11-letter words containing r, a, d, i, s, o
- parotiditis — inflammation of a parotid.
- parson bird — tui.
- patio doors — doors to an area adjoining a house, esp one that is paved and used for outdoor activities
- piss around — If you say that someone pisses around or pisses about, you mean they waste a lot of time doing unimportant things.
- polyandrist — a woman who practices or favors polyandry.
- preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
- predisposal — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
- prison yard — a piece of enclosed ground attached to a prison, where prisoners may take exercise at certain times
- quadrasonic — of, noting, or pertaining to the recording and reproduction of sound over four separate transmission or direct reproduction channels instead of the customary two of the stereo system: a quadraphonic recording.
- radicellose — having small roots or rhizoids
- radio shack — a room or structure, as on a ship, for housing radio equipment.
- radio waves — an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength between 1 millimeter and 30,000 meters, or a frequency between 10 kilohertz and 300,000 megahertz.
- radiocesium — cesium 137.
- radiologist — the science dealing with x-rays or nuclear radiation, especially for medical uses.
- radiosodium — the radioactive isotope of sodium having an atomic mass of 24 and a half-life of 14.9 hours: used as a tracer in biochemistry.
- radiovision — television.
- radnorshire — a historic county in Powys, in E Wales.
- rain shadow — a region in the lee of mountains that receives less rainfall than the region windward of the mountains.
- readmission — the act of allowing to enter; entrance granted by permission, by provision or existence of pecuniary means, or by the removal of obstacles: the admission of aliens into a country.
- restationed — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- rhabdovirus — any of various RNA-containing viruses of the family Rhabdoviridae, including the rabies virus.
- rhapsodical — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- road-trials — a road test
- robbinsdale — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- rock island — a port in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi: government arsenal.
- ross island — an island in the W Ross Sea, off the coast of Victoria Land: part of the Ross Dependency; location of Mt. Erebus.
- safe period — an interval of the menstrual cycle when fertilization is considered to be least likely, usually a number of days prior and subsequent to the onset of menstruation.
- sailboarder — windsurfer
- salvadorian — El Salvador.
- sarcodinian — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- sarcoidosis — a disease of unknown cause, characterized by granulomatous tubercles of the skin, lymph nodes, lungs, eyes, and other structures.
- sardonicism — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- sauropsidan — relating to the Sauropsida or animals belonging to the Sauriodea group in Huxley's classification
- scarabaeoid — resembling a scarab.
- scorpaenoid — resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.
- secondarily — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- seditionary — of or relating to sedition; seditious.
- shock radio — broadcasting by a commercial radio station whose humor includes tasteless jokes, sexual innuendo, and ethnic insults.
- shorthaired — (of an animal) having hair that is short and lies close to the body.
- shroud-laid — noting a fiber rope of four strands laid right-handed with or without a heart.
- sideropenia — a lack of iron in the body
- soldier ant — a type of ant that has a disproportionately large head
- solidarnosc — a Polish organization of independent trade unions founded in 1980: outlawed by the government of Poland in 1982.
- sorbic acid — a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 8 O 2 , slightly soluble in water, soluble in many organic solvents: used as a preservative in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and food.
- spinal cord — the cord of nerve tissue extending through the spinal canal of the spinal column.
- sporadicity — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- springboard — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- stadiometer — an instrument that measures the length of curves, dashes, etc, by running a toothed wheel along them
- steam radio — radio, seen as old-fashioned in comparison with television
- stenocardia — angina pectoris, a contraction of the heart or its vessels due to a lack of oxygen, causing severe chest pain