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11-letter words containing o, p, e, n, s, t

  • pneumostome — a breathing hole in the mantle of a gastropod.
  • polystyrene — a clear plastic or stiff foam, a polymer of styrene, used chiefly as an insulator in refrigerators and air conditioners.
  • pond-skater — any of various heteropterous insects of the family Gerrididae, esp Gerris lacustris (common pond-skater), having a slender hairy body and long hairy legs with which they skim about on the surface of ponds
  • ponderosity — of great weight; heavy; massive.
  • port neches — a town in SE Texas.
  • post-modern — noting or pertaining to architecture of the late 20th century, appearing in the 1960s, that consciously uses complex forms, fantasy, and allusions to historic styles, in contrast to the austere forms and emphasis on utility of standard modern architecture.
  • postconcert — occurring after a concert
  • postediting — the act of editing after a piece of writing has been produced or printed by a machine
  • postel, jon — Jon Postel
  • postexilian — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
  • postponence — the act of postponing
  • postscenium — a wing on either side of the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theatre where props could be stored and actors could prepare; a parascenium
  • posttension — (in prestressed-concrete construction) to apply tension to (reinforcing strands) after the concrete has set. Compare pretension2 (def 1).
  • postweaning — of, relating to, or occurring in the period following weaning
  • potableness — the quality of being potable or drinkable
  • pre-notions — a preconception.
  • preconquest — of or relating to the time before the conquest of one people, region, or country by another.
  • preposition — any member of a class of words found in many languages that are used before nouns, pronouns, or other substantives to form phrases functioning as modifiers of verbs, nouns, or adjectives, and that typically express a spatial, temporal, or other relationship, as in, on, by, to, since.
  • presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
  • prest money — a sum of money advanced to men enlisting in the navy or the army, given to bind the bargain and as an inducement.
  • prestations — a payment in money or in services.
  • prestonpans — a seaside resort in the Lothian region, in SE Scotland, E of Edinburgh: battle 1745.
  • presumption — the act of presuming.
  • pretensions — the laying of a claim to something.
  • pretentious — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
  • pro-western — lying toward or situated in the west: our company's western office.
  • procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
  • profeminist — advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.
  • progestogen — progestin.
  • 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.
  • proselyting — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
  • prospecting — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
  • prospection — anticipation
  • proto-norse — the North Germanic language of Scandinavia up to about 700 ad
  • psyche knot — a woman's hairdo in which a knot or coil of hair projects from the back of the head.
  • psychotogen — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
  • puget sound — an arm of the Pacific, in NW Washington.
  • pythonesque — denoting a kind of humour that is absurd and unpredictable; zany; surreal
  • reparations — the making of amends for wrong or injury done: reparation for an injustice.
  • representor — (in contract law) a person who makes a legal representation about a contract to a representee
  • rescription — a reply or answering of a letter
  • respiration — the act of respiring; inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing.
  • retinispora — any member of the genus Retinispora, of conifers which grow in the east of Asia and in the east and west of North America
  • retinoscope — an apparatus that determines the refractive power of the eye by observing the lights and shadows on the pupil when a mirror illumines the retina; skiascope.
  • retinoscopy — an objective method of determining the refractive error of an eye.
  • scotch pine — a pine, Pinus sylvestris, of Eurasia, having a reddish trunk and twisted, bluish-green needles.
  • senatorship — the office or position of a senator
  • septentrion — Obsolete. the north.
  • shine up to — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
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