11-letter words containing a, e, r, o, p, t
- permutation — the act of permuting or permutating; alteration; transformation.
- perpetrator — a person who perpetrates, or commits, an illegal, criminal, or evil act: The perpetrators of this heinous crime must be found and punished to the fullest extent of the law.
- perpetuator — to make perpetual.
- personalist — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
- personality — the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality.
- personation — to act or portray (a character in a play, a part, etc.).
- perth amboy — a seaport in E New Jersey.
- perturbator — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- petitionary — of the nature of or expressing a petition.
- petrodollar — profits made from oil exports
- petrography — the branch of petrology dealing with the description and classification of rocks, especially by microscopic examination.
- petrol tank — The petrol tank in a motor vehicle is the container for petrol.
- phosphorate — Also, phosphorize. Chemistry. to combine or impregnate with phosphorus.
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- piano tuner — a person who tunes pianos and sometimes other keyboard instruments.
- pilot raise — a small raise intended to be enlarged later.
- pirate copy — an illicitly reproduced copy of a DVD, video, book, game, etc
- planthopper — any member of a large and varied group of homopterous insects that are related to the leafhoppers and the spittlebugs but rarely damage cultivated plants.
- plasterwork — finish or ornamental work done in plaster.
- plastometer — an instrument for measuring the plasticity of a substance.
- plate armor — armor made of thin, flat, shaped pieces of wrought iron or steel.
- plate proof — proof taken from a plate ready for printing.
- plateholder — a lightproof container for a photographic plate, loaded into the camera with the plate and having a slide that is removed before exposing.
- plecopteran — Also, plecopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Plecoptera, comprising the stoneflies.
- pocket park — a very small park or outdoor area for public leisure, especially an urban plaza or courtyard with benches and fountains.
- pococurante — a careless or indifferent person.
- poetry slam — a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- point after — a score given for a successful kick between the goalposts and above the crossbar, following a touchdown
- polarimeter — an instrument for measuring the amount of light received from a given source as a function of its state of polarization.
- poles apart — each of the extremities of the axis of the earth or of any spherical body.
- politbureau — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- polysorbate — any of a class of emulsifying and dispersing agents used in various foods and pharmaceutical preparations.
- pomegranate — a chambered, many-seeded, globose fruit, having a tough, usually red rind and surmounted by a crown of calyx lobes, the edible portion consisting of pleasantly acid flesh developed from the outer seed coat.
- 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
- porkpie hat — a hat with a round flat crown and a brim that can be turned up or down
- port orange — a city in E Florida.
- portal vein — the large vein conveying blood to the liver from the veins of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas.
- portmanteau — a case or bag to carry clothing in while traveling, especially a leather trunk or suitcase that opens into two halves.
- portraiture — the art or an instance of making portraits.
- postharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- potato race — a novelty race in which each contestant must move a number of potatoes from one place to another, usually in a spoon, carrying one potato at a time.
- potentiator — to cause to be potent; make powerful.
- potter wasp — any of several mason wasps, especially of the genus Eumenes, that construct a juglike nest of mud.
- potwalloper — (in some boroughs before the Reform Bill of 1832) a man who qualified as a householder, and therefore a voter, by virtue of ownership of his own fireplace at which to boil pots.
- pouched rat — pocket gopher.
- power plant — a plant, including engines, dynamos, etc., and the building or buildings necessary for the generation of power, as electric or nuclear power.
- power train — a train of gears and shafting transmitting power from an engine, motor, etc., to a mechanism being driven.
- powerboater — a powerboat owner or operator.
- praetorship — the office of a praetor.