11-letter words containing o, l, r, s
- presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- previsional — characteristic of prevision
- priest-hole — a secret chamber in certain houses in England, built as a hiding place for Roman Catholic priests when they were proscribed in the 16th and 17th centuries
- pro-slavery — favoring slavery.
- probabilism — Philosophy. the doctrine, introduced by the Skeptics, that certainty is impossible and that probability suffices to govern faith and practice.
- processable — capable of being processed.
- processible — capable of being processed.
- proconsular — Roman History. an official, usually a former consul, who acted as governor or military commander of a province, and who had powers similar to those of a consul.
- professedly — allegedly; pretendedly: He is only professedly poor.
- profusively — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- proliferous — proliferating.
- promiseless — without promise
- promisingly — giving favorable promise; likely to turn out well: a promising young man; a promising situation.
- pronatalism — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
- pronatalist — 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.
- prophylaxis — Medicine/Medical. the preventing of disease. the prevention of a specific disease, as by studying the biological behavior, transmission, etc., of its causative agent and applying a series of measures against it.
- prosaically — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- proselyting — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- proselytism — the act or fact of becoming a proselyte; conversion.
- proselytize — try to attract converts
- prosiliency — prominence
- proteolysis — the breaking down of proteins into simpler compounds, as in digestion.
- protestable — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- protocolist — a person who drafts protocols
- protrusible — able to be thrust outwards
- proud flesh — granulation tissue.
- provascular — of or relating to procambium
- provisional — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- prusik loop — a loop formed with a sliding knot that locks under pressure in which a climber can place his foot in order to stand or ascend a rope
- purportless — without purport
- purposeless — having no purpose or apparent meaning.
- pyroclastic — composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic.
- pyrolysable — able to be pyrolysed
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- quarrellous — argumentative or given to complaint
- quarrelsome — inclined to quarrel; argumentative; contentious.
- quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
- querulously — full of complaints; complaining.
- radicellose — having small roots or rhizoids
- radiologist — the science dealing with x-rays or nuclear radiation, especially for medical uses.
- rapscallion — a rascal; rogue; scamp.
- rapturously — full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
- ratio scale — a scale of measurement of data which permits the comparison of differences of values; a scale having a fixed zero value. The distances travelled by a projectile, for instance, are measured on a ratio scale since it makes sense to talk of one projectile travelling twice as far as another
- rationalise — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
- rationalism — the principle or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, belief, or conduct.
- rationalist — the principle or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, belief, or conduct.
- razor shell — any of various sand-burrowing bivalve molluscs of the genera Ensis and Solen, which have a long tubular shell
- recessional — of or relating to a recession of the clergy and choir after the service.
- reflections — thoughts, esp careful or long-considered ones