11-letter words containing s, p, r, y
- photo story — photo essay.
- phraseology — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
- physiatrics — physical medicine.
- physiatrist — a physician specializing in physical medicine.
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- physiolatry — the worship of nature
- physiometry — measurement of the physiological functions of the body.
- phytosterol — Biochemistry. any of various sterols obtained from plants.
- piatigorsky — Gregor [greg-er] /ˈgrɛg ər/ (Show IPA), 1903–76, U.S. cellist, born in Russia.
- plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
- poetry slam — a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- polyamorous — noting or relating to polyamory, the practice or condition of participating simultaneously in more than one serious romantic or sexual relationship with the knowledge and consent of all partners.
- polyandrist — a woman who practices or favors polyandry.
- polyandrous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polyandry; polyandric.
- polycarpous — producing fruit many times, as a perennial plant.
- polychroism — the ability of a crystal to absorb different wavelengths of light and thus to display multiple colours
- polycrotism — a polycrotic condition
- polycrystal — an object composed of randomly oriented crystals, formed by rapid solidification
- polyestrous — having several estrus cycles annually or during a breeding season.
- polyhistory — the quality of a polyhistor
- polymerizes — to subject to polymerization.
- polysorbate — any of a class of emulsifying and dispersing agents used in various foods and pharmaceutical preparations.
- polyspermia — the secretion of an excessive amount of semen.
- polystyrene — a clear plastic or stiff foam, a polymer of styrene, used chiefly as an insulator in refrigerators and air conditioners.
- ponderosity — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- ponderously — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- posteriorly — situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (opposed to anterior).
- postprimary — of or relating to education after primary school
- postpuberty — the period after puberty
- postpyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- postulatory — of or relating to a postulate or assumption
- preassembly — an assembling or coming together of a number of persons, usually for a particular purpose: The principal will speak to all the students at Friday's assembly.
- predynastic — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the first dynasty of a nation, especially the period in Egypt before c3200 b.c.
- presanctify — to sanctify ahead of an event
- presbycusia — impaired hearing due to old age.
- presbycusis — the gradual loss of acute hearing with advancing age
- presbyteral — of or relating to a presbyter or presbytery
- presenility — premature old age.
- present-day — current; modern: present-day techniques; present-day English.
- press money — prest money.
- press party — a party given for reporters and photographers exclusively or particularly to get publicity, as for the introduction of a new product, the maiden voyage of a liner, or the like.
- prest money — a sum of money advanced to men enlisting in the navy or the army, given to bind the bargain and as an inducement.
- presumingly — presumptuous.
- presynaptic — being or occurring on the transmitting end of a discharge across a synapse.
- prickly ash — Also called Northern prickly ash, toothache tree. a citrus shrub or small tree, Zanthoxylum americanum, having aromatic leaves and usually prickly branches.
- prison yard — a piece of enclosed ground attached to a prison, where prisoners may take exercise at certain times
- privy purse — a sum from the public revenues allotted to the sovereign for personal expenses.
- pro-slavery — favoring slavery.
- proctoscopy — examination by means of a proctoscope.
- professedly — allegedly; pretendedly: He is only professedly poor.