11-letter words containing a, t, p, o
- 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.
- ptochocracy — government by the poor
- ptyalagogic — saliva-inducing
- ptyalagogue — an item that causes the flow of saliva
- publication — the act of publishing a book, periodical, map, piece of music, engraving, or the like.
- pullulation — to send forth sprouts, buds, etc.; germinate; sprout.
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- pump-action — (of a shotgun or rifle) having an action that extracts the empty case, loads, and cocks the piece by means of a hand-operated lever that slides backward and forward; slide-action.
- pumpstation — A pumpstation is a place with pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another.
- punctuation — the practice or system of using certain conventional marks or characters in writing or printing in order to separate elements and make the meaning clear, as in ending a sentence or separating clauses.
- purgatorial — removing or purging sin; expiatory: purgatorial rites.
- purgatorian — a person who believes in purgatory
- purificator — the linen cloth used by the celebrant for wiping the chalice after each communicant has drunk from it.
- pursuant to — legal: in accordance with
- pustulation — the formation or breaking out of pustules.
- 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 on airs — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- put paid to — to end or destroy
- pyroclastic — composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic.
- pyrogallate — a salt or ether of pyrogallol.
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- pythagorean — of or relating to Pythagoras, to his school, or to his doctrines.
- quadripoint — A point at which four borders meet.
- radiopacity — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
- radix point — a point, such as the decimal point in the decimal system, separating the integral part of a number from the fractional part
- rapturously — full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
- realpolitik — political realism or practical politics, especially policy based on power rather than on ideals.
- reappointed — to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench.
- reapportion — to apportion or distribute anew.
- reciprocant — a differential invariant
- reciprocate — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- recuperator — a person or thing that recuperates.
- reoperation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- reparations — the making of amends for wrong or injury done: reparation for an injustice.
- repartition — distribution; partition.
- repatriator — a person who repatriates
- repatronize — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- repeat loop — (programming) (Or "do loop") A loop construct found in many procedural languages which repeatedly executes some instructions while a condition is true. Repeat loops are found in Perl, Pascal, BASIC and C. The initial keyword may be "repeat" or "do" and the condition may be introduced with a "while" or "until" keyword. In constrast to a while loop, the "loop body" is executed once before the condition is tested. This is useful when the condition depends on the action of the loop body. In the following BASIC loop "Hello" is printed once despite the fact that the condition is false; i = 2 repeat print "Hello" i = i+1 until i>0 See also while loop and for loop.
- repertorial — a type of theatrical presentation in which a company presents several works regularly or in alternate sequence in one season.
- replication — a reply; answer.
- report back — If you report back to someone, you tell them about something that they asked you to find out about.
- report card — a written report containing an evaluation of a pupil's scholarship and behavior, sent periodically to the pupil's parents or guardian, usually on a card containing marks and comments together with a record of attendance.
- reportorial — of or relating to a reporter.
- reprobation — disapproval, condemnation, or censure.
- reprobative — reprobating; expressing reprobation.
- repudiation — the act of repudiating.
- repudiatory — the act of repudiating.
- respiration — the act of respiring; inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing.
- respiratory — pertaining to or serving for respiration: respiratory disease.