0%

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
  • witherspoonJohn, 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
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?