11-letter words containing r, e, p, i, o
- sponge iron — finely divided, porous iron, reduced from an oxide at a temperature below the melting point.
- spore fruit — a spore-bearing structure, as an ascoscarp; sporocarp.
- spore print — the pattern produced by placing the cap of a mushroom on a piece of paper and allowing the spores to fall
- sporiferous — bearing spores.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- spot strike — a labor strike by a local branch of a union.
- springhouse — a small storehouse built over a spring or part of a brook, for keeping such foods as meat and dairy products cool and fresh.
- stereoptics — the branch of stereoscopy that is concerned with optics
- stereotypic — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- strip poker — a game of poker in which the losers in a hand remove an article of clothing.
- subprioress — a nun junior to a prioress
- superegoist — an exceptionally selfish or self-centred person; someone who is very self-important
- superheroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- superimpose — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
- superiority — the quality or condition of being superior.
- supernation — a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.
- superpolite — extremely polite
- superprofit — above-average profits gained through enterprise
- supersonics — the branch of science that deals with supersonic phenomena.
- supervision — the act or function of supervising; superintendence.
- supervisory — of, relating to, or having supervision.
- suppression — the act of suppressing.
- surgeonship — the position or responsibility of a surgeon
- taboparesis — the occurrence of two conditions (general paresis and tabes dorsalis) at the same time
- temporality — temporal character or nature; temporariness.
- temporalize — to make temporal in time; place in time.
- temporarily — lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need; a temporary job.
- temporizing — an agreement for a limited period of time
- term policy — a policy whose period of coverage is in excess of one year, usually paying a reduced premium rate, as in fire insurance.
- terpsichore — Classical Mythology. the Muse of dancing and choral song.
- tetraploidy — having a chromosome number that is four times the basic or haploid number.
- the tropics — that part of the earth's surface between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn; the Torrid Zone
- theomorphic — having the form or likeness of God or a deity.
- thermophile — a thermophilic organism.
- tidal power — the use of the rise and fall of tides involving very large volumes of water at low heads to generate electric power
- topdressing — an application of fertiliser to soil
- topocentric — as seen from, with reference to, or coordinating to a point on the surface of the earth
- torpedinous — of, relating to, or resembling a torpedo
- torrey pine — a rare pine tree, Pinus torreyana, having a rounded crown of branches, growing in a limited area on the southern coast of California.
- trapeziform — formed like a trapezium.
- trapezoidal — Geometry. a quadrilateral plane figure having two parallel and two nonparallel sides. British. trapezium (def 1b).
- trepidation — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- trepidatory — characterized by trepidation
- triceratops — any of various dinosaurs of the genus Triceratops, of the late Cretaceous Period, having a bony crest on the neck, a long horn over each eye, and a shorter horn on the nose.
- tripersonal — consisting of or existing in three persons, as the Godhead.
- tripetalous — having three petals.
- triple bond — a chemical linkage consisting of three covalent bonds between two atoms of a molecule, represented in chemical formulas by three lines or six dots, as CH≡CH or CH⋮⋮CH.
- triptolemus — a favorite of Demeter and the inventor of the plow and patron of agriculture, connected with the Eleusinian mysteries.
- trisepalous — having three sepals.
- trispermous — having three seeds.