11-letter words containing p, l, e, r, o
- spin bowler — a bowler who specializes in bowling balls with a spinning motion
- splendorous — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- strandloper — a member of an extinct tribe of Khoikhoi or Bushmen who lived on seafood gathered on the beaches of southern Africa
- stroke play — medal play.
- sulphureous — of the yellow colour of sulphur
- superfluous — being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.
- supernormal — in excess of the normal or average: supernormal faculties; supernormal production.
- superpolite — extremely polite
- superschool — a large school
- supervolute — (of convolute leaves) enveloping a rolled up leaf within the bud
- supportable — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- tele-ported — to transport (a body) by telekinesis.
- telesphorus — pope a.d. 125?–136?.
- temporality — temporal character or nature; temporariness.
- temporalize — to make temporal in time; place in time.
- temporarily — lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need; a temporary job.
- term policy — a policy whose period of coverage is in excess of one year, usually paying a reduced premium rate, as in fire insurance.
- tetraploidy — having a chromosome number that is four times the basic or haploid number.
- thermophile — a thermophilic organism.
- thermopylae — a pass in E Greece, between the cliffs of Mt. Oeta and the Gulf of Lamia: Persian defeat of the Spartans 480 b.c.
- thorn apple — any poisonous plant belonging to the genus Datura, of the nightshade family, the species of which bear capsules covered with prickly spines, especially the jimson weed, D. stramonium.
- tidal power — the use of the rise and fall of tides involving very large volumes of water at low heads to generate electric power
- tool pusher — A tool pusher is someone who supervises drilling operations on an oil rig.
- topless bar — a bar in which barmaids or waitresses work naked from the waist up
- trapezoidal — Geometry. a quadrilateral plane figure having two parallel and two nonparallel sides. British. trapezium (def 1b).
- tripersonal — consisting of or existing in three persons, as the Godhead.
- tripetalous — having three petals.
- triple bond — a chemical linkage consisting of three covalent bonds between two atoms of a molecule, represented in chemical formulas by three lines or six dots, as CH≡CH or CH⋮⋮CH.
- triptolemus — a favorite of Demeter and the inventor of the plow and patron of agriculture, connected with the Eleusinian mysteries.
- trisepalous — having three sepals.
- tropicalize — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- turcopolier — during the Crusades, an officer in charge of a section of turcopoles
- turtle soup — soup made from turtle flesh, usually of the green turtle
- typedprolog — (language) A strongly typed logic programming language.
- unipersonal — consisting of or existing as one person only.
- unpolarized — of or relating to a medium that exhibits polarization.
- unpurposely — intentionally; deliberately: He tripped me purposely.
- unreposeful — characterized by a lack of repose or rest
- up for sale — If a property or company is up for sale, its owner is trying to sell it.
- upholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- upholsterer — a person whose business it is to upholster furniture and, sometimes, to furnish and put in place hangings, curtains, carpets, etc.
- upholstress — a female upholsterer
- upper floor — An upper floor in a hotel is on a level above the first floor.
- upper volta — former name of Burkina Faso.
- varley loop — a device containing a Wheatstone bridge, for comparing resistances and for locating faults in circuits.
- very pistol — a special pistol which fires coloured flares for signalling at night, esp at sea
- volt-ampere — an electric measurement unit, equal to the product of one volt and one ampere, equivalent to one watt for direct current systems and a unit of apparent power for alternating current systems. Abbreviation: VA.
- well-proven — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- wereleopard — (fiction) A shapeshifter who can change between leopard and human form.