11-letter words containing e, p, s, o
- prosecution — Law. the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on.
- prosecutory — of, relating to, or concerned with prosecution.
- prosecutrix — a female prosecutor or plaintiff
- proselyting — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- proselytism — the act or fact of becoming a proselyte; conversion.
- proselytize — try to attract converts
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- prosiliency — prominence
- prosopopeia — personification, as of inanimate things.
- prospecting — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
- prospection — anticipation
- prospective — of or in the future: prospective earnings.
- prosthetics — an artificial body part; a prosthesis: Hundreds of amputees volunteered to test the new prosthetics.
- prosthetist — a person skilled in making or fitting prosthetic devices.
- prostituted — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- prostomiate — having a prostomium.
- protectress — a woman who guards or defends someone or something; protector.
- proteolysis — the breaking down of proteins into simpler compounds, as in digestion.
- protestable — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- proto-norse — the North Germanic language of Scandinavia up to about 700 ad
- protrusible — able to be thrust outwards
- proud flesh — granulation tissue.
- providences — a seaport in and the capital of Rhode Island, in the NE part, at the head of Narragansett Bay.
- provisioned — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- provisioner — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- proximities — nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation.
- psammophile — a plant or animal that thrives in sand
- psammophyte — a plant that grows in sand or sandy soil.
- pseudo-code — a program code unrelated to the hardware of a particular computer and requiring conversion to the code used by the computer before the program can be used.
- pseudoedema — effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- pseudograph — a piece of writing that is falsely ascribed
- pseudologia — a psychological condition in which a patient tells elaborate, false stories believing them to be true
- pseudologue — a person who suffers from pseudologia
- pseudomonad — any of various bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas
- pseudomonas — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas, certain species of which are pathogenic for plants and animals.
- pseudomorph — an irregular or unclassifiable form.
- pseudophone — an instrument for producing illusory auditory localization by changing the relationship between the receptor and the actual direction of the sound.
- pseudopodal — (of protozoans) belonging to the former division Pseudopoda
- pseudopodia — pseudopod.
- 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.
- pseudoscope — an optical instrument for producing an image in which the depth or relief of an object is reversed.
- pseudoscopy — the use of a pseudoscope.
- psilomelane — a common mineral consisting of a mixture of pyrolusite and other oxides of manganese, usually found in black, rounded masses: an ore of manganese.
- psychagogue — a necromancer
- psyche knot — a woman's hairdo in which a knot or coil of hair projects from the back of the head.
- psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences
- psychogenic — having origin in the mind or in a mental condition or process: a psychogenic disorder.
- psychometer — a device for measuring mental or psychological activity
- psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
- psychotogen — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.