11-letter words containing r, o, s, h, a
- northeaster — New England and South Atlantic States. a wind or gale from the northeast.
- noun phrase — a construction that functions syntactically as a noun, consisting of a noun and any modifiers, as all the men in the room who are reading books, or of a noun substitute, as a pronoun.
- nourishable — able to be nourished; benefiting from nourishment
- oarsmanship — The skill of rowing a boat.
- octahedrons — Plural form of octahedron.
- offshoreman — a person who works offshore, especially on an offshore oil rig.
- oil varnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
- old scratch — the devil; Satan.
- oligarchies — Plural form of oligarchy.
- onslaughter — An onslaught.
- opera house — a theater devoted chiefly to operas.
- oral herpes — a disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 1, characterized primarily by a cluster of small, transient blisters chiefly at the edge of the lip or nostril; herpes labialis.
- orchardists — Plural form of orchardist.
- orchestrate — Arrange or score (music) for orchestral performance.
- orchestrina — (musical instruments) orchestrion.
- ornithosaur — an extinct flying reptile
- orthoclases — Plural form of orthoclase.
- orthostates — orthostat.
- orthostatic — relating to or caused by erect posture.
- osteography — The scientific description of bones; osteology.
- ostreophage — someone who loves or eats oysters
- ostreophagy — the consumption of oysters
- other ranks — (in the armed forces) all those who do not hold a commissioned rank
- over-sharer — an instance of this: Get ready for an overshare about his health problems.
- overcharges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcharge.
- overharvest — the harvesting of plants or animals in an unsustainable manner
- overhastily — in such a way as to be excessively hasty or done without enough consideration
- paint horse — paint (def 6).
- panchreston — a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.
- paranephros — the adrenal gland
- parishioner — one of the community or inhabitants of a parish.
- parrot-fish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.
- passthrough — a windowlike opening, as one for passing food or dishes between a kitchen and a dining area.
- patron-ship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patroonship — a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
- pea-shooter — a tube through which dried peas, beans, or small pellets are blown, used as a toy.
- pechora sea — the SE part of the Barents Sea, northwest of Russia
- 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).
- phoniatrics — the study and treatment of voice disorders.
- phosphorate — Also, phosphorize. Chemistry. to combine or impregnate with phosphorus.
- 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
- physiolatry — the worship of nature
- ploughshare — the horizontal pointed cutting blade of a mouldboard plough
- postharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- praetorship — the office of a praetor.
- preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
- prognathism — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.