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11-letter words containing p, e, r, i, t, u

  • repudiative — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
  • repudiatory — the act of repudiating.
  • return trip — the journey back from a destination
  • rip current — undertow (def 1).
  • rupes altai — a mountain range in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 315 miles (507 km) long.
  • sempiternum — a type of durable woollen fabric popular in the 17th century
  • septenarius — a verse consisting of seven feet, usually printed in two lines: used especially in Latin poems.
  • septiferous — in possession of a septum or partition
  • specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
  • spice route — an ancient trade route followed by merchants, importers and exporters trading in exotic spices such as cloves and cinnamon
  • spirituelle — having a refined and lively mind or wit; spirituel
  • spitzenburg — any of several red or yellow varieties of apple that ripen in the autumn.
  • spore fruit — a spore-bearing structure, as an ascoscarp; sporocarp.
  • sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
  • stripe rust — a disease of wheat, barley, rye, and other grasses, characterized by elongated rows of yellow spores on the affected parts, caused by a rust fungus, Puccinia glumarum.
  • stripe smut — a disease of grasses, characterized by stripes of black spores on the leaves, caused by any of several smut fungi of the genera Urocystis and Ustilago.
  • super-title — (especially in opera production) a translation of a segment of the libretto or other text or sometimes a brief summary of the plot projected onto a screen above the stage during a performance.
  • superactive — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
  • superbright — exceptionally bright
  • superdainty — very dainty
  • superegoist — an exceptionally selfish or self-centred person; someone who is very self-important
  • superfluity — the state of being superfluous.
  • superinfect — to infect further with an additional infection
  • superintend — to oversee and direct (work, processes, etc.).
  • superiority — the quality or condition of being superior.
  • superlative — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
  • supernation — a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.
  • superpolite — extremely polite
  • superprofit — above-average profits gained through enterprise
  • superscript — Printing. superior (def 10).
  • superstrike — an exceptionally large strike
  • superstring — any supersymmetric string theory in which each type of elementary particle is treated as a vibration of a single fundamental string (superstring) at a particular frequency.
  • supertitles — (especially in opera production) a translation of a segment of the libretto or other text or sometimes a brief summary of the plot projected onto a screen above the stage during a performance.
  • suppurative — suppurating; characterized by suppuration.
  • supremacist — a person who believes in or advocates the supremacy of a particular group, especially a racial group: a white supremacist.
  • suprematism — a nonrepresentational style of art developed in Russia in the early 20th century, characterized by severely simple geometric shapes or forms and an extremely limited palette.
  • telanaipura — former name of Jambi (def 2).
  • therapeutic — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • torpedinous — of, relating to, or resembling a torpedo
  • tree lupine — a shrubby, Californian tree, Lupinus arboreus, of the legume family, having hairy, finger-shaped leaflets and fragrant, sulphur-yellow flowers.
  • tripetalous — having three petals.
  • triple jump — a jumping event for distance in which a participant leaps on one foot from a takeoff point, lands on the same foot, steps forward on the other foot, leaps, and lands on both feet.
  • triptolemus — a favorite of Demeter and the inventor of the plow and patron of agriculture, connected with the Eleusinian mysteries.
  • trisepalous — having three sepals.
  • trispermous — having three seeds.
  • trisulphide — any sulphide containing three sulphur atoms per molecule
  • trumpetfish — any of several fishes of the family Aulostomidae, having a long, tubular snout, as the slender, brown-flecked Aulostomus maculatus, inhabiting waters on both sides of the tropical Atlantic Ocean, having the habit of orienting vertically in the water and capturing its prey from that position.
  • trusteeship — Law. the office or function of a trustee.
  • turcopolier — during the Crusades, an officer in charge of a section of turcopoles
  • ultrasimple — extremely or exceptionally easy
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