11-letter words containing p, r
- anchor span — (on a suspension or cantilever bridge) a span from an anchorage to the nearest pier or tower.
- androphilic — Sexually attracted to men.
- androphobia — an abnormal fear of men; an aversion toward the male sex.
- androphobic — Exhibiting androphobia; fearful of men.
- androsphinx — a sphinx having the head of a man
- anemographs — Plural form of anemograph.
- anemography — the technique of recording wind measurements
- angiography — a method of obtaining an X-ray of blood vessels by injecting into them a substance, such as one containing iodine, that shows up as opaque on an X-ray picture
- anglosphere — a group of English-speaking countries that share common roots in British culture and history, usually the UK, the US, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada
- animal park — a zoo in which wild animals are housed and displayed in large open spaces designed to resemble their native habitats.
- anisocarpic — (of a flower) having a lower number of carpels than of other floral parts.
- anisopteran — belonging or pertaining to the suborder Anisoptera, comprising the dragonflies.
- anisotropic — not isotropic; having different physical properties in different directions
- ankle strap — a strap attached at the back of a shoe that goes round the ankle
- answerphone — An answerphone is a device which you connect to your telephone and which records telephone calls while you are out.
- antatrophic — preventing or curing atrophy.
- anteportico — a lesser portico preceding a main portico.
- anthrophony — Any sound produced by human beings or their creations.
- anthropical — relating to human nature
- anthropoids — Plural form of anthropoid.
- anthroponym — a personal name.
- anticipator — to realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee: to anticipate pleasure.
- anticryptic — serving to conceal an animal from its prey.
- antihyperon — the antiparticle of the hyperon
- antileprosy — acting against leprosy
- antipattern — (software engineering) A design pattern that may be commonly used but is ineffective and/or counterproductive in practice.
- antiphonary — a bound collection of antiphons, esp for use in the divine office
- antiphrasis — the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal one, esp for ironic effect
- antipopular — opposed to the people or to popular cause
- antipoverty — acting against poverty
- antiprotons — Plural form of antiproton.
- antipyresis — checking or preventing fever.
- antipyretic — preventing or alleviating fever
- antipyrotic — relieving the pain and stimulating the healing of burns.
- antispyware — Designed or intended to combat or eliminate spyware on a computer system.
- antistrophe — the second of two movements made by a chorus during the performance of a choral ode
- aortography — an X-ray examination of the aorta
- apartmental — relating to an apartment
- apatosaurus — brontosaurus
- apertometer — an instrument for measuring the angular and numerical aperture of the objective lens of a microscope.
- apgar score — system for determining the condition of an infant at birth
- aphelandras — Plural form of aphelandra.
- aphrodisiac — An aphrodisiac is a food, drink, or drug which is said to make people want to have sex.
- aplanospore — a nonmotile asexual spore produced by certain algae and fungi
- apodyterium — the changing room in an ancient Roman bathhouse
- apoferritin — a homogeneous protein, found especially in the intestinal mucosa and the liver, that interacts with a ferric hydroxide-ferric phosphate complex to form ferritin.
- apollinaire — Guillaume (ɡijom), real name Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzki. 1880–1918, French poet, novelist, and dramatist, regarded as a precursor of surrealism; author of Alcoöls (1913) and Calligrammes (1918)
- apollinaris — an effervescent mineral water
- apomorphine — a white crystalline alkaloid, derived from morphine, that is used medicinally as an emetic, as an expectorant, and in Parkinson's disease. Formula: C17H17NO2
- aponeuroses — Plural form of aponeurosis.