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11-letter words containing s, o, r, t, e, d

  • overstuffed — stuffed or filled to excess.
  • overtedious — extremely tedious
  • pentandrous — of or pertaining to the order of plants Pentandria, characterized by having five stamens
  • petropounds — the multiples of the British pound as regarded in terms of income derived from petroleum
  • pond-skater — any of various heteropterous insects of the family Gerrididae, esp Gerris lacustris (common pond-skater), having a slender hairy body and long hairy legs with which they skim about on the surface of ponds
  • ponderosity — of great weight; heavy; massive.
  • post-holder — a person who has a particular job or position
  • 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.
  • postdivorce — of, or relating to the period after a person is divorced
  • prioritised — to arrange or do in order of priority: learning to prioritize our assignments.
  • prompt side — the part of the stage that in the U.S. is to the right and in Britain to the left as one faces the audience. Abbreviation: P.S.
  • prostituted — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
  • rebroadcast — to broadcast again from the same station.
  • redigestion — the act or process of redigesting
  • rest period — a period of rest
  • restationed — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
  • rhinestoned — adorned with rhinestones
  • riot shield — Riot shields are pieces of equipment made of transparent plastic which are used by the police to protect themselves against angry crowds.
  • road safety — prevention of traffic accidents
  • rock steady — the style of vocalized Jamaican popular music that succeeded ska and preceded reggae in the 1960s, influenced by American soul music and having a more upbeat tempo with emphasis on electric bass and guitar rather than on horns.
  • rocket sled — a sled propelled along a long track by rocket engines, for testing the effects of high rates of acceleration and deceleration.
  • rocketsonde — a telemeter for gathering data on the atmosphere at very high altitudes, carried aloft by rocket and returned to earth by parachute.
  • rolled oats — oat grains that have been flattened under rollers
  • rose-tinted — excessively optimistic
  • round steak — a steak cut from directly above the hind leg of beef.
  • rudderstock — the vertical member at the forward edge of a rudder, hinged at the sternpost and attached to the helm or steering gear.
  • run to seed — the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
  • santo andre — a city in E Brazil, near São Paulo.
  • scattergood — a spendthrift.
  • sclerotized — (especially of the cuticle of an arthropod) hardened by the presence of substances other than chitin, as by scleroproteins, waxes, or calcium salts.
  • second-rate — of lesser or minor quality, importance, or the like: a second-rate poet.
  • second-tier — not in the first rank
  • seditionary — of or relating to sedition; seditious.
  • seed oyster — a very young oyster, especially one used in the cultivating and transplanting of an oyster bed.
  • servanthood — the condition of being a servant
  • set forward — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
  • short field — the area of the infield between third base and second, covered by the shortstop.
  • short-dated — (of a gilt-edged security) having less than five years to run before redemption
  • short-lived — living or lasting only a little while.
  • short-order — of, relating to, or specializing in short orders: a short-order cook; short-order diner.
  • shorthaired — (of an animal) having hair that is short and lies close to the body.
  • skyrocketed — a rocket firework that ascends into the air and explodes at a height, usually in a brilliant array of sparks of one or more colors.
  • soft sawder — flattery; compliments
  • soft solder — a solder fusible at temperatures below 700°F (370°C), generally an alloy of lead and tin.
  • softhearted — very sympathetic or responsive; generous in spirit: a soft-hearted judge.
  • soldier ant — a type of ant that has a disproportionately large head
  • sole trader — feme-sole trader.
  • southbridge — a town in S Massachusetts.
  • southlander — a person from the south
  • spatterdock — any of various water lilies of the genus Nuphar, having globular yellow flowers and growing in lakes or sluggish streams, especially N. advena, of the eastern U.S.
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