11-letter words containing o, p, s, a
- metanephros — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- metaphorist — a creator or user of metaphors
- metapodials — Plural form of metapodial.
- micrographs — Plural form of micrograph.
- microphages — Plural form of microphage.
- mimeographs — Plural form of mimeograph.
- minneapolis — a city in SE Minnesota, on the Mississippi.
- misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- misanthropy — hatred, dislike, or distrust of humankind.
- misocapnist — (rare) One who hates tobacco smoke.
- monocarpous — having a gynoecium that forms only a single ovary.
- monophagous — feeding on only one kind of food.
- morse taper — a taper that is one of a standard series used in the shank of tools to fit a matching taper in the mandrel of a machine tool
- mpls domain — (networking) A portion of a network that contains devices that understand MPLS.
- multiparous — of or relating to a multipara.
- museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
- mustard pot — a small pot, of glass, silver, etc, placed on the table to serve mustard
- mycophagist — a fungus-eating organism.
- mycophagous — feeding on fungi.
- mycoplasmal — Of or pertaining to mycoplasma.
- mycoplasmas — Plural form of mycoplasma.
- myographist — a person who has expert knowledge of muscles
- nail polish — a polish of quick-drying lacquer, either clear or colored, used to paint the fingernails or toenails.
- nanophysics — the physics of structures and artefacts with dimensions in the nanometre range or of phenomena occurring in nanoseconds
- nanospheres — Plural form of nanosphere.
- nasal drops — Nasal drops are medicine that you put directly in your nose one drop at a time.
- nasopharynx — the part of the pharynx behind and above the soft palate, directly continuous with the nasal passages. Compare oropharynx (def 2).
- naturopaths — Plural form of naturopath.
- neap season — the time of year when either of the two tides that occur at the first or last quarter of the moon when the tide-generating forces of the sun and moon oppose each other and produce the smallest rise and fall in tidal level
- neopaganism — a 20th-century revival of interest in the worship of nature, fertility, etc., as represented by various deities.
- neuroplasty — Any surgery to repair nerve tissue.
- nonhospital — not related to, identified with, or taking place in a hospital
- nonpartisan — not partisan; objective.
- nonpersonal — Not personal.
- nonphysical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- nonspeaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- nonspecular — that reflects light diffusely and evenly over the hemisphere surrounding the reflective surface; diffuse
- nosy parker — a prying person
- notaphilist — a person who studies or collects paper money
- noun phrase — a construction that functions syntactically as a noun, consisting of a noun and any modifiers, as all the men in the room who are reading books, or of a noun substitute, as a pronoun.
- nucleoplasm — the protoplasm of the nucleus of a cell.
- nulliparous — a woman who has never borne a child.
- oarsmanship — The skill of rowing a boat.
- obstipation — obstinate constipation.
- occipitalis — A muscle of the head, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontal muscle.
- occupancies — Plural form of occupancy.
- occupations — Plural form of occupation.
- oesophageal — esophageal.
- old persian — an ancient West Iranian language attested by cuneiform inscriptions. Abbreviation: OPers.
- old spanish — the Spanish language of the 12th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OSp.