11-letter words containing s, u, r, e, p, t
- presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- presstitute — a journalist or media source whose news coverage is considered to be inappropriately influenced by business interests, political motives, etc. (often used attributively): claims made by the industry and trumpeted by the corporate presstitute media.
- prestigious — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.
- presumption — the act of presuming.
- presumptive — affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
- pretentious — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- previous to — before, prior to
- pro-oestrus — proestrus.
- procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
- 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.
- prosecutory — of, relating to, or concerned with prosecution.
- prosecutrix — a female prosecutor or plaintiff
- prostituted — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- protrusible — able to be thrust outwards
- puerilities — the state or quality of being a child.
- purportless — without purport
- purpresture — the wrongful enclosure of or intrusion upon lands, waters, or other property rightfully belonging to the public at large.
- pussyfooter — a person who behaves stealthily or evasively
- putrescence — becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
- putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- quadruplets — Plural form of quadruplet.
- raptureless — without rapture
- repetiteuse — a female repetiteur, one who rehearses opera singers
- repetitious — full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.
- reupholster — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- rupes altai — a mountain range in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 315 miles (507 km) long.
- scarlet cup — a small, fleshy, saucer-shaped fungus, Sarcoscypha coccinea, of the family Sarcoscyphaceae, marked by a scarlet inner surface and white exterior, seen on fallen branches in the spring.
- sempiternum — a type of durable woollen fabric popular in the 17th century
- septenarius — a verse consisting of seven feet, usually printed in two lines: used especially in Latin poems.
- septiferous — in possession of a septum or partition
- shot putter — a sportsperson who competes in the shot put
- shot-putter — a participant in shot put.
- soup tureen — a large bowl with a lid, from which soup is served at the table
- spectacular — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
- speculatory — a place suitable for observation
- sperm count — the number of spermatozoa in an amount of semen, used as an indication of a man's fertility
- spice route — an ancient trade route followed by merchants, importers and exporters trading in exotic spices such as cloves and cinnamon
- spirituelle — having a refined and lively mind or wit; spirituel
- spitzenburg — any of several red or yellow varieties of apple that ripen in the autumn.
- spore fruit — a spore-bearing structure, as an ascoscarp; sporocarp.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- spot survey — a survey taken immediately and at random
- sprezzatura — effortlessness or ease, esp. in art or literature; careless grace; nonchalance
- stauroscope — an optical instrument for studying the crystal structure of minerals under polarized light
- stratopause — the boundary or transition layer between the stratosphere and mesosphere.
- stripe rust — a disease of wheat, barley, rye, and other grasses, characterized by elongated rows of yellow spores on the affected parts, caused by a rust fungus, Puccinia glumarum.
- stripe smut — a disease of grasses, characterized by stripes of black spores on the leaves, caused by any of several smut fungi of the genera Urocystis and Ustilago.