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11-letter words containing s, u, p, e, r

  • oedipus rex — a tragedy (c430 b.c.) by Sophocles.
  • 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-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.
  • opera house — a theater devoted chiefly to operas.
  • 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.
  • out-process — to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork: All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.
  • outer space — space beyond the atmosphere of the earth.
  • outperforms — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outperform.
  • outstripped — Simple past tense and past participle of outstrip.
  • pan crusher — A pan crusher is a crusher in which solids are broken by a wheel which is turning in a pan.
  • papyraceous — papery.
  • parascenium — either of two wings flanking and extending forward from the skene of an ancient Greek theater.
  • parasuicide — the deliberate infliction of injury on oneself or the taking of a drug overdose as an attempt at suicide which may not be intended to be successful
  • parkersburg — a city in NW West Virginia, on the Ohio River.
  • pass muster — to assemble (troops, a ship's crew, etc.), as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.
  • pasteurella — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Pasturella, certain species of which are parasitic and pathogenic for humans and animals.
  • pasteurised — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
  • pasteurized — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
  • pasteurizer — an apparatus for pasteurizing milk and other liquids.
  • pastry tube — a conical tube with a patterned hole at one end, fitted over the opening of a cloth funnel (pastry bag) for shaping icings, food pastes, etc., as they are forced through by squeezing the bag.
  • pastureland — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
  • pastureless — without pasture, free of pasture
  • pentamerous — consisting of or divided into five parts.
  • pentandrous — of or pertaining to the order of plants Pentandria, characterized by having five stamens
  • perfumeless — without perfume; not perfumed or wearing perfume
  • perichylous — (of a plant) having water-storing tissue outside the green tissue
  • peridesmium — the membrane of cellular tissue surrounding a ligament
  • peristylium — a peristyle.
  • perlustrate — to inspect thoroughly; to make a thorough examination of (something), esp to intercept and read (letters) for purposes of surveillance; to travel through and survey (a region)
  • perpetuates — to make perpetual.
  • perquisitor — the first person to own property that has subsequently been handed down to his heirs
  • persecution — the act of persecuting.
  • persecutive — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
  • persecutors — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
  • persecutory — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
  • persian rug — an Oriental rug made in Persia (Iran), having rich, soft colors in any of various intricate, often floral, patterns
  • perspicuity — clearness or lucidity, as of a statement.
  • perspicuous — clearly expressed or presented; lucid.
  • persuadable — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
  • persuasible — capable of being persuaded; open to or yielding to persuasion.
  • persulfuric — denoting a type of acid
  • persulphate — a sulphuric acid salt of a base peroxide
  • peru balsam — an aromatic balsam that is obtained from the tropical South American leguminous tree Myroxylon pereirae and is similar to balsam of Tolu
  • pervouralsk — a city in the central RSFSR, in the Ural Mountains in Asia.
  • pestiferous — bringing or bearing disease.
  • petit fours — a small teacake, variously frosted and decorated.
  • petropounds — the multiples of the British pound as regarded in terms of income derived from petroleum
  • pfeffernuss — a small, usually ball-shaped cookie flavored with cinnamon, allspice, anise, etc. and with black pepper, made esp. during the Christmas season
  • picturesque — visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting: a picturesque fishing village.
  • pietersburg — capital of Northern Transvaal province, South Africa: pop. 26,000
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