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11-letter words containing e, y, r

  • oregon city — a town in NW Oregon, on the Willamette River.
  • orientality — the state of being oriental
  • osteography — The scientific description of bones; osteology.
  • ostreophagy — the consumption of oysters
  • otherworldy — With a quality unlike those normal to everyday life, or outside typical human experience.
  • ovariectomy — the operation of removing one or both ovaries; oophorectomy.
  • over-joyous — joyful; happy; jubilant: the joyous sounds of children at play.
  • overanalyse — Alternative spelling of overanalyze.
  • overanalyze — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
  • overanxiety — Excessive anxiety.
  • overcertify — to certify (a bank check) for an amount greater than the balance in the drawer's account.
  • overeagerly — In an overeager manner.
  • overenjoyed — Simple past tense and past participle of overenjoy.
  • overhastily — in such a way as to be excessively hasty or done without enough consideration
  • overpayment — to pay more than (an amount due): I received a credit after overpaying the bill.
  • oxychloride — a compound having oxygen and chlorine atoms bonded to another element, as bismuth oxychloride, BiOCl.
  • oxyhydrogen — pertaining to or involving a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen.
  • oxymorphone — a potent semisynthetic morphine-derived narcotic analgesic, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 4 , used as a substitute for morphine.
  • oyster crab — a pea crab, Pinnotheres ostreum, the female of which lives as a commensal within the mantle cavity of oysters.
  • oyster farm — a place where oyster beds are kept.
  • oyster fork — a small, three-pronged fork, used especially in eating seafood.
  • oyster pink — a delicate pinkish-white colour, sometimes with a greyish tinge
  • oyster rake — a rake with a long handle and curved teeth for gathering in oysters from shallow waters
  • oyster stew — a stew containing oysters
  • oysterwoman — a woman who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
  • ozone layer — Meteorology. the layer of the upper atmosphere where most atmospheric ozone is concentrated, from about 8 to 30 miles (12 to 48 km) above the earth, with the maximum ozone concentration occurring at an altitude of about 12 miles (19 km).
  • 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.
  • paedotrophy — the art of raising children
  • paleography — ancient forms of writing, as in documents and inscriptions.
  • panegyrical — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
  • panegyricon — a collection of sermons
  • panty liner — a pad worn inside a woman's underwear for feminine hygiene purposes such as absorbing light menstrual flow, daily vaginal discharge, etc
  • paper money — currency in paper form, such as government and bank notes, as distinguished from metal currency.
  • papyraceous — papery.
  • para-cymene — a colorless liquid, C 1 0 H 1 4 , derived from benzene, found in various essential oils, and obtained as a by-product of papermaking.
  • paraldehyde — a colorless, liquid, cyclic compound, C 6 H 1 2 O 3 , having a disagreeable taste but an agreeable odor, produced by the polymerization of acetaldehyde with sulfuric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of organic chemicals and in medicine as a sedative and hypnotic.
  • parasensory — extrasensory.
  • parenchymal — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
  • parent body — an organization's parent body is the organization that created it and usually still controls it
  • partial key — (database)   A key which identifies a subset of a set of information items (e.g. database "records"), and which could narrow the subset to one item if other partial key(s) were combined with it.
  • party dress — a dress to wear to a party
  • party liner — a person who follows a party line, especially the Communist Party line.
  • party piece — Someone's party piece is something that they often do to entertain people, especially at parties, for example singing a particular song or saying a particular poem.
  • party-giver — a person who gives a party
  • passer-byes — a person passing by.
  • pastry case — a case made of pastry that is filled with fruit, custard etc to make a tart or flan
  • pastry chef — cook who specializes in patisserie
  • pastry tube — a conical tube with a patterned hole at one end, fitted over the opening of a cloth funnel (pastry bag) for shaping icings, food pastes, etc., as they are forced through by squeezing the bag.
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