11-letter words containing e, g, r, s
- niggerheads — Plural form of niggerhead.
- night nurse — a nurse whose duty is to look after a patient or patients during the night
- nightdreams — Plural form of nightdream.
- nigrescence — tending toward black; blackish.
- nitrogenase — an enzyme complex that catalyzes the reduction of molecular nitrogen in the nitrogen-fixation process of bacteria.
- nitrogenise — Alternative spelling of nitrogenize.
- nitrogenous — containing nitrogen.
- number sign — a symbol (#) for “number” or “numbered”: item #8 on the list.
- observingly — Attentively, observantly.
- oligarchies — Plural form of oligarchy.
- oligomerous — having a small number of component parts
- ombrogenous — (of plants) able to flourish in wet conditions
- onagraceous — belonging to the Onagraceae, the evening primrose family of plants.
- onslaughter — An onslaught.
- open string — a staircase string whose top follows the profile of the steps in such a way that the treads project beyond its outer face.
- orange rust — a disease of blackberries and raspberries, characterized by an orange, powdery mass of spores on the undersides of the leaves and stunted, misshapen foliage, caused by a rust fungus, Gymnoconia interstitialis.
- orthogenics — the treatment of mentally and emotionally disturbed children
- osteography — The scientific description of bones; osteology.
- ostreophage — someone who loves or eats oysters
- ostreophagy — the consumption of oysters
- ostrich egg — the large egg produced by a fast-running flightless African bird, Struthio camelus, that is the largest living bird, with stout two-toed feet and dark feathers, except on the naked head, neck, and legs: order Struthioniformes
- outgenerals — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outgeneral.
- outswearing — Present participle of outswear.
- outswingers — Plural form of outswinger.
- over-sewing — to sew with stitches passing successively over an edge, especially closely, so as to cover the edge or make a firm seam.
- overbridges — Plural form of overbridge.
- 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.
- overdosages — Plural form of overdosage.
- overfishing — to fish (an area) excessively; to exhaust the supply of usable fish in (certain waters): Scientists are concerned that fishing boats may overfish our coastal waters.
- page proofs — the final version of a book before it goes to the printer, containing all elements including page numbers and layout
- palsgravine — the wife or widow of a palsgrave.
- paragenesis — the origin of minerals or mineral deposits in contact so as to affect one another's formation.
- paris green — Chemistry. an emerald-green, poisonous, water-insoluble powder produced from arsenic trioxide and copper acetate: used chiefly as a pigment, insecticide, and wood preservative.
- parkersburg — a city in NW West Virginia, on the Ohio River.
- pass degree — (in English universities) an ordinary bachelor's degree conferred without honors.
- passagework — writing that is often extraneous to the thematic material of a work and is typically of a virtuosic or decorative character: passagework consisting of scales, arpeggios, trills, and double octaves.
- patter song — a comic song depending for its humorous effect on rapid enunciation of the words, occurring most commonly in comic opera and operetta.
- peppergrass — any pungent plant belonging to the genus Lepidium, of the mustard family, used as a potherb or salad vegetable.
- perfect gas — ideal gas.
- perigastric — located near or around the gastric system (predominantly the stomach)
- perigenesis — the name given by Haeckel to a theory of reproduction positing that dynamic life force is transmitted from one generation to the next
- perissology — the use of a superfluity of words; an expression of something using more words than necessary
- persevering — displaying perseverance; resolutely persistent; steadfast: a persevering student.
- pershing ii — a 38-foot (12 meters) U.S. Army surface-to-surface nuclear missile with a single warhead and range of more than 1000 miles (1609 km).
- persian rug — an Oriental rug made in Persia (Iran), having rich, soft colors in any of various intricate, often floral, patterns
- phanerogams — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- phraseogram — a written symbol or combination of symbols, as in shorthand, used to represent a phrase.
- phraseology — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
- pietersburg — capital of Northern Transvaal province, South Africa: pop. 26,000