11-letter words containing i, n, s, p
- provisional — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- 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.
- pruriginous — of, relating to, or causing prurigo.
- prussianism — the militaristic spirit, system, policy, or methods historically associated with the Prussians.
- prussianize — to make Prussian, as in character, method, organization, etc.
- 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.
- psychogenic — having origin in the mind or in a mental condition or process: a psychogenic disorder.
- psychonomic — of or relating to psychonomics
- publishings — the activities or business of a publisher, especially of books or periodicals: He plans to go into publishing after college.
- publishment — publication.
- puckishness — the state of being puckish
- pumpkinseed — the seed of the pumpkin.
- pumpstation — A pumpstation is a place with pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another.
- punctilious — extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
- punctualist — a person who is concerned with points of conduct
- punicaceous — of or relating to the family Punicaceae, containing the pomegranates
- punji stake — a sharp bamboo stake concealed in high grass at an angle so as to gash the feet and legs of enemy soldiers and often coated with excrement so as to cause an infected wound.
- pupil nurse — a nurse who is still undergoing medical training
- purse seine — a large net towed, usually by two boats, that encloses a school of fish and is then closed at the bottom by means of a line resembling the string formerly used to draw shut the neck of a money pouch or purse
- purse-seine — to fish using a purse seine.
- pustulation — the formation or breaking out of pustules.
- put on airs — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- pycniospore — the spore produced in a pycnium.
- pyrognostic — relating to heated minerals
- pyrokinesis — the ability to set objects or people on fire through the concentration of psychic power.
- quintuplets — Plural form of quintuplet.
- rap session — a usually informal or unstructured group discussion, attended especially by people with shared interests, concerns, or problems.
- rapscallion — a rascal; rogue; scamp.
- re-inspired — to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
- re-shipping — to ship again.
- reinspected — to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
- reparations — the making of amends for wrong or injury done: reparation for an injustice.
- replenished — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
- replenisher — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
- reprovision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- rescription — a reply or answering of a letter
- respiration — the act of respiring; inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing.
- responsible — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
- responsibly — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
- responsions — the first of three examinations which were required for a degree at the University of Oxford prior to 1960
- retinispora — any member of the genus Retinispora, of conifers which grow in the east of Asia and in the east and west of North America
- retinoscope — an apparatus that determines the refractive power of the eye by observing the lights and shadows on the pupil when a mirror illumines the retina; skiascope.
- retinoscopy — an objective method of determining the refractive error of an eye.
- rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
- ring-porous — having annual rings marked by a conspicuous band of large pores in wood formed in spring.
- rising damp — moisture problem affecting walls
- rompishness — the state or condition of being rompish
- ruby spinel — a deep red, transparent variety of spinel, used as a gem.
- safekeeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.