11-letter words containing t, r, o, p, a
- auto-repeat — a feature of computer keys whereby a character is generated repeatedly as long as the user holds down the key in question
- autographed — Simple past tense and past participle of autograph.
- autographic — of, for, or like an autograph or autographs
- automorphic — shaped and designed after oneself
- autotrophic — (of organisms such as green plants) capable of manufacturing complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources such as carbon dioxide, water, and nitrates, using energy from the sun
- auxotrophic — designating or of a mutant organism requiring more nutritional substances than its prototrophic parent because it has lost the ability to make a certain enzyme
- axerophthol — any form of vitamin A
- backstopper — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- baroceptors — Plural form of baroceptor.
- bastard pop — a type of popular music in which two records, usually from different genres or eras, are blended together into a whole, often using the vocal performance from one and the instrumental from the other
- bean sprout — Bean sprouts are small, long, thin shoots grown from beans. They are frequently used in Chinese cookery.
- bicorporate — having two bodies
- bipartition — divided into or consisting of two parts.
- blastospore — a spore formed by budding, as in certain fungi
- block party — A block party is an outdoor party for all the residents of a block or neighborhood.
- boilerplate — A boilerplate is a basic written contract that can be used to make many different kinds of contracts.
- bonapartism — a political system resembling the rules of the Bonapartes, esp Napoleon I and Napoleon III: centralized government by a military dictator, who enjoys popular support given expression in plebiscites
- bonapartist — an adherent of the Bonapartes or their policies.
- break point — a point which allows the receiving player to break the service of the server
- brood patch — a highly vascular, featherless area developed on the abdomen of certain brooding birds that is in direct contact with eggs during incubation and provides additional warmth.
- brown patch — a fungus disease of turf grass that results in circular areas of brown, dead grass.
- butorphanol — a narcotic analgesic, C 21 H 29 NO 2 , administered by injection to treat moderate to severe pain.
- cadet corps — a group of school pupils receiving elementary military training in a school corps
- caecotrophy — (biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and other lagomorphs, the consumption of food pellets which are naturally produced by means of digestion, retention in the caecum, and expulsion through the anus.
- calyptrogen — a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants
- campesterol — (organic compound) A phytosterol, found in many vegetable oils, related to sitosterol.
- camphorated — impregnated or combined with camphor
- camphorates — Plural form of camphorate.
- cape breton — an island forming the NE part of Nova Scotia, in SE Canada. 3970 sq. mi. (10,280 sq. km).
- cape doctor — a strong fresh SE wind blowing in the vicinity of Cape Town, esp in the summer
- capernoited — capricious
- capernoitie — the head
- caprolactam — a white crystalline cyclic imine used in the manufacture of nylon. Formula: C5H10NHCO
- cardiopathy — a heart disease or disorder
- cargo pants — Cargo pants are large, loose pants with lots of pockets.
- carnaptious — ill-tempered or cantankerous
- carpet moth — any of several geometrid moths with black- (or brown-)and-white mottled wings
- carpet plot — the graphed values of a function of more than one variable, read from an ordinate at points located by the intersection of curves of constant values of each of the variables
- carpet-bomb — to drop many bombs on (an area) to prepare for advancing ground forces
- cartography — Cartography is the art or activity of drawing maps and geographical charts.
- cartophilic — relating to cartophily
- caryopteris — any of various shrubs with small blue or white flowers of the genus Caryopteris, all found in S and E Asia
- catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
- catastrophy — Alternative form of catastrophe.
- cattle prod — A cattle prod is an object shaped like a long stick. Farmers make cattle move in a particular direction by pushing the cattle prod against the bodies of the animals.
- ceratopsian — resembling or belonging to the Ceratopsia, a suborder of herbivorous dinosaurs characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns, and neck frills
- ceroplastic — relating to wax modelling
- chamber pot — A chamber pot is a round container shaped like a very large cup. Chamber pots used to be kept in bedrooms so that people could urinate in them instead of having to leave their room during the night.
- chamber-pot — a portable container, especially for urine, used in bedrooms.
- champertous — a sharing in the proceeds of litigation by one who agrees with either the plaintiff or defendant to help promote it or carry it on.