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11-letter words containing p, i, r, a, n

  • replication — a reply; answer.
  • reprobation — disapproval, condemnation, or censure.
  • reptilianly — in the manner of a reptilian
  • repudiation — the act of repudiating.
  • 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
  • retinopathy — any diseased condition of the retina, especially one that is noninflammatory.
  • rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
  • riding lamp — a light on a boat or ship showing that it is at anchor
  • rip-roaring — boisterously wild and exciting; riotous: Have a rip-roaring good time.
  • ripple-tank — a shallow container of water in which waves are produced by vibrating an object in the water, used to observe or demonstrate wave phenomena.
  • rising damp — moisture problem affecting walls
  • ropedancing — the act of dancing on a rope
  • 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.
  • strap hinge — a hinge having a flap, especially a long one, attached to one face of a door or the like.
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