11-letter words containing i, m, p, o, s, n
- nincompoops — Plural form of nincompoop.
- oarsmanship — The skill of rowing a boat.
- omnipresent — present everywhere at the same time: the omnipresent God.
- opportunism — the policy or practice, as in politics, business, or one's personal affairs, of adapting actions, decisions, etc., to expediency or effectiveness regardless of the sacrifice of ethical principles.
- pantomimist — a person who acts in pantomime.
- paronomasia — the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humor or a dual meaning; punning.
- pentastomid — tongue worm.
- pentatonism — the use of a five-tone scale.
- personalism — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
- phonematics — phonemics.
- phoneticism — a phonetic scheme of writing
- phosphonium — the positively charged group PH 4 + .
- physiognomy — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- piano music — printed music intended to be played on the piano
- piedmontese — a native or inhabitant of Piedmont, Italy.
- pink salmon — a small Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, distinguished by its small scales and long anal fin and by the bright red spawning coloration of males, occurring from California to Alaska and in waters of Japan: fished commercially and for sport.
- piston pump — A piston pump is a pump which moves fluid by the movement up and down of a disk or short cylinder inside a tube.
- plasminogen — the blood substance that when activated forms plasmin.
- plutonomist — a person who studies or has expertise in plutonomy
- pneumonitis — inflammation of the lung caused by a virus or exposure to irritating substances.
- pointillism — a theory and technique developed by the neo-impressionists, based on the principle that juxtaposed dots of pure color, as blue and yellow, are optically mixed into the resulting hue, as green, by the viewer.
- positronium — a short-lived atomic system consisting of a positron and an electron bound together.
- postscenium — a wing on either side of the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theatre where props could be stored and actors could prepare; a parascenium
- preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
- presumption — the act of presuming.
- prison camp — a camp for the confinement of prisoners of war or political prisoners.
- prison farm — a farm attached to a prison, where prisoners carry out hard labour
- prochronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date earlier than the actual one; prolepsis.
- profeminist — advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.
- prognathism — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- promisingly — giving favorable promise; likely to turn out well: a promising young man; a promising situation.
- pronatalism — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
- pronominals — Grammar. pertaining to, resembling, derived from, or containing a pronoun: “My” in “my book” is a pronominal adjective. “There” is a pronominal adverb.
- protagonism — the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
- 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.
- psychonomic — of or relating to psychonomics
- pumpstation — A pumpstation is a place with pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another.
- rompishness — the state or condition of being rompish
- salmon pink — salmon (defs 4, 5).
- scopolamine — a colorless, syrupy, water-soluble alkaloid, C 1 7 H 2 1 NO 4 , obtained from certain plants of the nightshade family, used chiefly as a sedative and mydriatic and to alleviate the symptoms of motion sickness.
- senior prom — a formal dance or gathering of high school students held at the end of the senior year
- showjumping — horseriding event
- showmanship — the skill or ability of a showman.
- simon peter — Peter (def 1).
- siphonogamy — a mode of pollination in which pollen tubes develop to facilitate the passage of male cells to eggs
- smoke point — heat at which oil gives off smoke
- spermatoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermotoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
- sphinx moth — hawk moth.
- spinsterdom — the state of being a spinster