11-letter words containing e, n, t, o, u
- pollen tube — the protoplasmic tube that is extruded from a germinating pollen grain and grows toward the ovule.
- port number — port
- portmanteau — a case or bag to carry clothing in while traveling, especially a leather trunk or suitcase that opens into two halves.
- postscenium — a wing on either side of the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theatre where props could be stored and actors could prepare; a parascenium
- pouncet box — a small perfume box with a perforated lid.
- preconquest — of or relating to the time before the conquest of one people, region, or country by another.
- prefunction — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- premunition — Immunology. a state of balance between host and infectious agent, as a bacterium or parasite, such that the immune defense of the host is sufficient to resist further infection but insufficient to destroy the agent.
- preoccupant — a previous occupant
- presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- presumption — the act of presuming.
- pretentious — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
- procurement — the act of procuring, or obtaining or getting by effort, care, or the use of special means: The organ procurement procedure is very complicated.
- producement — production
- progeniture — procreation
- prosecuting — carrying out a prosecution
- prosecution — Law. the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on.
- proteinuria — the presence of abnormally large amounts of protein in the urine, usually resulting from kidney disease but sometimes from fever, excessive exercise, or other abnormal condition.
- protuberant — bulging out beyond the surrounding surface; protruding; projecting: protuberant eyes.
- puget sound — an arm of the Pacific, in NW Washington.
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- put one out — 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.
- pyrobitumen — any of the dark, solid hydrocarbons including peat, coal, and bituminous shale.
- pythonesque — denoting a kind of humour that is absurd and unpredictable; zany; surreal
- quantasomes — any of numerous particles in a chloroplast, part of the thylakoid and functioning in photosynthesis.
- quantometer — a spectroscopic instrument for measuring the percentage of different metals present in a sample
- quaternions — Plural form of quaternion.
- questionary — a questionnaire.
- questioners — Plural form of questioner.
- questioning — indicating or implying a question: a questioning tone in her voice.
- questionist — a person who questions
- quezon city — a city on W central Luzon Island, in the Philippines, NE of Manila: former national capital (1948–76).
- quinternion — five gathered sheets folded in two for binding together.
- quonset hut — A Quonset hut is a military hut made of metal. The walls and roof form the shape of a semi-circle.
- radiolucent — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- reconducted — personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
- reconstruct — to construct again; rebuild; make over.
- recountment — the act or process of recounting or reciting something
- reductional — of, characterized by, or relating to reduction
- reeducation — to educate again, as for new purposes.
- refuctoring — (humour, programming) Taking a well-designed piece of code and, through a series of small, reversible changes, making it completely unmaintainable by anyone except yourself. The term is a humourous play on the term refactoring and was coined by Jason Gorman in a pub in 2002. Refuctoring techniques include: Using Pig Latin as a naming convention. Stating The Bleeding Obvious - writing comments that paraphrase the code (e.g., "declare an integer called I with an initial value of zero"). Module Gravity Well - adding all new code to the biggest module. Unique Modeling Language - inventing your own visual notation. Treasure Hunt - Writing code consisting mostly of references to other code and documents that reference other documents. Rainy Day Module - writing spare code just in case somebody needs it later.
- reinduction — the act of inducing, bringing about, or causing: induction of the hypnotic state.
- reinoculate — to inoculate again
- reintroduce — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- rejuvenator — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- reluctation — opposition, struggle, resistance
- remunerator — to pay, recompense, or reward for work, trouble, etc.
- repudiation — the act of repudiating.
- requisition — the act of requiring or demanding.