11-letter words containing r, u, s, o
- nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
- nulliparous — a woman who has never borne a child.
- numerations — Plural form of numeration.
- obfuscatory — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- obscuration — the act of obscuring.
- obscurement — The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured.
- obscureness — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obscurities — Plural form of obscurity.
- obstructing — Present participle of obstruct.
- obstruction — something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
- obstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- obtrusively — having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.
- occurrences — the action, fact, or instance of occurring.
- oceanariums — Plural form of oceanarium.
- octandrious — having eight stamens.
- odoriferous — yielding or diffusing an odor.
- oedipus rex — a tragedy (c430 b.c.) by Sophocles.
- offscouring — Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
- old russian — Russian as used in documents before 1600. Abbreviation: ORuss.
- oligomerous — having a small number of component parts
- ombrogenous — (of plants) able to flourish in wet conditions
- omnifarious — of all forms, varieties, or kinds.
- omnivourous — Misspelling of omnivorous.
- onagraceous — belonging to the Onagraceae, the evening primrose family of plants.
- oncoviruses — Plural form of oncovirus.
- onerousness — The state or characteristic of of being onerous.
- onslaughter — An onslaught.
- open source — Computers. pertaining to or denoting software whose source code is available free of charge to the public to use, copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute.
- open-source — Computers. pertaining to or denoting software whose source code is available free of charge to the public to use, copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute.
- opera house — a theater devoted chiefly to operas.
- opportunism — the policy or practice, as in politics, business, or one's personal affairs, of adapting actions, decisions, etc., to expediency or effectiveness regardless of the sacrifice of ethical principles.
- opportunist — a person who practices opportunism, or the policy of adapting actions, decisions, etc., to effectiveness regardless of the sacrifice of ethical principles: He is an extreme opportunist and always thinks the ends justify the means.
- opprobrious — conveying or expressing opprobrium, as language or a speaker: opprobrious invectives.
- oraculously — in an oraculous manner
- orange rust — a disease of blackberries and raspberries, characterized by an orange, powdery mass of spores on the undersides of the leaves and stunted, misshapen foliage, caused by a rust fungus, Gymnoconia interstitialis.
- orbicularis — a muscle surrounding an opening
- organistrum — a stringed instrument played by two people
- ornithosaur — an extinct flying reptile
- ostensorium — ostensory.
- ostpreussen — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
- ostreaceous — oyster-like
- our time(s) — When you refer to our time or our times you are referring to the present period in the history of the world.
- out-process — to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork: All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.
- outcrossing — Present participle of outcross.
- outdoorsman — a person devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities, as hiking, hunting, fishing, or camping.
- outdoorsmen — Plural form of outdoorsman.
- outer banks — chain of long, narrow, sandy islands, along the coast of N.C.
- outer space — space beyond the atmosphere of the earth.
- outercourse — sexual activity between two or more people that does not involve penetration.
- outfielders — Plural form of outfielder.