11-letter words containing p, a, r, i, s, n
- prostration — the act of prostrating.
- protagonism — the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
- protagonist — the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
- provisional — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- prussianism — the militaristic spirit, system, policy, or methods historically associated with the Prussians.
- prussianize — to make Prussian, as in character, method, organization, etc.
- put on airs — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- rap session — a usually informal or unstructured group discussion, attended especially by people with shared interests, concerns, or problems.
- rapscallion — a rascal; rogue; scamp.
- 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.
- 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
- rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
- rising damp — moisture problem affecting walls
- saline drip — the usually intravenous drop-by-drop administration of an isotonic solution of sodium chloride in distilled water
- saprolegnia — a variety of fungus
- sauropsidan — relating to the Sauropsida or animals belonging to the Sauriodea group in Huxley's classification
- scatter pin — a woman's small ornamental pin, usually worn with other similar pins on a dress, suit jacket, etc.
- scorpaenoid — resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.
- scrappiness — made up of scraps or of odds and ends; fragmentary; disconnected.
- sempiternal — everlasting; eternal.
- senatorship — the office or position of a senator
- septenarius — a verse consisting of seven feet, usually printed in two lines: used especially in Latin poems.
- shinplaster — a plaster for the shin or leg.
- shrink wrap — transparent film for wrapping food
- shrink-wrap — to wrap and seal (a book, a food product, etc.) in a flexible film of plastic that, when exposed to a heating process, shrinks to the contour of the merchandise.
- sideropenia — a lack of iron in the body
- singaporean — an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.
- skyscraping — of or like a skyscraper; very high: a skyscraping chimney.
- small print — text typewritten in a small-sized font
- spacefaring — space travel
- spanish fir — a species of fir native to S Spain and N Morocco, Abies pinsapo
- sparklingly — in a sparkling manner
- spermatoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
- spin a yarn — If you say that someone spins a yarn, you mean that they tell a story that is not true, often an interesting or imaginative one.
- spinal cord — the cord of nerve tissue extending through the spinal canal of the spinal column.
- spinsterial — relating to a spinster
- spinsterian — relating to a spinster
- spiny-rayed — spiny-finned.
- split brain — having, involving, or pertaining to a severed corpus callosum.
- split-brain — having, involving, or pertaining to a severed corpus callosum.
- sporulation — to produce spores.
- spray paint — paint in aerosol form
- spray-paint — to cover, mark, draw, or write with spray paint.
- spreadingly — in a spreading manner
- spring lamb — a lamb born in the late winter or early spring and sold for slaughter before July 1.
- spring rate — The spring rate is a measurement of the amount of force needed to compress a spring a particular distance.
- springboard — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- springwater — water from a spring
- stipendiary — receiving a stipend; performing services for regular pay.