11-letter words containing p, o, i, r
- overlapping — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
- overpicture — to describe or portray with exaggeration
- overplaided — (of a garment) covered with a design consisting of an overplaid
- overprecise — excessively precise
- overpromise — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- overtopping — to rise over or above the top of: a skyscraper that overtops all the other buildings.
- oyster pink — a delicate pinkish-white colour, sometimes with a greyish tinge
- pacificator — to pacify.
- paint horse — paint (def 6).
- paleoarctic — palearctic.
- palindromic — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- panegyricon — a collection of sermons
- panicmonger — a person who spreads panic
- panromantic — noting or relating to a person who is romantically attracted to people of all sexual orientations and gender identities: The singer came out as queer and panromantic at age 17.
- pantisocrat — someone who believes, or takes part, in pantisocracy
- pantropical — living or growing throughout the tropics.
- papilliform — resembling a papilla.
- papovavirus — any of a group of DNA-containing human and animal viruses, including polyoma viruses and some papillomaviruses, most of which produce tumors.
- parabolical — of, relating to, or involving a parable.
- paracrostic — a poem in which the initial letters of each line replicate the first line
- paradoxical — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
- paraffinoid — resembling a paraffin.
- paralimnion — the region of a lake floor between the shoreline or water's edge and the zone of rooted vegetation
- paramastoid — of or relating to the part of the skull next to the mastoid process
- parasitosis — parasitism (def 3).
- parathyroid — situated near the thyroid gland.
- paratrophic — obtaining nourishment from living organic matter; parasitic.
- paratyphoid — Also called paratyphoid fever. an infectious disease, similar in some of its symptoms to typhoid fever but usually milder, caused by any of several bacilli of the genus Salmonella other than S. typhi.
- parfocality — the quality of being parfocal
- parfocalize — to make parfocal
- parishioner — one of the community or inhabitants of a parish.
- parking lot — an area, usually divided into individual spaces, intended for parking motor vehicles.
- parlourmaid — In former times, a parlourmaid was a female servant in a private house whose job involved serving people at table.
- parochially — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- parodontium — periodontium.
- paronomasia — the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humor or a dual meaning; punning.
- paronychial — of or relating to paronychia
- parotiditis — inflammation of a parotid.
- parrot-fish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.
- parson bird — tui.
- partitioner — a division into or distribution in portions or shares.
- parturition — the process of bringing forth young.
- passeriform — of or relating to the order Passeriformes; passerine.
- pastoralism — the practice of herding as the primary economic activity of a society.
- pastoralist — a grazier or land-holder raising sheep, cattle, etc, on a large scale
- pastoralize — to make pastoral or rural.
- patelliform — having the form of a patella; shaped like a saucer, kneecap, or limpet shell.
- pathoformic — Pathology. pertaining to the beginning of a disease, especially to symptoms that occur in the preliminary stages of mental disease.
- patio doors — doors to an area adjoining a house, esp one that is paved and used for outdoor activities
- patrimonial — an estate inherited from one's father or ancestors.