11-letter words containing r, i, o, p, e
- proprietrix — proprietress.
- propriety's — conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners.
- propylamine — an isomeric amine of propyl
- propylitize — to become propylite
- prosaicness — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- prosecuting — carrying out a prosecution
- prosecution — Law. the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on.
- prosecutrix — a female prosecutor or plaintiff
- proselyting — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- proselytism — the act or fact of becoming a proselyte; conversion.
- proselytize — try to attract converts
- prosiliency — prominence
- prosopopeia — personification, as of inanimate things.
- prospecting — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
- prospection — anticipation
- prospective — of or in the future: prospective earnings.
- prosthetics — an artificial body part; a prosthesis: Hundreds of amputees volunteered to test the new prosthetics.
- prosthetist — a person skilled in making or fitting prosthetic devices.
- prostituted — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- prostomiate — having a prostomium.
- protectible — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- proteinuria — the presence of abnormally large amounts of protein in the urine, usually resulting from kidney disease but sometimes from fever, excessive exercise, or other abnormal condition.
- proteolysis — the breaking down of proteins into simpler compounds, as in digestion.
- proteolytic — the breaking down of proteins into simpler compounds, as in digestion.
- proterozoic — noting or pertaining to the latter half of the Precambrian Era, from about 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago, characterized by the appearance of bacteria and marine algae; Algonkian.
- protocolize — to make a protocol of
- protopectin — any of the class of water-insoluble pectic substances that are found in the rind of citrus fruits or in apple peels and that are hydrolyzed to pectin or pectic acid.
- protopodite — the basal portion of a two-branched crustacean leg or other appendage.
- protractile — capable of being protracted, lengthened, or protruded.
- protractive — to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
- protrusible — able to be thrust outwards
- provenience — provenance; origin; source.
- provide for — support financially
- providences — a seaport in and the capital of Rhode Island, in the NE part, at the head of Narragansett Bay.
- providently — having or showing foresight; providing carefully for the future.
- provisioned — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- provisioner — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- provocative — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- proximately — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- proximities — nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation.
- pseudoprime — A backgammon prime (six consecutive occupied points) with one point missing. This term is an esoteric pun derived from a mathematical method that, rather than determining precisely whether a number is prime (has no divisors), uses a statistical technique to decide whether the number is "probably" prime. A number that passes this test is called a pseudoprime. The hacker backgammon usage stems from the idea that a pseudoprime is almost as good as a prime: it does the job of a prime until proven otherwise, and that probably won't happen.
- pteridology — the branch of botany dealing with ferns and related plants, as the horsetails and club mosses.
- pteropodium — the foot of a pteropod.
- puerto rico — an island in the central West Indies: a commonwealth associated with the U.S. 3435 sq. mi. (8895 sq. km). Capital: San Juan. Abbreviation: P.R., PR.
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- pupil power — the influence of or the increased status of the beliefs or actions of pupils
- pure merino — a free settler rather than a convict
- pycniospore — the spore produced in a pycnium.
- pyrobitumen — any of the dark, solid hydrocarbons including peat, coal, and bituminous shale.
- pyrogenetic — heat-producing