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11-letter words containing e, p, i, s, t, o

  • pigeon post — the use of homing pigeons to carry messages
  • pilot house — an enclosed structure on the deck of a ship from which it can be navigated.
  • pilot raise — a small raise intended to be enlarged later.
  • pinocytoses — (of a cell) to take within by means of pinocytosis.
  • pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
  • plagiostome — (of fish) belonging to the genus Plagiostomi, which includes sharks and rays, characterized by a transverse mouth with the jaw suspended from the skull
  • plainstones — the pavement or a paved area in a town or city
  • pleistocene — noting or pertaining to the epoch forming the earlier half of the Quaternary Period, beginning about two million years ago and ending 10,000 years ago, characterized by widespread glacial ice and the advent of modern humans.
  • plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
  • pneumonitis — inflammation of the lung caused by a virus or exposure to irritating substances.
  • pocket-size — small enough to fit conveniently into one's pocket.
  • poltergeist — a ghost or spirit supposed to manifest its presence by noises, knockings, etc.
  • ponderosity — of great weight; heavy; massive.
  • post chaise — a four-wheeled coach for rapid transportation of passengers and mail, used in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • post office — an office or station of a government postal system at which mail is received and sorted, from which it is dispatched and distributed, and at which stamps are sold or other services rendered.
  • postdivorce — of, or relating to the period after a person is divorced
  • postediting — the act of editing after a piece of writing has been produced or printed by a machine
  • posteriorly — situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (opposed to anterior).
  • posterities — succeeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity.
  • postexilian — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
  • posticteric — pertaining to or affected with icterus; jaundiced.
  • 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
  • posttension — (in prestressed-concrete construction) to apply tension to (reinforcing strands) after the concrete has set. Compare pretension2 (def 1).
  • posttussive — of or relating to a cough.
  • postweaning — of, relating to, or occurring in the period following weaning
  • pot sticker — a pan-fried and steamed Chinese dumpling with a ground meat or vegetable filling.
  • praetorship — the office of a praetor.
  • pre-notions — a preconception.
  • precautious — using or displaying precaution: a precautious reply; a precautious person.
  • precipitous — of the nature of or characterized by precipices: a precipitous wall of rock.
  • prehistoric — of or relating to the time or a period prior to recorded history: The dinosaur is a prehistoric beast.
  • preposition — any member of a class of words found in many languages that are used before nouns, pronouns, or other substantives to form phrases functioning as modifiers of verbs, nouns, or adjectives, and that typically express a spatial, temporal, or other relationship, as in, on, by, to, since.
  • prepositive — (of a word) placed before another word to modify it or to show its relation to other parts of the sentence. In red book, red is a prepositive adjective. John's in John's book is a prepositive genitive.
  • presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
  • prestations — a payment in money or in services.
  • prestigious — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.
  • prestissimo — (a musical direction) in the most rapid tempo.
  • presumption — the act of presuming.
  • pretensions — the laying of a claim to something.
  • pretentious — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
  • previous to — before, prior to
  • priest-hole — a secret chamber in certain houses in England, built as a hiding place for Roman Catholic priests when they were proscribed in the 16th and 17th centuries
  • prioritised — to arrange or do in order of priority: learning to prioritize our assignments.
  • profeminist — advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.
  • progressist — a person favoring progress, as in politics; progressive.
  • prompt side — the part of the stage that in the U.S. is to the right and in Britain to the left as one faces the audience. Abbreviation: P.S.
  • proprieties — The proprieties are the standards of social behaviour which most people consider socially or morally acceptable.
  • propriety's — conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners.
  • 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.
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