11-letter words containing o, p, s, a
- pseudoedema — effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- pseudograph — a piece of writing that is falsely ascribed
- pseudologia — a psychological condition in which a patient tells elaborate, false stories believing them to be true
- pseudomonad — any of various bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas
- pseudomonas — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas, certain species of which are pathogenic for plants and animals.
- pseudopodal — (of protozoans) belonging to the former division Pseudopoda
- pseudopodia — pseudopod.
- psilomelane — a common mineral consisting of a mixture of pyrolusite and other oxides of manganese, usually found in black, rounded masses: an ore of manganese.
- psittacosis — a rickettsial disease affecting birds of the parrot family, pigeons, and domestic fowl, caused by the chlamydia Chlamydia psittaci and transmissible to humans.
- psittacotic — of or relating to psittacosis
- psychagogue — a necromancer
- psychoanal. — psychoanalysis
- psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences
- psychodrama — a method of group psychotherapy in which participants take roles in improvisational dramatizations of emotionally charged situations.
- psychograph — Psychology. a graph indicating the relative strength of the personality traits of an individual.
- psychomancy — occult communication between souls or with spirits.
- psychopathy — a mental disorder in which an individual manifests amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.
- pumpstation — A pumpstation is a place with pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another.
- punicaceous — of or relating to the family Punicaceae, containing the pomegranates
- pure reason — reason based on a priori principles and providing a unifying ground for the perception of the phenomenal world.
- pursuant to — legal: in accordance with
- push around — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- pustulation — the formation or breaking out of pustules.
- put down as — If you put someone or something down as a particular type of person or thing, you consider that they are that thing.
- put on airs — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- 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.
- radarscopes — Plural form of radarscope.
- rap session — a usually informal or unstructured group discussion, attended especially by people with shared interests, concerns, or problems.
- rapscallion — a rascal; rogue; scamp.
- rapturously — full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
- rawoop-snap — (language) An early system on the IBM 1130.
- razor-sharp — blade, etc.: dangerously sharp
- repair shop — garage, body shop: for vehicles
- reparations — the making of amends for wrong or injury done: reparation for an injustice.
- respiration — the act of respiring; inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing.
- respiratory — pertaining to or serving for respiration: respiratory disease.
- retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
- 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
- rhapsodical — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
- 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
- rosy pastor — a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- russophobia — an intense and often irrational hatred for Russia, or esp the former Soviet Union, its political system, etc
- saddle soap — a soap, usually consisting chiefly of Castile, used for cleaning and preserving saddles and other leather articles.
- safe period — an interval of the menstrual cycle when fertilization is considered to be least likely, usually a number of days prior and subsequent to the onset of menstruation.
- salespeople — a person who sells goods, services, etc.
- salesperson — a person who sells goods, services, etc.
- salmon pink — salmon (defs 4, 5).