11-letter words containing s, p, r
- overimpress — to impress to an excessive degree
- overprecise — excessively precise
- overprocess — to process too much
- overpromise — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- overrespond — to respond too dramatically
- overspender — someone who overspends
- oxo process — a process for producing carbonyl compounds, especially alcohols and aldehydes, by adding, under high pressure, carbon monoxide and hydrogen to an olefin in the presence of a cobalt catalyst.
- 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).
- pachysandra — any plant of the genus Pachysandra, as the Allegheny spurge or Japanese spurge, the leaves of which grow in a rounded clump, widely used as a ground cover in the U.S.
- paediatrics — Paediatrics is the area of medicine that is concerned with the treatment of children's illnesses.
- page proofs — the final version of a book before it goes to the printer, containing all elements including page numbers and layout
- paint horse — paint (def 6).
- paint spray — paint bought in a special can which you spray on a surface by pressing a button on the top of the can
- palk strait — a strait in the Bay of Bengal between SE India and N Sri Lanka, to the N of Adam's Bridge. 40–85 miles (64–137 km) wide.
- palm desert — a town in S California, near Palm Springs.
- palsgravine — the wife or widow of a palsgrave.
- pan crusher — A pan crusher is a crusher in which solids are broken by a wheel which is turning in a pan.
- pan-arabism — the idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the Arab nations.
- pancarditis — inflammation of the entire heart: the pericardium, myocardium, and endocardium.
- 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.
- pancratiast — (in ancient Greece) a person who takes part in a pancratium
- panel strip — one of a number of strips of wood or metal laid upon the surface of a wall, ceiling, etc., so as to divide it into a number of broad areas, usually in order to conceal joints between sheets of composition material forming the surface.
- panic grass — Also called panic grass. any grass of the genus Panicum, many species of which bear edible grain.
- panspermist — someone who advocates panspermia
- pantisocrat — someone who believes, or takes part, in pantisocracy
- pants press — A pants press in a hotel room is a machine that you put a pair of pants inside to get rid of the creases.
- papal cross — a cross with three horizontal crosspieces.
- paper chase — the effort to earn a diploma or college degree, especially in law, or a professional certificate or license.
- paperperson — a person who delivers newspapers to customers door to door.
- papovavirus — any of a group of DNA-containing human and animal viruses, including polyoma viruses and some papillomaviruses, most of which produce tumors.
- papyraceous — papery.
- para-phrase — a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
- parabaptism — unauthorized baptism
- parablepsis — abnormal vision
- parabolanus — a member of an early Christian brotherhood in Alexandria and Constantinople who helped the sick in the times of plague
- parachutist — sb who makes parachute jumps
- paracrostic — a poem in which the initial letters of each line replicate the first line
- parade rest — a position assumed by a soldier or sailor in which the feet are 12 inches (30.48 cm) apart, the hands are clasped behind the back, and the head is held motionless and facing forward.
- paragenesis — the origin of minerals or mineral deposits in contact so as to affect one another's formation.
- paraglossal — of or relating to paraglossae
- paraleipsis — paralipsis.
- parallelise — to make parallel; place so as to be parallel.
- parallelism — the position or relation of parallels.
- parallelist — a person who seeks or makes a comparison.
- paramastoid — of or relating to the part of the skull next to the mastoid process
- paranephros — the adrenal gland
- paraparesis — partial paralysis, especially of the lower limbs.
- paraphraser — a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
- paraphrasis — paraphrase.