11-letter words containing r, t, s, p
- portraitist — a person who makes portraits.
- positronium — a short-lived atomic system consisting of a positron and an electron bound together.
- post-crisis — a stage in a sequence of events at which the trend of all future events, especially for better or for worse, is determined; turning point.
- post-holder — a person who has a particular job or position
- post-larval — of, relating to, or in the form of a larva.
- post-modern — noting or pertaining to architecture of the late 20th century, appearing in the 1960s, that consciously uses complex forms, fantasy, and allusions to historic styles, in contrast to the austere forms and emphasis on utility of standard modern architecture.
- post-mortem — discussion of recent event
- post-racial — characterized by the absence of racial discord, discrimination, or prejudice previously or historically present: post-racial politics; the post-racial era.
- postal card — a card sold by the post office with a stamp already printed on it.
- postconcert — occurring after a concert
- postcranial — located posterior to the head.
- postdivorce — of, or relating to the period after a person is divorced
- posteriorly — situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (opposed to anterior).
- posterities — succeeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity.
- postharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- posticteric — pertaining to or affected with icterus; jaundiced.
- postillator — a writer of postils; an annotator, a postiller
- postmarital — occurring, effective, or provided after marriage
- postorbital — located behind the orbit or socket of the eye.
- postprimary — of or relating to education after primary school
- postpuberty — the period after puberty
- postpyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- postulatory — of or relating to a postulate or assumption
- posturizing — to posture; pose.
- pot scourer — a small ball of wire or stiff plastic, or a flat piece of a rough fabric used for cleaning kitchen pots and pans
- pot sticker — a pan-fried and steamed Chinese dumpling with a ground meat or vegetable filling.
- potter wasp — any of several mason wasps, especially of the genus Eumenes, that construct a juglike nest of mud.
- potteresque — resembling or suggestive of scenes and situations described in the Harry Potter novels of J. K. Rowling
- praenestine — of or relating to the ancient town of Praeneste in Italy, or to the Latin dialect spoken there.
- praetorship — the office of a praetor.
- pre-notions — a preconception.
- pre-request — the act of asking for something to be given or done, especially as a favor or courtesy; solicitation or petition: At his request, they left.
- pre-testing — an advance or preliminary testing or trial, as of a new product.
- precautious — using or displaying precaution: a precautious reply; a precautious person.
- precentress — a female precentor
- preceptress — a woman who is an instructor; teacher; tutor.
- precipitous — of the nature of or characterized by precipices: a precipitous wall of rock.
- preconquest — of or relating to the time before the conquest of one people, region, or country by another.
- predestined — to destine in advance; foreordain; predetermine: He seemed predestined for the ministry.
- prediabetes — a condition in which carbohydrate metabolism is mildly abnormal but other criteria indicating diabetes mellitus are absent.
- predigested — to treat (food) by an artificial process analogous to digestion so that, when taken into the body, it is more easily digestible.
- predispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- predynastic — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the first dynasty of a nation, especially the period in Egypt before c3200 b.c.
- preexistent — to exist beforehand.
- preexisting — to exist beforehand.
- prefectship — the position of, or period served as, a prefect
- prehistoric — of or relating to the time or a period prior to recorded history: The dinosaur is a prehistoric beast.
- prelateship — the rank of a prelate
- prendergast — Maurice Brazil [braz-uh l] /ˈbræz əl/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, U.S. painter.
- preposition — any member of a class of words found in many languages that are used before nouns, pronouns, or other substantives to form phrases functioning as modifiers of verbs, nouns, or adjectives, and that typically express a spatial, temporal, or other relationship, as in, on, by, to, since.