11-letter words containing i, s, u, e, p, r
- presumingly — presumptuous.
- presumption — the act of presuming.
- presumptive — affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
- pretentious — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- previous to — before, prior to
- prime focus — the focal point of the objective lens or primary mirror of a telescope
- privy purse — a sum from the public revenues allotted to the sovereign for personal expenses.
- probusiness — an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
- profusively — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- proliferous — proliferating.
- prosecuting — carrying out a prosecution
- prosecution — Law. the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on.
- prosecutrix — a female prosecutor or plaintiff
- prostituted — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- protrusible — able to be thrust outwards
- prussianize — to make Prussian, as in character, method, organization, etc.
- 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.
- puerilities — the state or quality of being a child.
- pump prices — petrol prices
- 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.
- putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- repetiteuse — a female repetiteur, one who rehearses opera singers
- repetitious — full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.
- republisher — a person who republishes
- res publica — the state, republic, or commonwealth
- ruby spinel — a deep red, transparent variety of spinel, used as a gem.
- rupes altai — a mountain range in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 315 miles (507 km) long.
- scapigerous — having a scape or leafless stalk
- scrip issue — an issue of free shares distributed pro rata to existing stockholders instead of a dividend.
- semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
- sempervivum — any of various succulent plants belonging to the genus Sempervivum, of the stonecrop family, having leaves in dense basal rosettes and a compact, flat-topped cluster of flowers, and including the houseleek, S. tectorum, and other commonly cultivated species.
- sempiternum — a type of durable woollen fabric popular in the 17th century
- septenarius — a verse consisting of seven feet, usually printed in two lines: used especially in Latin poems.
- septiferous — in possession of a septum or partition
- serpiginous — (formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
- shipbuilder — a person whose occupation is the designing or constructing of ship.
- specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
- sphaeridium — a round body found on sea urchins
- spice route — an ancient trade route followed by merchants, importers and exporters trading in exotic spices such as cloves and cinnamon
- spinel ruby — ruby spinel.
- spiniferous — (esp of plants) bearing spines or thorns
- spiriferous — having a spire or spiral parts.
- spirituelle — having a refined and lively mind or wit; spirituel
- spitzenburg — any of several red or yellow varieties of apple that ripen in the autumn.
- spore fruit — a spore-bearing structure, as an ascoscarp; sporocarp.
- sporiferous — bearing spores.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- springhouse — a small storehouse built over a spring or part of a brook, for keeping such foods as meat and dairy products cool and fresh.