11-letter words containing n, o, u, r, i, s
- octandrious — having eight stamens.
- offscouring — Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
- old russian — Russian as used in documents before 1600. Abbreviation: ORuss.
- omnifarious — of all forms, varieties, or kinds.
- omnivourous — Misspelling of omnivorous.
- oncoviruses — Plural form of oncovirus.
- opportunism — the policy or practice, as in politics, business, or one's personal affairs, of adapting actions, decisions, etc., to expediency or effectiveness regardless of the sacrifice of ethical principles.
- opportunist — a person who practices opportunism, or the policy of adapting actions, decisions, etc., to effectiveness regardless of the sacrifice of ethical principles: He is an extreme opportunist and always thinks the ends justify the means.
- organistrum — a stringed instrument played by two people
- ornithosaur — an extinct flying reptile
- ostensorium — ostensory.
- outcrossing — Present participle of outcross.
- outpourings — Plural form of outpouring.
- outsmarting — Present participle of outsmart.
- outsourcing — (of a company or organization) to purchase (goods) or subcontract (services) from an outside supplier or source.
- outswearing — Present participle of outswear.
- outswingers — Plural form of outswinger.
- overanxious — excessively anxious.
- overinsured — to guarantee against loss or harm.
- overnourish — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- ozoniferous — containing ozone.
- persecution — the act of persecuting.
- piss around — If you say that someone pisses around or pisses about, you mean they waste a lot of time doing unimportant things.
- porriginous — pertaining to or designating porrigo
- positronium — a short-lived atomic system consisting of a positron and an electron bound together.
- posturizing — to posture; pose.
- presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- presumption — the act of presuming.
- pretentious — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- probusiness — an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
- productions — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- 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.
- pruriginous — of, relating to, or causing prurigo.
- put on airs — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- quadrasonic — of, noting, or pertaining to the recording and reproduction of sound over four separate transmission or direct reproduction channels instead of the customary two of the stereo system: a quadraphonic recording.
- quaternions — Plural form of quaternion.
- questionary — a questionnaire.
- questioners — Plural form of questioner.
- rediffusion — act of diffusing; state of being diffused.
- requisition — the act of requiring or demanding.
- restitution — reparation made by giving an equivalent or compensation for loss, damage, or injury caused; indemnification.
- rhizanthous — bearing flowers directly from the root.
- ricinus oil — castor oil.
- ring-porous — having annual rings marked by a conspicuous band of large pores in wood formed in spring.
- rosicrucian — (in the 17th and 18th centuries) a person who belonged to a secret society laying claim to various forms of occult knowledge and power and professing esoteric principles of religion.
- routineness — a customary or regular course of procedure.
- ruminations — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- rustication — Also called rustic work. Architecture. any of various forms of ashlar so dressed and tooled that the visible faces are raised above or otherwise contrasted with the horizontal and usually the vertical joints.
- saburration — the use of heated sand in healing