11-letter words containing s, p, u, r, i, o
- nulliparous — a woman who has never borne a child.
- oedipus rex — a tragedy (c430 b.c.) by Sophocles.
- 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.
- opprobrious — conveying or expressing opprobrium, as language or a speaker: opprobrious invectives.
- outpourings — Plural form of outpouring.
- outstripped — Simple past tense and past participle of outstrip.
- papovavirus — any of a group of DNA-containing human and animal viruses, including polyoma viruses and some papillomaviruses, most of which produce tumors.
- perichylous — (of a plant) having water-storing tissue outside the green tissue
- perquisitor — the first person to own property that has subsequently been handed down to his heirs
- persecution — the act of persecuting.
- perspicuous — clearly expressed or presented; lucid.
- pestiferous — bringing or bearing disease.
- petit fours — a small teacake, variously frosted and decorated.
- piperaceous — belonging to the Piperacae, the pepper family of plants.
- piscivorous — adapted to feeding on fish; fish-eating.
- piss around — If you say that someone pisses around or pisses about, you mean they waste a lot of time doing unimportant things.
- pittosporum — any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Pittosporum, native to warm regions of the Old World, many species of which are cultivated as ornamentals for their attractive foliage, flowers, or fruit.
- pleiomerous — (of a flower) having a greater than normal number of parts
- plumigerous — wearing or possessing feathers
- porriginous — pertaining to or designating porrigo
- positronium — a short-lived atomic system consisting of a positron and an electron bound together.
- posturizing — to posture; pose.
- precautious — using or displaying precaution: a precautious reply; a precautious person.
- precipitous — of the nature of or characterized by precipices: a precipitous wall of rock.
- presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- prestigious — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.
- presumption — the act of presuming.
- pretentious — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- previous to — before, prior to
- prime focus — the focal point of the objective lens or primary mirror of a telescope
- primiparous — a woman who has borne but one child or who is parturient for the first time.
- probusiness — an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
- productions — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- profusively — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- proliferous — proliferating.
- promiscuity — the state of being promiscuous.
- promiscuous — characterized by or involving indiscriminate mingling or association, especially having sexual relations with a number of partners on a casual basis.
- prosecuting — carrying out a prosecution
- prosecution — Law. the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on.
- prosecutrix — a female prosecutor or plaintiff
- prostituted — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- protrusible — able to be thrust outwards
- pruriginous — of, relating to, or causing prurigo.
- prusik loop — a loop formed with a sliding knot that locks under pressure in which a climber can place his foot in order to stand or ascend a rope
- pseudoprime — A backgammon prime (six consecutive occupied points) with one point missing. This term is an esoteric pun derived from a mathematical method that, rather than determining precisely whether a number is prime (has no divisors), uses a statistical technique to decide whether the number is "probably" prime. A number that passes this test is called a pseudoprime. The hacker backgammon usage stems from the idea that a pseudoprime is almost as good as a prime: it does the job of a prime until proven otherwise, and that probably won't happen.
- put on airs — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- repetitious — full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.
- ring-porous — having annual rings marked by a conspicuous band of large pores in wood formed in spring.
- russophobia — an intense and often irrational hatred for Russia, or esp the former Soviet Union, its political system, etc