11-letter words containing r, d, o, p
- repudiation — the act of repudiating.
- repudiatory — the act of repudiating.
- respondence — the act of responding; response: respondence to a stimulus.
- rest period — a period of rest
- rhapsodical — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- rhododaphne — a shrub with narrow, poisonous evergreen leaves and attractive pink flowers, also known as oleander or rosebay
- riding crop — crop (def 7).
- rope dancer — a person who walks across or performs acrobatics upon a rope stretched at some height above the floor or ground.
- rope ladder — ladder made primarily of rope
- rope-a-dope — a method of tiring out a boxing opponent by pretending to be trapped on the ropes while the opponent expends energy on punches that are blocked
- ropedancing — the act of dancing on a rope
- 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.
- sand hopper — beach flea.
- sand-groper — a native of the arid region of Western Australia.
- sap orchard — sugarbush (def 2).
- sauropsidan — relating to the Sauropsida or animals belonging to the Sauriodea group in Huxley's classification
- scolopendra — a member of a genus of centipedes belonging to the Scolopendridae family
- scorpaenoid — resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.
- scripholder — a person who owns a scrip or scrips
- self-parody — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- shadowgraph — a picture produced by throwing a shadow, as of the hands, on a lighted screen, wall, or the like.
- sharp-nosed — having a thin, pointed nose.
- shop around — compare prices
- sideropenia — a lack of iron in the body
- siderophile — (of a cell or tissue) having an affinity for iron.
- sideroscope — an apparatus for detecting splinters of iron or steel in the eye.
- slop around — to spill or splash (liquid).
- soap powder — soap produced and packaged in powdered form.
- soldiership — a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
- spatterdock — any of various water lilies of the genus Nuphar, having globular yellow flowers and growing in lakes or sluggish streams, especially N. advena, of the eastern U.S.
- speedometer — an instrument on an automobile or other vehicle for indicating the rate of travel in miles or kilometers per hour.
- sperm donor — a man who supplies sperm to be used in an artificial fertilization process
- spheroidize — to turn or be turned into spheroids
- spider hole — a foxhole with a camouflaged lid or cover in which a sniper hides
- spin doctor — Slang. a press agent skilled at spin control.
- spinal cord — the cord of nerve tissue extending through the spinal canal of the spinal column.
- spinsterdom — the state of being a spinster
- splashboard — a board, guard, or screen to protect from splashing, as a dashboard of a vehicle or a guard placed over a wheel to intercept water, dirt, etc.
- splendorous — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
- spoken word — The spoken word is used to refer to language expressed in speech, for example in contrast to written texts or music.
- spoon bread — Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a baked dish made with cornmeal, milk, eggs, and shortening, served as an accompaniment to meat.
- sporadicity — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- sports desk — the editorial section of a newspaper, television or radio programme, etc that deals with sports news
- spotted ray — any of various species of ray with irregular markings on the back
- springboard — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- stereotyped — reproduced in or by stereotype plates.
- strandloper — a member of an extinct tribe of Khoikhoi or Bushmen who lived on seafood gathered on the beaches of southern Africa
- study group — an informal gathering of people who convene regularly to exchange ideas and information on a specific subject.
- sub-product — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
- sundry shop — (in Malaysia) a shop, similar to a delicatessen, that sells predominantly Chinese foodstuffs