11-letter words containing m, e, r, p
- rear bumper — the bar at the back of a vehicle which protects it if it bumps into something
- red emperor — a brightly-coloured marine food fish, Lutjanus sebae, of the Great Barrier Reef
- reemphasize — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- reimplement — any article used in some activity, especially an instrument, tool, or utensil: agricultural implements.
- repairwoman — a woman whose occupation is the making of repairs, readjustments, etc.
- repeat mark — a sign on a piece of music instructing the player to replay a certain passage or section
- reperformed — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- replacement — the act of replacing.
- reptiliform — having the form or appearance of a reptile
- rheotropism — the effect of a current of water upon the direction of plant growth.
- ripple mark — one of the wavy lines or ridges produced, especially on sand, by the action of waves, wind, or the like.
- roman peace — the establishment and maintenance of peace by armed force.
- romper room — a playroom for very young children.
- rompishness — the state or condition of being rompish
- sample rate — (digital signal processing) The number of times an analog signal is measured (sampled) per second. The unit of sample rate is "samples per second". This is often expressed in kiloHertz (kHz). For example, "CD quality" sound has a sample rate of 44 kHz. Compare data rate. See Nyquist frequency.
- sample room — a room, as in a hotel suite, in which merchandise is displayed for sale to the trade.
- scrap metal — discarded metal
- screen dump — the act or process of printing or saving the graphical or textual data displayed on a computer screen.
- sea lamprey — a parasitic marine lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, that spawns in fresh water along both Atlantic coasts and in the Great Lakes, where it is responsible for losses of economically valuable fish.
- seed shrimp — ostracod
- seismograph — any of various instruments for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes.
- semelparous — (of a plant) producing flowers and fruit only once before dying
- semi-sphere — shaped like half a sphere; hemispheric.
- semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
- semiprivate — having some degree of privacy but not fully private, as a hospital room with fewer beds than a ward.
- semispheric — shaped like half a sphere; hemispheric.
- 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.
- sempiternal — everlasting; eternal.
- sempiternum — a type of durable woollen fabric popular in the 17th century
- sempstering — the profession of being a tailor
- senior prom — a formal dance or gathering of high school students held at the end of the senior year
- septembrist — a person who instigated or took part in the September Massacre.
- septemviral — of or relating to septemvirs or a septemvirate.
- show jumper — A show jumper is a person who takes part in the sport of show jumping.
- simon peter — Peter (def 1).
- simpliciter — simply
- smart phone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- smokejumper — a firefighter who parachutes to forest fires inaccessible to ground crews.
- spectrogram — a representation or photograph of a spectrum.
- speech form — linguistic form.
- speechmaker — a person who delivers speeches.
- speedometer — an instrument on an automobile or other vehicle for indicating the rate of travel in miles or kilometers per hour.
- sperm count — the number of spermatozoa in an amount of semen, used as an indication of a man's fertility
- sperm donor — a man who supplies sperm to be used in an artificial fertilization process
- sperm whale — a large, square-snouted whale, Physeter catodon, valued for its oil and spermaceti: now reduced in number and rare in some areas.
- spermaphyte — the placenta of a plant
- spermatheca — a small sac or cavity in female or hermaphroditic invertebrates used to store sperm for fertilizing eggs, as in the queen bee.
- spermatoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermatoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermatozoa — one of the minute, usually actively motile gametes in semen, which serve to fertilize the ovum; a mature male reproductive cell.