11-letter words containing s, i, p
- purse seine — a large net towed, usually by two boats, that encloses a school of fish and is then closed at the bottom by means of a line resembling the string formerly used to draw shut the neck of a money pouch or purse
- purse-seine — to fish using a purse seine.
- pustulation — the formation or breaking out of pustules.
- put on airs — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- pycniospore — the spore produced in a pycnium.
- pyroclastic — composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic.
- pyrognostic — relating to heated minerals
- pyrokinesis — the ability to set objects or people on fire through the concentration of psychic power.
- quasi-happy — delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.
- quintuplets — Plural form of quintuplet.
- rap session — a usually informal or unstructured group discussion, attended especially by people with shared interests, concerns, or problems.
- rapid chess — a game of chess played within a fixed amount of time, usually 30 minutes per player for all moves.
- rapscallion — a rascal; rogue; scamp.
- raspberries — the fruit of any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Rubus, of the rose family, consisting of small and juicy red, black, or pale yellow drupelets forming a detachable cap about a convex receptacle.
- re-emphasis — special stress laid upon, or importance attached to, anything: The president's statement gave emphasis to the budgetary crisis.
- re-inspired — to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
- re-shipping — to ship again.
- reappraisal — the act of estimating or judging the nature or value of something or someone.
- reappraiser — a person who appraises someone or something again
- recall slip — a printed piece of paper sent by library staff to a borrower's home address to remind them that a book is overdue
- reemphasize — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- reinspected — to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
- repair shop — garage, body shop: for vehicles
- reparations — the making of amends for wrong or injury done: reparation for an injustice.
- repetiteuse — a female repetiteur, one who rehearses opera singers
- repetitious — full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.
- replenished — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
- replenisher — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
- repressible — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
- repressibly — in a repressible way
- reprovision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- republisher — a person who republishes
- res publica — the state, republic, or commonwealth
- rescription — a reply or answering of a letter
- respiration — the act of respiring; inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing.
- respiratory — pertaining to or serving for respiration: respiratory disease.
- 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.
- responsions — the first of three examinations which were required for a degree at the University of Oxford prior to 1960
- rest period — a period of rest
- retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
- retinispora — any member of the genus Retinispora, of conifers which grow in the east of Asia and in the east and west of North America
- retinoscope — an apparatus that determines the refractive power of the eye by observing the lights and shadows on the pupil when a mirror illumines the retina; skiascope.
- retinoscopy — an objective method of determining the refractive error of an eye.
- rh positive — See under Rh factor.
- rh-positive — See under Rh factor.
- rhapsodical — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- rheotropism — the effect of a current of water upon the direction of plant growth.
- rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.