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11-letter words containing p, r, i, m, u, s

  • promiscuity — the state of being promiscuous.
  • promiscuous — characterized by or involving indiscriminate mingling or association, especially having sexual relations with a number of partners on a casual basis.
  • prussianism — the militaristic spirit, system, policy, or methods historically associated with the Prussians.
  • pseudoprime — A backgammon prime (six consecutive occupied points) with one point missing. This term is an esoteric pun derived from a mathematical method that, rather than determining precisely whether a number is prime (has no divisors), uses a statistical technique to decide whether the number is "probably" prime. A number that passes this test is called a pseudoprime. The hacker backgammon usage stems from the idea that a pseudoprime is almost as good as a prime: it does the job of a prime until proven otherwise, and that probably won't happen.
  • pump prices — petrol prices
  • scriptorium — a room, as in a monastery, library, or other institution, where manuscripts are stored, read, or copied.
  • scripturism — the state of being versed in Scripture
  • scrumptious — very pleasing, especially to the senses; delectable; splendid: a scrumptious casserole; a scrumptious satin gown.
  • semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
  • sempervivum — any of various succulent plants belonging to the genus Sempervivum, of the stonecrop family, having leaves in dense basal rosettes and a compact, flat-topped cluster of flowers, and including the houseleek, S. tectorum, and other commonly cultivated species.
  • sempiternum — a type of durable woollen fabric popular in the 17th century
  • sphaeridium — a round body found on sea urchins
  • sporogonium — the sporangium of mosses and liverworts.
  • stipuliform — shaped like a stipule.
  • stripe smut — a disease of grasses, characterized by stripes of black spores on the leaves, caused by any of several smut fungi of the genera Urocystis and Ustilago.
  • supercilium — the fillet above the cyma of a cornice.
  • superfamily — a category of related families within an order or suborder.
  • superimpose — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
  • supremacist — a person who believes in or advocates the supremacy of a particular group, especially a racial group: a white supremacist.
  • suprematism — a nonrepresentational style of art developed in Russia in the early 20th century, characterized by severely simple geometric shapes or forms and an extremely limited palette.
  • triptolemus — a favorite of Demeter and the inventor of the plow and patron of agriculture, connected with the Eleusinian mysteries.
  • trispermous — having three seeds.
  • trumpetfish — any of several fishes of the family Aulostomidae, having a long, tubular snout, as the slender, brown-flecked Aulostomus maculatus, inhabiting waters on both sides of the tropical Atlantic Ocean, having the habit of orienting vertically in the water and capturing its prey from that position.
  • ultrasimple — extremely or exceptionally easy
  • unimpressed — finding sth unremarkable
  • unpresuming — not presumptuous; humble
  • unpromising — unlikely to be favorable or successful, as the weather, a situation, or a career.
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