11-letter words containing a, d, o, p, t
- pedantocrat — a pedantic ruler
- pedobaptism — the baptism of infants.
- pedobaptist — a person who advocates or practices pedobaptism.
- pentagonoid — like a pentagon in shape.
- pentahedron — a solid figure having five faces.
- pentandrous — of or pertaining to the order of plants Pentandria, characterized by having five stamens
- pentaploidy — the condition of being pentaploid
- pentastomid — tongue worm.
- perduration — the act of lasting forever or enduring continually; the capacity to endure indefinitely
- periodontal — of or relating to the periodontium.
- periodontia — the bone, connective tissue, and gum surrounding and supporting a tooth.
- petrodollar — profits made from oil exports
- petticoated — wearing a petticoat
- phosphatide — phospholipid.
- photostated — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
- piston land — A piston land is a raised area of a piston between piston rings.
- plateholder — a lightproof container for a photographic plate, loaded into the camera with the plate and having a slide that is removed before exposing.
- play doctor — a person, usually a professional playwright, employed to improve a script, especially shortly before the play's opening.
- pneumathode — a band or pore of aerating tissue, esp along the stipes of ferns
- poetic edda — either of two old Icelandic literary works, one a collection of poems on mythical and religious subjects (or) erroneously attributed to Saemund Sigfusson (c1055–1133), the other a collection of ancient Scandinavian myths and legends, rules and theories of versification, poems, etc. (or) compiled and written in part by Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241).
- point guard — Basketball. the guard who directs the team's offense from the point.
- pointy-head — stupid; idiotic.
- polkadotted — a dot or round spot (printed, woven, or embroidered) repeated to form a pattern on a textile fabric.
- polyandrist — a woman who practices or favors polyandry.
- polydactyly — the condition of being polydactyl.
- pond-skater — any of various heteropterous insects of the family Gerrididae, esp Gerris lacustris (common pond-skater), having a slender hairy body and long hairy legs with which they skim about on the surface of ponds
- ponderation — a weight
- pontoppidan — Henrik [hen-reek] /ˈhɛn rik/ (Show IPA), 1857–1943, Danish novelist: Nobel prize 1917.
- poppet head — the framework above a mining shaft that supports the winding mechanism
- postal card — a card sold by the post office with a stamp already printed on it.
- postal code — British. postcode.
- postholiday — occurring after a holiday
- postlanding — occurring after a landing (of an aircraft, shuttle, etc)
- pouched rat — pocket gopher.
- predication — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- predicatory — of or relating to preaching.
- predoctoral — of or relating to study undertaken in preparation for a doctoral degree.
- predominant — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
- predominate — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- proctodaeum — proctodeum.
- prodigality — the quality or fact of being prodigal; wasteful extravagance in spending.
- prolongated — to prolong.
- promulgated — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- protandrous — (of hermaphrodite or monoecious plants) maturing the anthers before the stigma
- prothalloid — resembling a prothallus
- protodeacon — a chief deacon in the Greek Church.
- pterodactyl — any of a number of genera of flying reptiles of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a highly reduced tail and teeth and a birdlike beak.
- put down as — If you put someone or something down as a particular type of person or thing, you consider that they are that thing.
- put forward — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- put paid to — to end or destroy