11-letter words containing p, r, o, d, u
- 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
- heptandrous — (of a flower) having seven stamens
- horned pout — a bullhead, especially the brown bullhead.
- house-proud — taking pride in one's house and housekeeping.
- imido group — the bivalent group =NH linked to one or two acid groups.
- imponderous — (obsolete) imponderable.
- incorrupted — not corrupted
- krugersdorp — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa, NW of Johannesburg.
- loudspeaker — any of various devices, usually electronic, by which speech, music, etc., can be intensified and made audible throughout a room, hall, or the like.
- macropodous — (of a leaf) having a long stalk.
- media group — an association of companies involved with the means of mass communication
- memory dump — (programming, operating system, jargon) (Or "core dump") A file on hard disk (traditionally called "core") containing a copy of the contents of a process's memory, produced when a process is aborted by certain kinds of internal error or signal.
- mope around — If you mope around or mope about a place, you wander around there not doing anything, looking and feeling unhappy.
- multiperiod — Relating to multiple periods.
- mustard pot — a small pot, of glass, silver, etc, placed on the table to serve mustard
- neuropodium — (zoology) The ventral lobe or branch of a parapodium.
- oedipus rex — a tragedy (c430 b.c.) by Sophocles.
- open ground — uncovered or unobstructed ground in a wide open space
- operculated — relating to the operculum
- ophidiarium — an enclosure for snakes, adapted to their normal living conditions
- orphan drug — Pharmacology. a drug that remains undeveloped or untested or is otherwise neglected because of limited potential for commercial gain.
- outstripped — Simple past tense and past participle of outstrip.
- overproduce — to produce more of (a product or commodity) than is required
- paper round — job delivering newspapers
- paper-bound — a book bound in a flexible paper cover, often a lower-priced edition of a hardcover book.
- parlourmaid — In former times, a parlourmaid was a female servant in a private house whose job involved serving people at table.
- parodontium — periodontium.
- pass around — distribute, circulate
- pedagoguery — a teacher; schoolteacher.
- pentandrous — of or pertaining to the order of plants Pentandria, characterized by having five stamens
- perduellion — high treason
- perduration — the act of lasting forever or enduring continually; the capacity to endure indefinitely
- petropounds — the multiples of the British pound as regarded in terms of income derived from petroleum
- photoreduce — to undergo or to cause to undergo photoreduction
- piss around — If you say that someone pisses around or pisses about, you mean they waste a lot of time doing unimportant things.
- play around — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- pleurodynia — pain in the chest or side.
- point guard — Basketball. the guard who directs the team's offense from the point.
- poke around — to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
- polyandrous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polyandry; polyandric.
- pompadoured — styled in a pompadour
- ponderously — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- port hudson — a village in SE Louisiana, on the Mississippi, N of Baton Rouge: siege during the U.S. Civil War 1863.
- pouched rat — pocket gopher.
- pound-force — a foot-pound-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration equal to the acceleration of gravity when acting on a mass of one pound. Abbreviation: lbf.
- powder blue — a pale blue diluted with gray.
- powder burn — a skin burn caused by exploding gunpowder.
- powder puff — fluffy pad for applying powder
- powder-puff — limited to participation by women or girls: She plays on the powder-puff touch football team.
- preoccupied — completely engrossed in thought; absorbed.