11-letter words containing p, r, o, n
- openhearted — Frank and candid.
- operational — able to function or be used; functional: How soon will the new factory be operational?
- operoseness — (archaic) The state of being operose; tedium.
- opinionator — (obsolete) An opinionated person; one given to conjecture.
- oppenheimer — J(ulius) Robert, 1904–67, U.S. nuclear physicist.
- oppertunity — Misspelling of opportunity.
- oppignorate — to promise or give as security
- opportunely — appropriate, favorable, or suitable: an opportune phrase for the occasion.
- opportunism — the policy or practice, as in politics, business, or one's personal affairs, of adapting actions, decisions, etc., to expediency or effectiveness regardless of the sacrifice of ethical principles.
- opportunist — a person who practices opportunism, or the policy of adapting actions, decisions, etc., to effectiveness regardless of the sacrifice of ethical principles: He is an extreme opportunist and always thinks the ends justify the means.
- opportunity — an appropriate or favorable time or occasion: Their meeting afforded an opportunity to exchange views.
- oppressions — Plural form of oppression.
- oppurtunity — Misspelling of opportunity.
- optic nerve — either one of the second pair of cranial nerves, consisting of sensory fibers that conduct impulses from the retina to the brain.
- orange peel — outer skin of an orange
- oregon pine — Douglas fir.
- organ point — a tone sustained by one part, usually the bass, while other parts progress without reference to it.
- orland park — a town in NE Illinois.
- ornithopods — Plural form of ornithopod.
- ornithopter — a heavier-than-air craft designed to be propelled through the air by flapping wings.
- orphan drug — Pharmacology. a drug that remains undeveloped or untested or is otherwise neglected because of limited potential for commercial gain.
- orthopnoeic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- orthopteran — orthopterous.
- orthopteron — an orthopterous insect.
- ostpreussen — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
- outcropping — Geology. a cropping out, as of a stratum or vein at the surface of the earth. the exposed portion of such a stratum or vein.
- outerplanar — (mathematics) Describing a graph having a planar embedding such that the vertices lie on a circle and the edges lie inside that circle.
- outpourings — Plural form of outpouring.
- over-expand — to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company.
- overexplain — to explain in too much detail
- overlapping — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
- overpayment — to pay more than (an amount due): I received a credit after overpaying the bill.
- overplanned — resulting from overplanning
- overrespond — to respond too dramatically
- overspender — someone who overspends
- overtopping — to rise over or above the top of: a skyscraper that overtops all the other buildings.
- oxymorphone — a potent semisynthetic morphine-derived narcotic analgesic, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 4 , used as a substitute for morphine.
- oyster pink — a delicate pinkish-white colour, sometimes with a greyish tinge
- ozonosphere — Meteorology. the layer of the upper atmosphere where most atmospheric ozone is concentrated, from about 8 to 30 miles (12 to 48 km) above the earth, with the maximum ozone concentration occurring at an altitude of about 12 miles (19 km).
- paint horse — paint (def 6).
- palindromic — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- panchreston — a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.
- panegyricon — a collection of sermons
- panicmonger — a person who spreads panic
- panromantic — noting or relating to a person who is romantically attracted to people of all sexual orientations and gender identities: The singer came out as queer and panromantic at age 17.
- pantisocrat — someone who believes, or takes part, in pantisocracy
- pantropical — living or growing throughout the tropics.
- paper money — currency in paper form, such as government and bank notes, as distinguished from metal currency.
- paper round — job delivering newspapers
- paper-bound — a book bound in a flexible paper cover, often a lower-priced edition of a hardcover book.