11-letter words containing p, o, r, n, i, e
- 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.
- responsions — the first of three examinations which were required for a degree at the University of Oxford prior to 1960
- 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.
- retinoscope — an apparatus that determines the refractive power of the eye by observing the lights and shadows on the pupil when a mirror illumines the retina; skiascope.
- retinoscopy — an objective method of determining the refractive error of an eye.
- rock pigeon — rock dove.
- rompishness — the state or condition of being rompish
- ropedancing — the act of dancing on a rope
- saprolegnia — a variety of fungus
- scorpaenoid — resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.
- senatorship — the office or position of a senator
- senior prom — a formal dance or gathering of high school students held at the end of the senior year
- septentrion — Obsolete. the north.
- serpiginous — (formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
- sideropenia — a lack of iron in the body
- silverpoint — a technique of drawing with a silver stylus on specially prepared paper.
- simon peter — Peter (def 1).
- singaporean — an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.
- six-pointer — a football match between two teams in similar positions in the league table, considered as being worth six points as it not only gains the winning team three points but denies three points to the losing team
- sniperscope — a snooperscope designed for attaching to a rifle or carbine.
- spermatoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermotoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
- spin bowler — a bowler who specializes in bowling balls with a spinning motion
- spiniferous — (esp of plants) bearing spines or thorns
- spinsterdom — the state of being a spinster
- sponge iron — finely divided, porous iron, reduced from an oxide at a temperature below the melting point.
- spore print — the pattern produced by placing the cap of a mushroom on a piece of paper and allowing the spores to fall
- springhouse — a small storehouse built over a spring or part of a brook, for keeping such foods as meat and dairy products cool and fresh.
- supernation — a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.
- supersonics — the branch of science that deals with supersonic phenomena.
- supervision — the act or function of supervising; superintendence.
- suppression — the act of suppressing.
- surgeonship — the position or responsibility of a surgeon
- temporizing — an agreement for a limited period of time
- topdressing — an application of fertiliser to soil
- topocentric — as seen from, with reference to, or coordinating to a point on the surface of the earth
- torpedinous — of, relating to, or resembling a torpedo
- torrey pine — a rare pine tree, Pinus torreyana, having a rounded crown of branches, growing in a limited area on the southern coast of California.
- trepidation — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- tripersonal — consisting of or existing in three persons, as the Godhead.
- 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.
- trypanocide — a drug or substance that kills trypanosomes
- trypsinogen — a precursor of trypsin that is secreted by the pancreas and is activated to trypsin in the small intestine.
- two-pointer — a shot from inside or on the three point line, worth two points if it is made
- unipersonal — consisting of or existing as one person only.
- unoperative — having no use or effect; inoperative
- unpolarized — of or relating to a medium that exhibits polarization.
- unportioned — a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it: I read a portion of the manuscript.
- unprophetic — not prophetic, not seeing future events correctly