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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
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