11-letter words containing a, t, p, o
- postcranial — located posterior to the head.
- postcubital — Anatomy, Zoology. pertaining to, involving, or situated near the cubitus.
- postexilian — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
- postglacial — after a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.
- postharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- postholiday — occurring after a holiday
- postillator — a writer of postils; an annotator, a postiller
- postlanding — occurring after a landing (of an aircraft, shuttle, etc)
- postmarital — occurring, effective, or provided after marriage
- postnatally — after birth, following a birth
- postnuptial — subsequent to marriage: postnuptial adjustments.
- postorbital — located behind the orbit or socket of the eye.
- postprimary — of or relating to education after primary school
- postulating — to ask, demand, or claim.
- postulation — to ask, demand, or claim.
- postulatory — of or relating to a postulate or assumption
- postvocalic — immediately following a vowel.
- postweaning — of, relating to, or occurring in the period following weaning
- pot-valiant — brave only as a result of being drunk.
- potableness — the quality of being potable or drinkable
- potamogeton — a plant of the Potamogeton genus of perennial aquatic plants, known also as pondweed
- potash alum — alum1 (def 1).
- potato bean — groundnut (def 1).
- potato cake — any of various kinds of small savoury cakes made from flour and mashed potatoes, often fried or baked
- potato chip — a thin slice of potato fried until crisp and usually salted.
- potato moth — a gelechiid moth, Phthorimaea operculella, the larvae of which feed on the leaves and bore into the tubers of potatoes and other solanaceous plants.
- 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.
- potato vine — a tender, woody Brazilian vine, Solanum jasminoides, of the nightshade family, having starlike, blue-tinged white flowers in clusters, grown as an ornamental.
- potato worm — tomato hornworm.
- potentially — possibly but not yet actually: potentially useful information.
- 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.
- potty-chair — a small chair with an open seat over a removable pot, for use by a child during toilet training.
- potty-train — to teach a small child to use a potty or toilet
- potvaliancy — brave only as a result of being drunk.
- 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.
- poultry-man — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
- pourability — to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
- 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.
- precautious — using or displaying precaution: a precautious reply; a precautious person.
- precontract — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
- 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.