11-letter words containing p, r
- appropriate — Something that is appropriate is suitable or acceptable for a particular situation.
- approvement — (obsolete, Old English law) Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord.
- approvingly — to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably: to approve the policies of the administration.
- approximant — an articulation in which one articulator is close to another, but not sufficiently so to form a stop or a fricative.
- approximate — An approximate number, time, or position is close to the correct number, time, or position, but is not exact.
- appurtenant — relating, belonging, or accessory
- apra harbor — a port on the W coast of Guam.
- apricot jam — a sweet preserve made from apricots
- aprioristic — belief in, or reliance upon, a priori reasoning, arguments, or principles.
- apron piece — (in a staircase) a header receiving the ends of rough strings, carriage pieces, and the joists of landings.
- apron stage — a stage that projects into the auditorium so that the audience sit on three sides of it
- arab spring — The Arab Spring is a period of time in and around 2011 to 2012 during which people in the Middle East and Africa tried to achieve democratic reforms.
- arabidopsis — Any cress (or related plant) of the genus Arabidopsis.
- araneomorph — (zoology) Any of the Araneomorphae, a suborder of spiders whose fangs cross with a pinching action.
- archbishops — Plural form of archbishop.
- archipelago — An archipelago is a group of islands, especially small islands.
- archpriests — Plural form of archpriest.
- arctophilia — the practice of collecting teddy bears
- areographic — relating to areography
- argand lamp — an oil lamp with a chimney, having a tubular wick that permits air to reach the center of the flame.
- arkadelphia — a city in central Arkansas.
- armor plate — a protective covering of specially hardened steel plates, as on a tank
- arolla pine — a five-needled pine tree, Pinus cembra, found esp in mountain regions of Central Europe and yielding edible seeds
- arpeggiated — having arpeggios
- ars poetica — the art of poetry
- arsonphobia — Pyrophobia.
- art therapy — a type of psychotherapy that encourages the expression of emotions through artistic activities such as painting, drawing, or sculpture; psychotherapy based on the belief that the creative process involved in the making of art is healing and life-enhancing.
- arte povera — a style of minimal art originating in Italy in the late 1960s, making use of cheap and commonly available materials such as stones, newspapers etc
- arthropathy — a disease of a joint
- arthropodan — relating to arthropods
- arthroscope — a tubular instrument that is inserted into the capsule of a joint to examine the joint, extract tissue, etc
- arthroscopy — the use of an arthroscope to diagnose an injury to or disease of a joint or to perform minor surgery on a joint.
- arthrospore — a sporelike cell of ascomycetous fungi and some algae produced by a breaking of the hyphae
- artisanship — the occupation or product of a craftsperson or artisan
- artophorion — pyx (def 1a).
- asbury park — city in EC N.J., on the Atlantic: an ocean resort: pop. 17,000
- ascriptions — Plural form of ascription.
- asperations — Plural form of asperation.
- aspergation — the action of sprinkling, suffusing or irrigating with water
- aspergillum — a brush or perforated container for sprinkling holy water
- aspergillus — any ascomycetous fungus of the genus Aspergillus, having chains of conidia attached like bristles to a club-shaped stalk: family Aspergillaceae
- aspersorium — a basin containing holy water with which worshippers sprinkle themselves
- aspheterise — to deny the right of private property
- aspheterism — the teaching that all property should be in common ownership and no individual should benefit from personal possession
- aspheterize — to observe or engage in aspheterism
- asphyxiator — to produce asphyxia in.
- aspidistras — Plural form of aspidistra.
- aspirations — a strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition: intellectual aspirations.
- asportation — the removal or taking away of something
- asteropaeus — a Trojan ally slain by Achilles.