11-letter words containing p, r, a, o, s
- copy taster — a person who selects or approves text for publication, esp in a periodical
- copyreaders — Plural form of copyreader.
- corivalship — the state of being mutual rivals
- cornucopias — Plural form of cornucopia.
- corporatism — Corporatism is the organization and control of a country by groups who share a common interest or profession.
- corporatist — You use corporatist to describe organizations, ideas, or systems which follow the principles of corporatism.
- corpuscular — Biology. an unattached cell, especially of a kind that floats freely, as a blood or lymph cell.
- cosmography — a representation of the world or the universe
- cotransport — the transport of one solute across a membrane from a region of low concentration of another solute to a region of high concentration of that solute
- cow parsley — a common Eurasian umbelliferous hedgerow plant, Anthriscus sylvestris, having umbrella-shaped clusters of white flowers
- cow parsnip — any tall coarse umbelliferous plant of the genus Heracleum, such as H. sphondylium of Europe and Asia, having thick stems and flattened clusters of white or purple flowers
- cow-spanker — a dairy farmer
- craniopagus — the condition of Siamese twins joined at the head
- cranioscopy — the study of the features of the human skull
- crapshooter — a person who plays the game of craps
- crapulosity — the quality of being crapulous or crapulent
- crapulously — In a crapulous manner.
- creatorship — a person or thing that creates.
- creophagous — flesh-eating or carnivorous
- crescograph — an instrument for measuring plant growth
- cross-party — Cross-party activities involve two or more political parties. A cross-party group consists of members from two or more political parties.
- cross-patch — a bad-tempered or irritable person.
- cryptograms — Plural form of cryptogram.
- curatorship — The rank or period of being a curator.
- cyperaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyperaceae, a family of grasslike flowering plants with solid triangular stems, including the sedges, bulrush, cotton grass, and certain rushes. Some are grown as water plants or as ornamental grasses; and Cyperus papyrus is the papyrus plant
- cystography — radiography of the urinary bladder using a contrast medium
- damp course — A damp course is a layer of waterproof material which is put into the bottom of the outside wall of a building to prevent moisture from rising.
- delors plan — a plan for closer European union, originated by Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission (1985–94)
- dermoplasty — skin grafting.
- desperadoes — Plural form of desperado.
- desperation — Desperation is the feeling that you have when you are in such a bad situation that you will try anything to change it.
- diaphoreses — perspiration, especially when artificially induced.
- diaphoresis — a technical name for sweating
- diastrophic — Also called tectonism. the action of the forces that cause the earth's crust to be deformed, producing continents, mountains, changes of level, etc.
- disapproval — the act or state of disapproving; a condemnatory feeling, look, or utterance; censure: stern disapproval.
- disapproved — Simple past tense and past participle of disapprove.
- disapprover — One who disapproves.
- disapproves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disapprove.
- disceptator — a person who disputes or disagrees
- discography — a selective or complete list of phonograph recordings, typically of one composer, performer, or conductor.
- discophoran — a member of the Discophora group
- diskography — discography.
- dispensator — a person who dispenses; distributor; administrator.
- disprovable — to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
- do a perish — to die or come near to dying of thirst or starvation
- doctorspeak — the language of physicians and other health professionals; specialized or technical jargon used by healthcare workers.
- doll's pram — toy: miniature baby carriage
- donner pass — a mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada, in E California. 7135 feet (2175 meters) high.
- dorsispinal — of or relating to the back and the spine.
- drop astern — to fall back to the stern (of another vessel)