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11-letter words containing p, r, o, s, i

  • officership — a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.
  • old persian — an ancient West Iranian language attested by cuneiform inscriptions. Abbreviation: OPers.
  • omnipresent — present everywhere at the same time: the omnipresent God.
  • oneiroscopy — the interpretation or study of dreams
  • open prison — An open prison is a prison where there are fewer restrictions on prisoners than in a normal prison.
  • open string — a staircase string whose top follows the profile of the steps in such a way that the treads project beyond its outer face.
  • opera seria — Italian dramatic opera of the 18th century based typically on a classical subject and characterized by extensive use of the aria da capo and recitative.
  • operatories — a room or other area with special equipment and facilities, as for dental surgery, scientific experiments, or the like.
  • 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.
  • oppressions — Plural form of oppression.
  • opprobrious — conveying or expressing opprobrium, as language or a speaker: opprobrious invectives.
  • optometrist — a licensed professional who practices optometry.
  • ornithopods — Plural form of ornithopod.
  • orthopedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
  • orthopedist — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
  • orthoscopic — pertaining to, characterized by, or produced by normal vision.
  • outpourings — Plural form of outpouring.
  • outstripped — Simple past tense and past participle of outstrip.
  • overimposed — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
  • overimpress — to impress to an excessive degree
  • overprecise — excessively precise
  • overpromise — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
  • oyster pink — a delicate pinkish-white colour, sometimes with a greyish tinge
  • paint horse — paint (def 6).
  • pantisocrat — someone who believes, or takes part, in pantisocracy
  • papovavirus — any of a group of DNA-containing human and animal viruses, including polyoma viruses and some papillomaviruses, most of which produce tumors.
  • paracrostic — a poem in which the initial letters of each line replicate the first line
  • paramastoid — of or relating to the part of the skull next to the mastoid process
  • parasitosis — parasitism (def 3).
  • parishioner — one of the community or inhabitants of a parish.
  • paronomasia — the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humor or a dual meaning; punning.
  • parotiditis — inflammation of a parotid.
  • parrot-fish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.
  • parson bird — tui.
  • passeriform — of or relating to the order Passeriformes; passerine.
  • pastoralism — the practice of herding as the primary economic activity of a society.
  • pastoralist — a grazier or land-holder raising sheep, cattle, etc, on a large scale
  • pastoralize — to make pastoral or rural.
  • patio doors — doors to an area adjoining a house, esp one that is paved and used for outdoor activities
  • patrologist — a student of patrology.
  • patron-ship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
  • patronising — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
  • patroonship — a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
  • perceptions — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
  • perestroika — Russian. the program of economic and political reform in the Soviet Union initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986.
  • perichylous — (of a plant) having water-storing tissue outside the green tissue
  • periostitis — inflammation of the periosteum.
  • perissology — the use of a superfluity of words; an expression of something using more words than necessary
  • peritonitis — inflammation of the peritoneum, often accompanied by pain and tenderness in the abdomen, vomiting, constipation, and moderate fever.
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