likely, usually a number of days prior and subsequent to the onset of menstruation.
  • saline drip — the usually intravenous drop-by-drop administration of an isotonic solution of sodium chloride in distilled water
  • sand hopper — beach flea.
  • sand-groper — a native of the arid region of Western Australia.
  • scolopendra — a member of a genus of centipedes belonging to the Scolopendridae family
  • scorpaenoid — resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.
  • screen dump — the act or process of printing or saving the graphical or textual data displayed on a computer screen.
  • scripholder — a person who owns a scrip or scrips
  • seed shrimp — ostracod
  • self-parody — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
  • serendipity — an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.
  • sharp-eared — having pointed ears.
  • sharp-edged — having a fine edge or edges.
  • sharp-nosed — having a thin, pointed nose.
  • sharpbender — an organization that has been underperforming its competitors but suddenly becomes more successful, often as a result of new management or changes in its business strategy
  • sheepherder — shepherd (def 1).
  • shepherdess — a girl or woman who herds sheep.
  • shepherding — a person who herds, tends, and guards sheep.
  • ship-rigged — (of a sailing vessel) rigged as a ship; full-rigged.
  • shipbuilder — a person whose occupation is the designing or constructing of ship.
  • shipwrecked — the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
  • sideropenia — a lack of iron in the body
  • siderophile — (of a cell or tissue) having an affinity for iron.
  • sideroscope — an apparatus for detecting splinters of iron or steel in the eye.
  • soap powder — soap produced and packaged in powdered form.
  • soldiership — a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
  • spatterdash — a long gaiter to protect the trousers or stockings, as from mud while riding.
  • spatterdock — any of various water lilies of the genus Nuphar, having globular yellow flowers and growing in lakes or sluggish streams, especially N. advena, of the eastern U.S.
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