11-letter words containing o, p, s, a
- hypothallus — a layer of hyphae rimming the thallus of certain lichens.
- hypsography — a branch of geography that deals with the measurement and mapping of the topography of the earth above sea level.
- hypsophobia — an extreme or abnormal fear of heights
- ideopraxist — a person who is impelled to carry out an idea
- impassioned — filled with intense feeling or passion; passionate; ardent.
- impersonate — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- importances — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
- impostumate — affected by an abscess
- impresarios — Plural form of impresario.
- improvisate — To improvise; to extemporize.
- imputations — Plural form of imputation.
- in personam — (of a judicial act) directed against a specific person or persons
- incapacious — Not capacious; narrow, small, weak, or foolish.
- incompassed — Simple past tense and past participle of incompass.
- inspiration — an inspiring or animating action or influence: I cannot write poetry without inspiration.
- inspirators — Plural form of inspirator.
- inspiratory — of or relating to inspiration or inhalation.
- inspissator — A heating device for thickening or congealing a liquid.
- invert soap — cationic detergent.
- isapostolic — contemporaneous with, or equal to, the twelve apostles
- isocephalic — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- isodiaphere — one of two or more nuclides in which the difference between the number of neutrons and the number of protons is the same
- isometropia — equality of refraction in the two eyes of an individual.
- isophthalic — Of or pertaining to isophthalic acid and its derivatives.
- isopropanol — isopropyl alcohol.
- isospectral — (mathematics) Having the same spectrum.
- iteroparous — (of a plant) producing flowers and fruit more than once (usually many times) before dying
- janitorship — the office of janitor
- jehoshaphat — a king of Judah, son of Asa, who reigned in the 9th century b.c. I Kings 22:41–50.
- jeopardised — Simple past tense and past participle of jeopardise.
- jeopardizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jeopardize.
- joao pessoa — a state in E Brazil. 21,760 sq. mi. (56,360 sq. km). Capital: João Pessoa.
- joe sixpack — Slang. the average or typical blue-collar man.
- joseph raff — Joseph Joachim, 1822–82, Swiss composer.
- jumpstation — A site on the World Wide Web containing a collection of hypertext links, usually to pages on a particular topic.
- justaucorps — a fitted, knee-length coat, characterized by wide turned-back cuffs and stiff flared skirts, worn especially by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- juxtaposing — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- keogh plans — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
- keratoscope — an instrument, as Placido's disk, for determining the symmetry of the curvature of the cornea.
- keratoscopy — an instrument, as Placido's disk, for determining the symmetry of the curvature of the cornea.
- kiloparsecs — Plural form of kiloparsec.
- kinetoplast — A mass of mitochondrial DNA lying close to the nucleus in some flagellate protozoa.
- kleptocrats — Plural form of kleptocrat.
- knoop scale — a scale of hardness based on the indentation made in the material to be tested by a diamond point.
- labor pains — childbirth: contractions
- laparoscope — a flexible fiberoptic instrument, passed through a small incision in the abdominal wall and equipped with biopsy forceps, an obturator, scissors or the like, with which to examine the abdominal cavity or perform minor surgery.
- laparoscopy — examination of the abdominal cavity or performance of minor abdominal surgery using a laparoscope.
- larviparous — producing larvae, as certain insects and mollusks.
- laser proof — a print proof of an element of a page printed out on a laser printer, so as to give an almost accurate preview of the final printout
- lasiocampid — (zoology) Any member of the Lasiocampidae.