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11-letter words containing m, i, s, o, r

  • polycrotism — a polycrotic condition
  • polymerizes — to subject to polymerization.
  • polyspermia — the secretion of an excessive amount of semen.
  • porro prism — an isosceles, right-triangular prism in which light entering one half of the hypotenuse face is reflected at the two short sides and is reversed in orientation when it leaves the other half of the hypotenuse: used in 90°-oriented pairs in binoculars to increase the length of the optical path and to erect the final image.
  • positronium — a short-lived atomic system consisting of a positron and an electron bound together.
  • postmarital — occurring, effective, or provided after marriage
  • postprimary — of or relating to education after primary school
  • 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
  • prestissimo — (a musical direction) in the most rapid tempo.
  • presumption — the act of presuming.
  • prime focus — the focal point of the objective lens or primary mirror of a telescope
  • primiparous — a woman who has borne but one child or who is parturient for the first time.
  • 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
  • probabilism — Philosophy. the doctrine, introduced by the Skeptics, that certainty is impossible and that probability suffices to govern faith and practice.
  • 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.
  • progressism — the philosophy of a progressist
  • promiscuity — the state of being promiscuous.
  • promiscuous — characterized by or involving indiscriminate mingling or association, especially having sexual relations with a number of partners on a casual basis.
  • promiseless — without promise
  • promisingly — giving favorable promise; likely to turn out well: a promising young man; a promising situation.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • proselytism — the act or fact of becoming a proselyte; conversion.
  • prostomiate — having a prostomium.
  • protagonism — the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
  • proximities — nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation.
  • 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.
  • radiocesium — cesium 137.
  • radiosodium — the radioactive isotope of sodium having an atomic mass of 24 and a half-life of 14.9 hours: used as a tracer in biochemistry.
  • rationalism — the principle or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, belief, or conduct.
  • re-emission — the quality or state of being re-emitted; the re-emitting of something
  • reactionism — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
  • readmission — the act of allowing to enter; entrance granted by permission, by provision or existence of pecuniary means, or by the removal of obstacles: the admission of aliens into a country.
  • reaganomics — the economic policies put forth by the administration of President Ronald Reagan, especially as emphasizing supply-side theory.
  • regionalism — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
  • relationism — a doctrine maintaining the existence of relations between things
  • religionism — excessive or exaggerated religious zeal.
  • resign-from — to give up an office or position, often formally (often followed by from): to resign from the presidency.
  • revisionism — advocacy or approval of revision.
  • rheotropism — the effect of a current of water upon the direction of plant growth.
  • rhizomatous — a rootlike subterranean stem, commonly horizontal in position, that usually produces roots below and sends up shoots progressively from the upper surface.
  • rhomboideus — either of two back muscles that function to move the scapula.
  • rollicksome — rollicking; frolicsome.
  • roman snail — a large edible European snail, Helix pomatia, the usual escargot of menus, erroneously thought to have been introduced to northern Europe by the Romans
  • romanticise — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
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