11-letter words containing t, r, o, p, i, s
- sport shirt — a long- or short-sleeved soft shirt for informal wear by men, having a squared-off shirttail that may be left outside the trousers, usually worn without a tie.
- sporulation — to produce spores.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- spot strike — a labor strike by a local branch of a union.
- stasimorphy — structural modification by arrested development
- stereoptics — the branch of stereoscopy that is concerned with optics
- stereotypic — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- stipitiform — having the form of a stipe.
- stipuliform — shaped like a stipule.
- strip joint — a nightclub or other establishment featuring striptease performances.
- strip poker — a game of poker in which the losers in a hand remove an article of clothing.
- strongpoint — a fortified defensive position; stronghold.
- subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
- superegoist — an exceptionally selfish or self-centred person; someone who is very self-important
- superiority — the quality or condition of being superior.
- supernation — a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.
- superpolite — extremely polite
- superprofit — above-average profits gained through enterprise
- suppository — a solid, conical mass of medicinal substance that melts upon insertion into the rectum or vagina.
- suppuration — the process of suppurating.
- suspiration — a long, deep sigh.
- sword-point — the point of a sword
- taboparesis — the occurrence of two conditions (general paresis and tabes dorsalis) at the same time
- terpsichore — Classical Mythology. the Muse of dancing and choral song.
- the tropics — that part of the earth's surface between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn; the Torrid Zone
- thrift shop — a retail store that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices.
- topdressing — an application of fertiliser to soil
- torpedinous — of, relating to, or resembling a torpedo
- torsiograph — a graph indicating vibrating movements
- traitorship — a person who betrays another, a cause, or any trust.
- transphobia — unreasoning hostility, aversion, etc., toward transgender people.
- transposing — the act of transposing
- triceratops — any of various dinosaurs of the genus Triceratops, of the late Cretaceous Period, having a bony crest on the neck, a long horn over each eye, and a shorter horn on the nose.
- trimorphism — Zoology. the occurrence of three forms distinct in structure, coloration, etc., among animals of the same species.
- tripersonal — consisting of or existing in three persons, as the Godhead.
- tripetalous — having three petals.
- triphibious — employing or involving land, naval, and air forces in a combined operation.
- triphyllous — having three leaves.
- triptolemus — a favorite of Demeter and the inventor of the plow and patron of agriculture, connected with the Eleusinian mysteries.
- trisepalous — having three sepals.
- trispermous — having three seeds.
- tropomyosin — a protein in muscle tissue that works with troponin to control the process by which actin and myosin interact to produce muscle contraction
- trypsinogen — a precursor of trypsin that is secreted by the pancreas and is activated to trypsin in the small intestine.
- unisotropic — Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes. Compare anisotropic (def 1).
- usurpations — an act of usurping; wrongful or illegal encroachment, infringement, or seizure.
- very pistol — a special pistol which fires coloured flares for signalling at night, esp at sea
- witherspoon — John, 1723–94, U.S. theologian and statesman, born in Scotland.
- wood spirit — methyl alcohol.
- xerophytism — (botany) The adaptation of plants to habitats where water is scarce.
- xerotripsis — dry friction, attrition, or abrasion