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11-letter words containing s, o, p, r

  • bloodsprent — spattered or stained with blood
  • bonapartism — a political system resembling the rules of the Bonapartes, esp Napoleon I and Napoleon III: centralized government by a military dictator, who enjoys popular support given expression in plebiscites
  • bonapartist — an adherent of the Bonapartes or their policies.
  • box spanner — a spanner consisting of a steel cylinder with a hexagonal end that fits over a nut: used esp to turn nuts in positions that are recessed or difficult of access
  • boy soprano — a young male singer whose voice is in the soprano range and has not yet broken, esp one who performs solo
  • bridal shop — a shop that specializes in selling bridal wear
  • british lop — a breed of large white pig with large drooping ears, originating from Wales, Cumberland, and Ulster
  • brushpopper — a cowboy, especially one who works in the brush.
  • bush parole — an escape from prison.
  • c-odescript — (language)   A Liana interpreter, embeddable in C and C++ programs.
  • cadet corps — a group of school pupils receiving elementary military training in a school corps
  • camel corps — a brigade of infantry mounted on camels used by the British army in various campaigns
  • camelopards — Plural form of camelopard.
  • campesterol — (organic compound) A phytosterol, found in many vegetable oils, related to sitosterol.
  • campgrounds — Plural form of campground.
  • camphorates — Plural form of camphorate.
  • caparisoned — (of a horse) Having a richly ornamented harness.
  • capricciosa — A pizza garnished with mushrooms, artichokes, ham and olives.
  • capriccioso — to be played in a free and lively style
  • capricornus — a faint zodiacal constellation in the S hemisphere, lying between Sagittarius and Aquarius
  • cardiospasm — failure of the muscle fibers at the lower end of the esophagus to relax, resulting in swallowing difficulty and regurgitation.
  • cardophagus — a donkey
  • cargo pants — Cargo pants are large, loose pants with lots of pockets.
  • carnaptious — ill-tempered or cantankerous
  • carpophores — Plural form of carpophore.
  • carpophorus — an epithet of both Demeter and her daughter, Persephone, meaning “fruit-bearer.”.
  • carpospores — Plural form of carpospore.
  • caryopteris — any of various shrubs with small blue or white flowers of the genus Caryopteris, all found in S and E Asia
  • catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
  • catastrophy — Alternative form of catastrophe.
  • ceratopsian — resembling or belonging to the Ceratopsia, a suborder of herbivorous dinosaurs characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns, and neck frills
  • ceroplastic — relating to wax modelling
  • chairperson — The chairperson of a meeting, committee, or organization is the person in charge of it.
  • champertous — a sharing in the proceeds of litigation by one who agrees with either the plaintiff or defendant to help promote it or carry it on.
  • chaperonins — Plural form of chaperonin.
  • checkerspot — any of several butterflies of the genus Melitaea, having black wings with yellowish-brown, checkerlike markings.
  • chemosphere — an atmospheric zone about 19 to 80 km (11.8 to 49.7 mi) above the earth's surface, in which photochemical reactions take place
  • cherepovets — city in NE Russia, on the Rybinsk Reservoir: pop. 319,000
  • chiropodist — A chiropodist is a person whose job is to treat and care for people's feet.
  • chloroplast — a plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments, occurring in plants and algae that carry out photosynthesis
  • chop stroke — (in tennis, cricket, etc.) a stroke made with a sharp downward movement of the racket, bat, etc., imparting a backspin to the ball.
  • chou pastry — cream puff paste.
  • christopher — Saint. 3rd century ad, Christian martyr; patron saint of travellers
  • chromascope — An instrument for showing the optical effects of colour.
  • chromoplasm — chromatin.
  • chromoplast — a coloured plastid in a plant cell, esp one containing carotenoids
  • chromoscope — a piece of equipment that is used to examine different aspects of colour including, for example, intensity
  • chronoscope — an instrument that registers small intervals of time on a dial, cathode-ray tube, etc
  • chrysograph — a manuscript, especially of the Middle Ages, written in gold or gold and silver ink.
  • chrysophyte — any of the golden alga species
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