11-letter words containing h, e, s, p, r
- mesotrophic — (of freshwater lakes) containing medium levels of nutrients
- metanephros — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- metaphorist — a creator or user of metaphors
- metaphrased — Translated literally.
- metaphrases — Plural form of metaphrase.
- metaphrasis — a metaphrase
- metaphrasts — Plural form of metaphrast.
- microphages — Plural form of microphage.
- microphones — Plural form of microphone.
- microphytes — Plural form of microphyte.
- microsphere — a very small medical particle, containing a diagnostic or therapeutic agent, that is injected into the blood
- mimeographs — Plural form of mimeograph.
- mis-phrased — Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- mispurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- monostrophe — a poem in which all the strophes or stanzas are of the same metrical form.
- mother ship — a vessel or craft that services others operating far from a home port or center.
- motherships — Plural form of mothership.
- museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
- nanospheres — Plural form of nanosphere.
- nephrolepis — any fern of the tropical genus Nephrolepis, some species of which are grown as ornamental greenhouse or house plants for their handsome deeply-cut drooping fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- nephroliths — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
- nephroscope — (surgery) An instrument used to examine the kidney through an inserted tube.
- nephrostome — Zoology. the ciliated opening of a nephridium into the coelom.
- neutrophils — Plural form of neutrophil.
- neutrosophy — (philosophy) (From Latin "neuter" - neutral, Greek "sophia" - skill/wisdom) A branch of philosophy, introduced by Florentin Smarandache in 1980, which studies the origin, nature, and scope of neutralities, as well as their interactions with different ideational spectra. Neutrosophy considers a proposition, theory, event, concept, or entity, "A" in relation to its opposite, "Anti-A" and that which is not A, "Non-A", and that which is neither "A" nor "Anti-A", denoted by "Neut-A". Neutrosophy is the basis of neutrosophic logic, neutrosophic probability, neutrosophic set, and neutrosophic statistics.
- north slope — the northern coastal area of Alaska, rich in oil and natural gas: so called because it is N of the Brooks Range sloping down to the Arctic Ocean.
- noun phrase — a construction that functions syntactically as a noun, consisting of a noun and any modifiers, as all the men in the room who are reading books, or of a noun substitute, as a pronoun.
- officership — a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.
- opera house — a theater devoted chiefly to operas.
- oral herpes — a disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 1, characterized primarily by a cluster of small, transient blisters chiefly at the edge of the lip or nostril; herpes labialis.
- orthopedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthopedist — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- osteography — The scientific description of bones; osteology.
- ostreophage — someone who loves or eats oysters
- ostreophagy — the consumption of oysters
- ozonosphere — 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).
- paint horse — paint (def 6).
- pan crusher — A pan crusher is a crusher in which solids are broken by a wheel which is turning in a pan.
- panchreston — a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.
- paper chase — the effort to earn a diploma or college degree, especially in law, or a professional certificate or license.
- para-phrase — a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
- paranephros — the adrenal gland
- paraphraser — a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
- parchedness — the state or characteristic of being parched
- parentheses — either or both of a pair of signs () used in writing to mark off an interjected explanatory or qualifying remark, to indicate separate groupings of symbols in mathematics and symbolic logic, etc.
- parenthesis — either or both of a pair of signs () used in writing to mark off an interjected explanatory or qualifying remark, to indicate separate groupings of symbols in mathematics and symbolic logic, etc.
- paresthesia — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.
- paresthetic — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.
- parishioner — one of the community or inhabitants of a parish.