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11-letter words containing p, l, e, r, o

  • pyrogallate — a salt or ether of pyrogallol.
  • pyrolysable — able to be pyrolysed
  • pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
  • pyrrolidine — a colorless, water-soluble, unpleasant smelling, poisonous liquid, C 4 H 9 N, from which proline and certain alkaloids are derived, prepared by reducing pyrrole: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • re-approval — the act of approving; approbation.
  • realpolitik — political realism or practical politics, especially policy based on power rather than on ideals.
  • repeat loop — (programming)   (Or "do loop") A loop construct found in many procedural languages which repeatedly executes some instructions while a condition is true. Repeat loops are found in Perl, Pascal, BASIC and C. The initial keyword may be "repeat" or "do" and the condition may be introduced with a "while" or "until" keyword. In constrast to a while loop, the "loop body" is executed once before the condition is tested. This is useful when the condition depends on the action of the loop body. In the following BASIC loop "Hello" is printed once despite the fact that the condition is false; i = 2 repeat print "Hello" i = i+1 until i>0 See also while loop and for loop.
  • repertorial — a type of theatrical presentation in which a company presents several works regularly or in alternate sequence in one season.
  • replication — a reply; answer.
  • reportorial — of or relating to a reporter.
  • reproachful — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
  • reprovingly — to criticize or correct, especially gently: to reprove a pupil for making a mistake.
  • reptiliform — having the form or appearance of a reptile
  • responsible — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
  • responsibly — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
  • retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
  • retrophilia — a strong liking for things from the past
  • reupholster — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
  • 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
  • riot police — police armed against public disorder
  • robot plane — an unmanned plane
  • rope ladder — ladder made primarily of rope
  • rope-length — a length of standard climbing rope, normally 50–60m
  • salesperson — a person who sells goods, services, etc.
  • sample room — a room, as in a hotel suite, in which merchandise is displayed for sale to the trade.
  • saprolegnia — a variety of fungus
  • sapropelite — a foul-smelling mud
  • sclerophyll — Also, sclerophyllous [skleer-uh-fil-uh s] /ˌsklɪər əˈfɪl əs/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or exhibiting sclerophylly.
  • scolopendra — a member of a genus of centipedes belonging to the Scolopendridae family
  • scripholder — a person who owns a scrip or scrips
  • scripophile — a person who practices scripophily.
  • self-parody — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
  • self-profit — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
  • semelparous — (of a plant) producing flowers and fruit only once before dying
  • semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
  • sepulchrous — of the nature of a sepulchre
  • serial port — A serial port on a computer is a place where you can connect the computer to a device such as a modem or a mouse.
  • siderophile — (of a cell or tissue) having an affinity for iron.
  • silverpoint — a technique of drawing with a silver stylus on specially prepared paper.
  • sleep rough — to spend the night in the open; be without a home or without shelter
  • slipperwort — any of several tropical American plants belonging to the genus Calceolaria, of the figwort family, having opposite or whorled leaves and slipper-shaped flowers.
  • soap boiler — a manufacturer of soap
  • solar panel — a bank of solar cells.
  • solar power — energy generated by the sun
  • soldiership — a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
  • spectrology — the study of ghosts, phantoms, or apparitions.
  • speculatory — a place suitable for observation
  • spermophile — any of various burrowing rodents of the squirrel family, especially of the genus Spermophilus (or Citellus), sometimes sufficiently numerous to do much damage to crops, as the ground squirrels and susliks.
  • spheroplast — a Gram-negative bacterial cell with a cell wall that has been altered or is partly missing, resulting in a spherical shape.
  • spider hole — a foxhole with a camouflaged lid or cover in which a sniper hides
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