11-letter words containing t, o, s, p
- orthopedist — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthoscopic — pertaining to, characterized by, or produced by normal vision.
- osteography — The scientific description of bones; osteology.
- osteopathic — Of or pertaining to osteopathy or osteopathic medicine.
- osteophytes — Plural form of osteophyte.
- osteophytic — a small osseous excrescence or outgrowth on bone.
- osteoplasty — plastic surgery on a bone to repair a defect or loss.
- 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.
- ostreophage — someone who loves or eats oysters
- ostreophagy — the consumption of oysters
- Ötztal alps — division of the E Alps, along the Austrian-Italian border: highest peak, 12,379 ft (3,773 m)
- out of step — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- 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.
- outpatients — Plural form of outpatient.
- outperforms — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outperform.
- outpourings — Plural form of outpouring.
- outsleeping — Present participle of outsleep.
- outspanning — Present participle of outspan.
- outspeeding — Present participle of outspeed.
- outspokenly — In an outspoken manner.
- outstripped — Simple past tense and past participle of outstrip.
- oviposition — to deposit or lay eggs, especially by means of an ovipositor.
- oxtail soup — soup made using the skinned tail of an ox
- oyster pink — a delicate pinkish-white colour, sometimes with a greyish tinge
- packet soup — soup supplied in dried form in a packet
- paint horse — paint (def 6).
- panchreston — a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.
- pantisocrat — someone who believes, or takes part, in pantisocracy
- pantologist — a systematic view of all human knowledge.
- pantomimist — a person who acts in pantomime.
- pantoscopic — showing a wide-angled view
- paracrostic — a poem in which the initial letters of each line replicate the first line
- paramastoid — of or relating to the part of the skull next to the mastoid process
- parasitosis — parasitism (def 3).
- parasol ant — leaf-cutting ant.
- parcel post — (in the U.S. Postal Service) nonpreferential mail consisting of packages and parcels, weighing one pound or more sent at fourth-class rates. Compare fourth class.
- park forest — a city in NE Illinois.
- parotiditis — inflammation of a parotid.
- parrot-fish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.
- pas de cote — a two-track.
- passion pit — a drive-in movie theater.
- passiontide — the two-week period from Passion Sunday to Holy Saturday.
- passivation — the process of passivating a material
- passthrough — a windowlike opening, as one for passing food or dishes between a kitchen and a dining area.
- pastoralism — the practice of herding as the primary economic activity of a society.
- pastoralist — a grazier or land-holder raising sheep, cattle, etc, on a large scale
- pastoralize — to make pastoral or rural.
- paternoster — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
- pathologies — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.