11-letter words containing i, s, o, p, d
- pilot study — trial done for research
- piss around — If you say that someone pisses around or pisses about, you mean they waste a lot of time doing unimportant things.
- piston land — A piston land is a raised area of a piston between piston rings.
- polyandrist — a woman who practices or favors polyandry.
- polysulfide — a sulfide whose molecules contain two or more atoms of sulfur.
- ponderosity — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- postdivorce — of, or relating to the period after a person is divorced
- postediting — the act of editing after a piece of writing has been produced or printed by a machine
- postholiday — occurring after a holiday
- postlanding — occurring after a landing (of an aircraft, shuttle, etc)
- posttyphoid — occurring as a sequela of typhoid fever.
- pre-imposed — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
- predisposal — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
- predisposed — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
- prioritised — to arrange or do in order of priority: learning to prioritize our assignments.
- prison yard — a piece of enclosed ground attached to a prison, where prisoners may take exercise at certain times
- proceedings — a particular action or course or manner of action.
- productions — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- prompt side — the part of the stage that in the U.S. is to the right and in Britain to the left as one faces the audience. Abbreviation: P.S.
- prostituted — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- 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.
- pseudologia — a psychological condition in which a patient tells elaborate, false stories believing them to be true
- 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.
- psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences
- rest period — a period of rest
- rhapsodical — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- safe period — an interval of the menstrual cycle when fertilization is considered to be least likely, usually a number of days prior and subsequent to the onset of menstruation.
- sapphic ode — Horatian ode.
- sauropsidan — relating to the Sauropsida or animals belonging to the Sauriodea group in Huxley's classification
- schizopodal — pertaining to a split-foot or appendage
- scorpaenoid — resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.
- scripholder — a person who owns a scrip or scrips
- self-poised — acting with poise.
- shop window — storefront display
- shop-window — a window used for display of merchandise.
- sideropenia — a lack of iron in the body
- siderophile — (of a cell or tissue) having an affinity for iron.
- sideroscope — an apparatus for detecting splinters of iron or steel in the eye.
- sign-posted — a post bearing a sign that gives information or guidance.
- sipunculoid — a member of the group Sipunculoidea
- soda siphon — fizzy water dispenser
- sodium pump — an energy-consuming mechanism in cell membranes that transports sodium ions across the membrane, in exchange for potassium ions or other substances.
- soldiership — a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
- speedcoding — (language) A pseudocode interpreter for mathematics on IBM 701 and IBM 650 written by John Backus in 1953.
- spheroidize — to turn or be turned into spheroids
- spider hole — a foxhole with a camouflaged lid or cover in which a sniper hides
- spin doctor — Slang. a press agent skilled at spin control.