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11-letter words containing t, o, s, p, d

  • pendulosity — the state or quality of being pendulous
  • pentandrous — of or pertaining to the order of plants Pentandria, characterized by having five stamens
  • pentastomid — tongue worm.
  • petropounds — the multiples of the British pound as regarded in terms of income derived from petroleum
  • phosphatide — phospholipid.
  • photostated — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
  • piedmontese — a native or inhabitant of Piedmont, Italy.
  • pilot study — trial done for research
  • piston land — A piston land is a raised area of a piston between piston rings.
  • polyandrist — a woman who practices or favors polyandry.
  • pond-skater — any of various heteropterous insects of the family Gerrididae, esp Gerris lacustris (common pond-skater), having a slender hairy body and long hairy legs with which they skim about on the surface of ponds
  • ponderosity — of great weight; heavy; massive.
  • port hudson — a village in SE Louisiana, on the Mississippi, N of Baton Rouge: siege during the U.S. Civil War 1863.
  • post-holder — a person who has a particular job or position
  • post-modern — noting or pertaining to architecture of the late 20th century, appearing in the 1960s, that consciously uses complex forms, fantasy, and allusions to historic styles, in contrast to the austere forms and emphasis on utility of standard modern architecture.
  • postal card — a card sold by the post office with a stamp already printed on it.
  • postal code — British. postcode.
  • postdivorce — of, or relating to the period after a person is divorced
  • postediting — the act of editing after a piece of writing has been produced or printed by a machine
  • postholiday — occurring after a holiday
  • postlanding — occurring after a landing (of an aircraft, shuttle, etc)
  • posttyphoid — occurring as a sequela of typhoid fever.
  • pound scots — pound2 (def 7).
  • prioritised — to arrange or do in order of priority: learning to prioritize our assignments.
  • productions — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
  • prompt side — the part of the stage that in the U.S. is to the right and in Britain to the left as one faces the audience. Abbreviation: P.S.
  • prostituted — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
  • protandrous — (of hermaphrodite or monoecious plants) maturing the anthers before the stigma
  • puget sound — an arm of the Pacific, in NW Washington.
  • put down as — If you put someone or something down as a particular type of person or thing, you consider that they are that thing.
  • rest period — a period of rest
  • seed potato — a potato tuber used for planting
  • sign-posted — a post bearing a sign that gives information or guidance.
  • snapshotted — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
  • spatterdock — any of various water lilies of the genus Nuphar, having globular yellow flowers and growing in lakes or sluggish streams, especially N. advena, of the eastern U.S.
  • speedometer — an instrument on an automobile or other vehicle for indicating the rate of travel in miles or kilometers per hour.
  • spin doctor — Slang. a press agent skilled at spin control.
  • spinsterdom — the state of being a spinster
  • spodomantic — relating to spodomancy
  • spondylitic — inflammation of the vertebrae.
  • spondylitis — inflammation of the vertebrae.
  • sporadicity — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
  • sports desk — the editorial section of a newspaper, television or radio programme, etc that deals with sports news
  • spotted gum — an Australian eucalyptus tree, Eucalyptus maculata
  • spotted owl — a dark-brown owl (Strix occidentalis, family Strigidae) with scattered white spots and dark eyes, sometimes seen in the forests of W North America: it is an endangered species
  • spotted ray — any of various species of ray with irregular markings on the back
  • spottedness — the state, condition or quality of being spotted
  • spouted bed — A spouted bed is a bed in which the particles are quite big, and contact only happens in an upward movement of fluid in the middle of the bed.
  • stand up to — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
  • stereotyped — reproduced in or by stereotype plates.
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