11-letter words containing r, e, o, p, s
- 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.
- peroxisomal — of or relating to a peroxisome; of the nature of a peroxisome
- perquisitor — the first person to own property that has subsequently been handed down to his heirs
- persecution — the act of persecuting.
- persecutors — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
- persecutory — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
- person-year — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work done by one person in a year consisting of a standard number of person-days.
- personal ad — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- personalise — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- personalism — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
- personalist — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
- personality — the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality.
- personalize — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- personation — to act or portray (a character in a play, a part, etc.).
- personified — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- personifies — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- personpower — the power or influence of a person
- persorption — the deep penetration of a liquid into a highly porous solid, resulting in an intimate mixture.
- perspicuous — clearly expressed or presented; lucid.
- pervouralsk — a city in the central RSFSR, in the Ural Mountains in Asia.
- pestiferous — bringing or bearing disease.
- petit fours — a small teacake, variously frosted and decorated.
- petropounds — the multiples of the British pound as regarded in terms of income derived from petroleum
- phanerogams — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- philosopher — a person who offers views or theories on profound questions in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and other related fields.
- phosphorate — Also, phosphorize. Chemistry. to combine or impregnate with phosphorus.
- phosphorite — a sedimentary rock sufficiently rich in phosphate minerals to be used as a source of phosphorus for fertilizers.
- phosphorize — phosphorate (def 1).
- photoresist — Electronics. a photosensitive liquid polymer, used in photolithography to produce integrated circuits.
- photosensor — a photocell used to detect light.
- photosphere — a sphere of light or radiance.
- phrase book — a small book containing everyday phrases and sentences and their equivalents in a foreign language, written especially for travelers.
- phraseogram — a written symbol or combination of symbols, as in shorthand, used to represent a phrase.
- phraseology — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- physiometry — measurement of the physiological functions of the body.
- phytosterol — Biochemistry. any of various sterols obtained from plants.
- pierrefonds — a former city in S Quebec, Canada, now part of Montreal.
- pilot raise — a small raise intended to be enlarged later.
- pipe smoker — a person who smokes a tobacco pipe
- piperaceous — belonging to the Piperacae, the pepper family of plants.
- pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
- plasterwork — finish or ornamental work done in plaster.
- plastometer — an instrument for measuring the plasticity of a substance.
- pleiomerous — (of a flower) having a greater than normal number of parts
- pleochroism — the property of certain crystals of exhibiting different colors when viewed from different directions under transmitted light. Compare dichroism (def 1), trichroism.
- ploughshare — the horizontal pointed cutting blade of a mouldboard plough