11-letter words containing o, h, p
- quadraphony — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
- radiography — the production of radiographs.
- radiophonic — a radiotelephone.
- razor-sharp — blade, etc.: dangerously sharp
- record shop — store selling recorded music
- rehypnotize — to hypnotize again
- reject shop — a shop that sells damaged or imperfect products that cannot be sold at the full price
- renographic — of or pertaining to renography, using or produced by a renogram
- repair shop — garage, body shop: for vehicles
- reproachful — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- reprography — the reproduction and duplication of documents, written materials, drawings, designs, etc., by any process making use of light rays or photographic means, including offset printing, microfilming, photography, office duplicating, and the like.
- retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
- retinopathy — any diseased condition of the retina, especially one that is noninflammatory.
- retrophilia — a strong liking for things from the past
- reupholster — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- rh positive — See under Rh factor.
- rh-positive — See under Rh factor.
- rhapsodical — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- rheotropism — the effect of a current of water upon the direction of plant growth.
- rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
- rhizosphere — the area of soil that surrounds the roots of a plant and is altered by the plant's root growth, nutrients, respiration, etc.
- rhododaphne — a shrub with narrow, poisonous evergreen leaves and attractive pink flowers, also known as oleander or rosebay
- rhône-alpes — a region of E France: mainly mountainous, rising to the edge of the Massif Central in the west and the French Alps in the east; drained by the Rivers Rhône, Saône, and Isère
- rocket ship — a rocket-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.
- rockhampton — a city in E Queensland, in E Australia.
- roman punch — a lemon-water ice flavored with rum or other alcoholic beverage.
- rompishness — the state or condition of being rompish
- rope stitch — (in embroidery) a stitch formed from the entwining of stitches.
- rope-length — a length of standard climbing rope, normally 50–60m
- rough paper — paper that is used for writing a rough copy
- russophobia — an intense and often irrational hatred for Russia, or esp the former Soviet Union, its political system, etc
- sand hopper — beach flea.
- sap orchard — sugarbush (def 2).
- sapphic ode — Horatian ode.
- saprophytic — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- sarcophagal — related to or depicted on sarcophagi
- sarcophagus — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
- satanophany — a manifestation or incarnation of Satan; demonic possession
- saxophonist — musician who plays saxophone
- scenography — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- sceuophylax — a keeper of sacred vessels
- schizophyte — any of the Schizophyta, a group of organisms comprising the schizomycetes and the schizophyceous algae, characterized by a simple structure and reproduction by simple fission or spores.
- schizopodal — pertaining to a split-foot or appendage
- scholarship — learning; knowledge acquired by study; the academic attainments of a scholar.
- school ship — a vessel used in training students for nautical careers.
- school trip — educational outing
- schoonschip — (mathematics, tool) (From the Dutch for "beautiful ship" or "clean ship") A program for symbolic mathematics, especially High Energy Physics, written by M. Veltman of CERN in 1964. Schoonschip only does algebra, no derivatives. It was implemented originally in CDC 6600 and CDC 7600 assembly language and currently in 680x0 assembly language. Runs on Amiga, Atari ST, Sun-3 and NeXT. It was once maintained by David Williams at the University of Michigan Physics Department.
- schwarzkopf — Elisabeth, 1915–2006, German soprano, born in Poland.
- sclerophyll — Also, sclerophyllous [skleer-uh-fil-uh s] /ˌsklɪər əˈfɪl əs/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or exhibiting sclerophylly.
- scopophilia — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.