11-letter words containing m, r, s
- outdoorsman — a person devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities, as hiking, hunting, fishing, or camping.
- outdoorsmen — Plural form of outdoorsman.
- outperforms — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outperform.
- outsmarting — Present participle of outsmart.
- over-assume — to take for granted or without proof: to assume that everyone wants peace. Synonyms: suppose, presuppose; postulate, posit.
- over-modest — having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
- overconsume — to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- overimposed — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- overimpress — to impress to an excessive degree
- overmeasure — an excessive or surplus measure or amount: an overmeasure of exuberance.
- overmuscled — having muscles developed to excess
- overpromise — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- oyster farm — a place where oyster beds are kept.
- oysterwoman — a woman who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- palm desert — a town in S California, near Palm Springs.
- pan-arabism — the idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the Arab nations.
- panspermist — someone who advocates panspermia
- parabaptism — unauthorized baptism
- parallelism — the position or relation of parallels.
- paramastoid — of or relating to the part of the skull next to the mastoid process
- parascenium — either of two wings flanking and extending forward from the skene of an ancient Greek theater.
- parashurama — a Rama and avatar of Vishnu who rid the earth of Kshatriyas.
- parish pump — of only local interest; parochial
- paronomasia — the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humor or a dual meaning; punning.
- partial sum — one of a series of sums of elements of a given sequence, the first sum being the first element, the second sum being the first element added to the second element, the third sum being equal to the sum of the first three elements, and so on.
- partisanism — partisan action or spirit.
- party music — music for or at a party
- pass muster — to assemble (troops, a ship's crew, etc.), as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.
- passeriform — of or relating to the order Passeriformes; passerine.
- past master — a person who is thoroughly experienced or exceptionally skilled in a profession, art, etc.: a past master at chess.
- pastoralism — the practice of herding as the primary economic activity of a society.
- paternalism — the system, principle, or practice of managing or governing individuals, businesses, nations, etc., in the manner of a father dealing benevolently and often intrusively with his children: The employees objected to the paternalism of the old president.
- pentamerous — consisting of or divided into five parts.
- perfumeless — without perfume; not perfumed or wearing perfume
- peridesmium — the membrane of cellular tissue surrounding a ligament
- peristylium — a peristyle.
- perma-press — permanent-press.
- permissible — that can be permitted; allowable: a permissible amount of sentimentality under the circumstances; Such behavior is not permissible!
- permissibly — that can be permitted; allowable: a permissible amount of sentimentality under the circumstances; Such behavior is not permissible!
- peroxisomal — of or relating to a peroxisome; of the nature of a peroxisome
- personalism — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
- peru balsam — an aromatic balsam that is obtained from the tropical South American leguminous tree Myroxylon pereirae and is similar to balsam of Tolu
- petrarchism — the poetic style introduced by Petrarch and characteristic of his work, marked by complex grammatical structure, elaborate conceits, and conventionalized diction.
- phanerogams — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- phariseeism — the principles and practices of the Pharisees.
- phosphorism — chronic phosphorus poisoning.
- phrasemaker — a person who is skilled in coining well-turned phrases; phraseologist.
- phraseogram — a written symbol or combination of symbols, as in shorthand, used to represent a phrase.
- physiometry — measurement of the physiological functions of the body.
- pipe smoker — a person who smokes a tobacco pipe