11-letter words containing t, o, p, e
- repetitious — full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.
- replication — a reply; answer.
- report back — If you report back to someone, you tell them about something that they asked you to find out about.
- report card — a written report containing an evaluation of a pupil's scholarship and behavior, sent periodically to the pupil's parents or guardian, usually on a card containing marks and comments together with a record of attendance.
- reportorial — of or relating to a reporter.
- representor — (in contract law) a person who makes a legal representation about a contract to a representee
- reprobation — disapproval, condemnation, or censure.
- reprobative — reprobating; expressing reprobation.
- reptiliform — having the form or appearance of a reptile
- repudiation — the act of repudiating.
- repudiatory — the act of repudiating.
- rescription — a reply or answering of a letter
- respiration — the act of respiring; inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing.
- respiratory — pertaining to or serving for respiration: respiratory disease.
- rest period — a period of rest
- retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
- retinispora — any member of the genus Retinispora, of conifers which grow in the east of Asia and in the east and west of North America
- retinopathy — any diseased condition of the retina, especially one that is noninflammatory.
- retinoscope — an apparatus that determines the refractive power of the eye by observing the lights and shadows on the pupil when a mirror illumines the retina; skiascope.
- retinoscopy — an objective method of determining the refractive error of an eye.
- retrophilia — a strong liking for things from the past
- reupholster — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- rh positive — See under Rh factor.
- rh-positive — See under Rh factor.
- rheotropism — the effect of a current of water upon the direction of plant growth.
- riot police — police armed against public disorder
- robot plane — an unmanned plane
- rocket ship — a rocket-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.
- rope socket — either of a pair of matching fittings fastened to the ends of lengths of wire rope to join them together.
- rope stitch — (in embroidery) a stitch formed from the entwining of stitches.
- rope-length — a length of standard climbing rope, normally 50–60m
- rupturewort — a plant, Herniaria glabra, of the pink family
- sapotaceous — belonging to the Sapotaceae, the sapodilla family of plants.
- sapropelite — a foul-smelling mud
- schizophyte — any of the Schizophyta, a group of organisms comprising the schizomycetes and the schizophyceous algae, characterized by a simple structure and reproduction by simple fission or spores.
- scotch pine — a pine, Pinus sylvestris, of Eurasia, having a reddish trunk and twisted, bluish-green needles.
- scotch tape — clear adhesive tape
- scotch-tape — to fasten or mend with Scotch tape.
- seed potato — a potato tuber used for planting
- self-profit — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- senatorship — the office or position of a senator
- septentrion — Obsolete. the north.
- septiferous — in possession of a septum or partition
- serial port — A serial port on a computer is a place where you can connect the computer to a device such as a modem or a mouse.
- serotherapy — therapy by means of injections of a serum obtained especially from an immune animal.
- set up shop — a retail store, especially a small one.
- set-top box — television signal converter
- shine up to — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
- shoot'em-up — a book, film, TV show, video game, etc. characterized by much violent content, gunplay, etc., esp. one in the western, crime, or war genres
- shoot-em-up — A shoot-em-up is a computer game that involves shooting and killing characters.