11-letter words containing p, o, r, e, d
- erysipeloid — an infective dermatitis mainly affecting the hands, characterized by inflammation and caused by the microorganism Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae on contaminated meat, poultry, or fish: most prevalent among fishermen and butchers
- escape road — a road, usually ending in a pile of sand, provided on a hill for a driver to drive into if his brakes fail or on a bend if he loses control of the turn
- eurodeposit — a deposit of the currency of any country in the eurocurrency market
- eurypteroid — of, relating to or resembling a eurypterid or eurypterids
- evesdropper — Archaic form of eavesdropper.
- export duty — a government tax paid on goods exported from a country
- face powder — a cosmetic powder used to give a mat finish to the face.
- fernando po — a former name of Bioko.
- field sport — Hunting, shooting birds, and fishing with a rod are referred to as field sports when they are done mainly for pleasure.
- file-powder — a powder made from the ground leaves of the sassafras tree, used as a thickener and to impart a pungent taste to soups, gumbos, and other dishes.
- fireproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of fireproof.
- flapperhood — (in the 1920s) the condition of flappers, the state of being a flapper
- flea powder — powder that is put on an animal's coat to kill or discourage fleas
- food parcel — parcels of food prepared and sent, esp by charitable organizations, to people in need
- food prices — the prices that consumers are charged for food
- foundership — The condition of having founded something.
- free period — a portion of time during which there is little or no activity
- freedpeople — Plural form of freedperson.
- freedperson — A person who has been released from a condition of slavery.
- gonadotrope — a gonadotropic substance.
- gopher wood — an unidentified wood used in building Noah's ark. Gen. 6:14.
- grade point — Education. a numerical equivalent to a received letter grade, usually 0 for F, 1 for D, 2 for C, 3 for B, and 4 for A, that is multiplied by the number of credits for the course: used to compute a grade point average.
- graded post — a position in a school having special responsibility for which additional payment is given
- grand opera — a serious, usually tragic, opera in which most of the text is set to music.
- green pound — a unit of account used in calculating Britain's contributions to and payments from the Community Agricultural Fund of the EU
- ground pine — any of several species of club moss, especially Lycopodium obscurum or L. complanatum.
- groundspeed — the speed of an aircraft with reference to the ground.
- group speed — the speed at which energy is propagated in a wave. This is the quantity determined when one measures the distance which the radiation travels in a given time. In a medium in which the speed increases with wavelength the group speed is less than the phase speed, and vice versa
- haloperidol — a major antipsychotic agent, C 21 H 23 ClFNO 2 , used in the management of schizophrenia, severe anxiety, and other behavioral disorders.
- hammer pond — an artificial pond for maintaining a head of water at a water mill.
- handyperson — a person who is practiced at doing maintenance work.
- heptahedron — a solid figure having seven faces.
- heptandrous — (of a flower) having seven stamens
- heteroploid — (biology) Having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number normal in the species.
- hipped roof — a roof having sloping ends and sides
- hippodromed — Simple past tense and past participle of hippodrome.
- hippodromes — Plural form of hippodrome.
- holiday rep — A holiday rep is someone employed by a holiday company to help look after people when they are on holiday.
- holographed — to make by the use of holography.
- horn-spread — (of a horned creature) the distance between the outermost tips of the horns.
- horned pout — a bullhead, especially the brown bullhead.
- house-proud — taking pride in one's house and housekeeping.
- hydrophones — Plural form of hydrophone.
- hydrophytes — Plural form of hydrophyte.
- hydroplaned — Simple past tense and past participle of hydroplane.
- hydroplaner — a person who pilots a hydroplane, especially a professional speedboat racer.
- hydroplanes — Plural form of hydroplane.
- hydroscopes — Plural form of hydroscope.
- hydrosphere — the water on or surrounding the surface of the globe, including the water of the oceans and the water in the atmosphere.
- hyperboloid — a quadric surface having a finite center and some of its plane sections hyperbolas. Equation: x 2 / a 2 + y 2 / b 2 − z 2 / c 2 = 1.