11-letter words containing r, o, s, i, e, l
- pleochroism — the property of certain crystals of exhibiting different colors when viewed from different directions under transmitted light. Compare dichroism (def 1), trichroism.
- plumigerous — wearing or possessing feathers
- plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
- polariscope — an instrument for measuring or exhibiting the polarization of light or for examining substances in polarized light, often to determine stress and strain in glass and other substances.
- poltergeist — a ghost or spirit supposed to manifest its presence by noises, knockings, etc.
- polymerizes — to subject to polymerization.
- polyspermia — the secretion of an excessive amount of semen.
- posteriorly — situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (opposed to anterior).
- precisional — the state or quality of being precise.
- predisposal — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
- presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- previsional — characteristic of prevision
- priest-hole — a secret chamber in certain houses in England, built as a hiding place for Roman Catholic priests when they were proscribed in the 16th and 17th centuries
- processible — capable of being processed.
- profusively — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- proliferous — proliferating.
- promiseless — without promise
- 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
- proteolysis — the breaking down of proteins into simpler compounds, as in digestion.
- protrusible — able to be thrust outwards
- quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
- radicellose — having small roots or rhizoids
- ratio scale — a scale of measurement of data which permits the comparison of differences of values; a scale having a fixed zero value. The distances travelled by a projectile, for instance, are measured on a ratio scale since it makes sense to talk of one projectile travelling twice as far as another
- rationalise — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
- recessional — of or relating to a recession of the clergy and choir after the service.
- reflections — thoughts, esp careful or long-considered ones
- regionalism — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
- relationism — a doctrine maintaining the existence of relations between things
- relationist — a person who maintains a theory rooted in the relation between ideas
- religionism — excessive or exaggerated religious zeal.
- religionist — excessive or exaggerated religious zeal.
- religiosity — the quality of being religious; piety; devoutness.
- religiously — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
- reselection — an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
- resocialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- responsible — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
- responsibly — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
- retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
- revelations — the last book of the New Testament, containing visionary descriptions of heaven, of conflicts between good and evil, and of the end of the world
- righteously — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
- riot shield — Riot shields are pieces of equipment made of transparent plastic which are used by the police to protect themselves against angry crowds.
- robbinsdale — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- role strain — the stress or strain experienced by an individual when incompatible behavior, expectations, or obligations are associated with a single social role.
- rollicksome — rollicking; frolicsome.
- roostertail — a full spray or cloud, as of water in the wake of a speeding boat or dust from a speeding car
- rose family — the plant family Rosaceae, characterized by trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants having compound or simple leaves with stipules, flowers typically with five sepals and five petals, and fruit in a variety of forms, many of which are fleshy and edible, and including the almond, apple, apricot, blackberry, cherry, cinquefoil, hawthorn, peach, pear, plum, raspberry, rose, spirea, and strawberry.
- rose weevil — Fuller rose beetle.