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

  • torpedinous — of, relating to, or resembling a torpedo
  • track spike — a chisel-pointed spike used to secure the rails of a railroad track to wooden ties.
  • traineeship — the state or position of being a trainee.
  • transalpine — situated beyond the Alps, especially toward the north as viewed from Italy.
  • transhipper — a person who tranships
  • transpierce — to pierce through; penetrate; pass through.
  • triceratops — any of various dinosaurs of the genus Triceratops, of the late Cretaceous Period, having a bony crest on the neck, a long horn over each eye, and a shorter horn on the nose.
  • tripersonal — consisting of or existing in three persons, as the Godhead.
  • tripetalous — having three petals.
  • 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.
  • trypsinogen — a precursor of trypsin that is secreted by the pancreas and is activated to trypsin in the small intestine.
  • ultrasimple — extremely or exceptionally easy
  • unaspirated — Phonetics. to articulate (a speech sound, especially a stop) so as to produce an audible puff of breath, as with the first t of total, the second t being unaspirated. to articulate (the beginning of a word or syllable) with an h -sound, as in which, pronounced (hwich), or hitch as opposed to witch or itch.
  • undisrupted — to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.
  • unpractised — not trained or skilled; inexpert: an unpracticed actor.
  • upper sixth — (in England, Wales and Northern Ireland) the final year of sixth form
  • uprightness — erect or vertical, as in position or posture.
  • upset price — the lowest price at which a person is permitted to bid for something being sold at auction.
  • very pistol — a special pistol which fires coloured flares for signalling at night, esp at sea
  • vespertinal — of, relating to, or occurring in the evening: vespertine stillness.
  • whiteprints — Plural form of whiteprint.
  • witherspoonJohn, 1723–94, U.S. theologian and statesman, born in Scotland.
  • wrist plate — a platelike part of a mechanism, oscillating in its own plane, to which links or rods are attached by pins.
  • xerophytism — (botany) The adaptation of plants to habitats where water is scarce.
  • xerotripsis — dry friction, attrition, or abrasion
  • xiphisterna — Plural form of xiphisternum.
  • zooparasite — any parasitic animal or protozoan.
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