11-letter words containing s, i, r, p
- minesweeper — a specially equipped ship used for dragging a body of water in order to remove or destroy enemy mines.
- mirrorscope — (dated) A slide projector.
- mis-phrased — Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- misanthropy — hatred, dislike, or distrust of humankind.
- misappraise — to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess: We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it.
- misoprostol — A drug used for various purposes including the prevention of drug-induced gastric ulcers and the inducement of abortions, having the chemical formula C22H38O5.
- misperceive — to understand or perceive incorrectly; misunderstand.
- mispersuade — to persuade wrongly
- mispurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- misreported — Simple past tense and past participle of misreport.
- mistempered — Simple past tense and past participle of mistemper.
- mitropoulos — Dimitri [dih-mee-tree;; Greek th ee-mee-tree] /dɪˈmi tri;; Greek ðiˈmi tri/ (Show IPA), 1897–1960, Greek symphony orchestra conductor in the U.S.
- monitorship — (especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- mother ship — a vessel or craft that services others operating far from a home port or center.
- motherships — Plural form of mothership.
- mudskippers — Plural form of mudskipper.
- mudspringer — mudskipper.
- multiparous — of or relating to a multipara.
- multiperson — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- multipliers — Plural form of multiplier.
- multispiral — having several spiral coils
- music paper — paper ruled or printed with a stave for writing music
- my pretties — a way of addressing a group of people
- myographist — a person who has expert knowledge of muscles
- necropoleis — Plural form of necropolis.
- necroscopic — of or relating to a necropsy or postmortem examination
- nephrolepis — any fern of the tropical genus Nephrolepis, some species of which are grown as ornamental greenhouse or house plants for their handsome deeply-cut drooping fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- nephroliths — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
- neutrophils — Plural form of neutrophil.
- nicol prism — one of a pair of prisms used to produce and analyze plane-polarized light in a polarizing microscope. Also called Nicol. Compare polarizer (def 1).
- nippleworts — Plural form of nipplewort.
- nociceptors — Plural form of nociceptor.
- nondescript — of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind: a nondescript novel; a nondescript color.
- nonpartisan — not partisan; objective.
- nonsporting — engaging in, disposed to, or interested in open-air or athletic sports: a rugged, sporting man.
- nulliparous — a woman who has never borne a child.
- oarsmanship — The skill of rowing a boat.
- oedipus rex — a tragedy (c430 b.c.) by Sophocles.
- officership — a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.
- old persian — an ancient West Iranian language attested by cuneiform inscriptions. Abbreviation: OPers.
- omnipresent — present everywhere at the same time: the omnipresent God.
- oneiroscopy — the interpretation or study of dreams
- open prison — An open prison is a prison where there are fewer restrictions on prisoners than in a normal prison.
- open string — a staircase string whose top follows the profile of the steps in such a way that the treads project beyond its outer face.
- opera seria — Italian dramatic opera of the 18th century based typically on a classical subject and characterized by extensive use of the aria da capo and recitative.
- operatories — a room or other area with special equipment and facilities, as for dental surgery, scientific experiments, or the like.
- 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.
- oppressions — Plural form of oppression.