11-letter words containing s, p, o, n
- on the spin — one after another
- on the spot — Radio, Television. pertaining to the point of origin of a local broadcast. broadcast between announced programs.
- on-the-spot — done or occurring at the time or place in question: an on-the-spot recording.
- oneiroscopy — the interpretation or study of dreams
- opalescence — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
- open prison — An open prison is a prison where there are fewer restrictions on prisoners than in a normal prison.
- open season — a specific season or time of year when it is legal to catch or hunt for fish or game protected at all other times by the law.
- open secret — something supposedly secret but actually known quite generally.
- open sesame — any marvelously effective means for bringing about a desired result: Wealth is the open sesame to happiness.
- 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 stance — a batting stance in which the front foot is farther from the inside of the batter's box than the back foot.
- 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.
- open switch — (IBM, probably from railways) An unresolved question, issue, or problem.
- open system — a region separated from its surroundings by a boundary that admits a transfer of matter or energy across it.
- 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.
- openinsight — (programming, database) The workflow-enabled Windows 95/Windows NT version of Advanced Revelation, featuring native support for Lotus Notes, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle and ODBC. OpenInsight is available from Revelation Software.
- openwindows — (operating system) A graphical user interface server for Sun workstations which handles SunView, NeWS and X Window System protocols.
- operoseness — (archaic) The state of being operose; tedium.
- opinionates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of opinionate.
- opisthokont — (biology) Any of very many eukaryotes whose flagellate cells propel themselves with a single posterior flagellum.
- 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.
- oppositions — the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
- oppressions — Plural form of oppression.
- ornithopods — Plural form of ornithopod.
- 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.
- outpatients — Plural form of outpatient.
- outpourings — Plural form of outpouring.
- outsleeping — Present participle of outsleep.
- outspanning — Present participle of outspan.
- outspeeding — Present participle of outspeed.
- outspokenly — In an outspoken manner.
- overrespond — to respond too dramatically
- overspender — someone who overspends
- oviposition — to deposit or lay eggs, especially by means of an ovipositor.
- oyster pink — a delicate pinkish-white colour, sometimes with a greyish tinge
- ozonosphere — Meteorology. the layer of the upper atmosphere where most atmospheric ozone is concentrated, from about 8 to 30 miles (12 to 48 km) above the earth, with the maximum ozone concentration occurring at an altitude of about 12 miles (19 km).
- paint horse — paint (def 6).
- panchreston — a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.
- panel house — a brothel having rooms with secret entrances, as sliding panels, for admitting panel thieves.
- panglossian — characterized by or given to extreme optimism, especially in the face of unrelieved hardship or adversity.
- pantisocrat — someone who believes, or takes part, in pantisocracy
- pantologist — a systematic view of all human knowledge.
- pantomimist — a person who acts in pantomime.
- pantoscopic — showing a wide-angled view
- paperperson — a person who delivers newspapers to customers door to door.
- parabolanus — a member of an early Christian brotherhood in Alexandria and Constantinople who helped the sick in the times of plague
- paranephros — the adrenal gland
- parasensory — extrasensory.
- parasol ant — leaf-cutting ant.