11-letter words containing e, n, t, o, p
- perduration — the act of lasting forever or enduring continually; the capacity to endure indefinitely
- perennation — the survival of a plant through the winter or dry season
- perforation — a hole, or one of a series of holes, bored or punched through something, as those between individual postage stamps of a sheet to facilitate separation.
- perfunctory — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- peril point — the lower limit of a tariff on a commodity at which import of that commodity would have a seriously adverse effect on the local producers.
- periodontal — of or relating to the periodontium.
- periodontia — the bone, connective tissue, and gum surrounding and supporting a tooth.
- peritonitic — inflammation of the peritoneum, often accompanied by pain and tenderness in the abdomen, vomiting, constipation, and moderate fever.
- peritonitis — inflammation of the peritoneum, often accompanied by pain and tenderness in the abdomen, vomiting, constipation, and moderate fever.
- perlocution — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
- permutation — the act of permuting or permutating; alteration; transformation.
- persecution — the act of persecuting.
- 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.).
- persorption — the deep penetration of a liquid into a highly porous solid, resulting in an intimate mixture.
- petalomania — the condition in which a flower has proportionately more petals than is normal
- petit point — a small stitch used in embroidery. Compare gros point (def 1), tent stitch.
- petitionary — of the nature of or expressing a petition.
- petitionist — a person who petitions or makes appeals or requests
- petrol tank — The petrol tank in a motor vehicle is the container for petrol.
- petropounds — the multiples of the British pound as regarded in terms of income derived from petroleum
- petting zoo — a zoo, or a part of a larger zoo, where children may hold and stroke and sometimes feed small or young animals
- phantomlike — an apparition or specter.
- phone booth — A phone booth is a place in a station, hotel, or other public building where there is a public telephone.
- phonematics — phonemics.
- phonetastic — (communications) A CTI product from Callware. Phonetastic employs if-then rules and customer records to tell those receiving calls who is calling (based on ANI and DNIS) and to determine how the call should be routed, e.g. to a certain sales representative or to the general sales department; receive high-priority treatment; receive a fax-back, etc.
- phonetician — a specialist in phonetics or in some aspect of phonetics.
- phoneticism — a phonetic scheme of writing
- phoneticize — to represent (speech) in writing by means of a system in which individual symbols correspond regularly with speech sounds.
- photic zone — the upper layer of a body of water delineated by the depth to which enough sunlight can penetrate to permit photosynthesis.
- photoionize — to cause to undergo or to undergo photoionization
- photosensor — a photocell used to detect light.
- phytoalexin — any of a class of plant compounds that accumulate at the site of invading microorganisms and confer resistance to disease.
- piano tuner — a person who tunes pianos and sometimes other keyboard instruments.
- piedmontese — a native or inhabitant of Piedmont, Italy.
- piedmontite — a mineral, similar to epidote but containing manganese: found in schists and manganese ores.
- pigeon loft — a raised shelter or building where pigeons are kept
- pigeon post — the use of homing pigeons to carry messages
- pigeon-toed — having the toes or feet turned inward.
- pinacotheca — a place where works of art are displayed or stored
- pinchbottle — a bottle with concave sides, as for containing liquor.
- pinocytoses — (of a cell) to take within by means of pinocytosis.
- pirouetting — a whirling about on one foot or on the points of the toes, as in ballet dancing.
- pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
- pixellation — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
- plainstones — the pavement or a paved area in a town or city
- planetology — the branch of astronomy that deals with the physical features of the planets.
- planogamete — a motile gamete.
- plant louse — aphid.