11-letter words containing e, u, p, t, i
- posttussive — of or relating to a cough.
- preacquaint — to acquaint (someone with information) in advance
- 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.
- prefunction — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- prejudicant — judging beforehand
- prejudicate — to judge beforehand
- prematurity — occurring, coming, or done too soon: a premature announcement.
- 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.
- presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- presstitute — a journalist or media source whose news coverage is considered to be inappropriately influenced by business interests, political motives, etc. (often used attributively): claims made by the industry and trumpeted by the corporate presstitute media.
- prestigious — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.
- presumption — the act of presuming.
- presumptive — affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
- pretentious — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- previous to — before, prior to
- prize court — a court whose function it is to adjudicate on prizes taken in war.
- productible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- progeniture — procreation
- promptitude — promptness.
- 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.
- prosecutrix — a female prosecutor or plaintiff
- prostituted — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- 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.
- protrusible — able to be thrust outwards
- pteropodium — the foot of a pteropod.
- public debt — national debt.
- publicities — extensive mention in the news media or by word of mouth or other means of communication.
- publishment — publication.
- puerilities — the state or quality of being a child.
- puerto rico — an island in the central West Indies: a commonwealth associated with the U.S. 3435 sq. mi. (8895 sq. km). Capital: San Juan. Abbreviation: P.R., PR.
- pulchritude — physical beauty; comeliness.
- pull hitter — a batter who tends to hit the ball to the same side of the field as that on which he or she stands at home plate.
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- punctuative — 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.
- punji stake — a sharp bamboo stake concealed in high grass at an angle so as to gash the feet and legs of enemy soldiers and often coated with excrement so as to cause an infected wound.
- putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- putty knife — a tool for puttying, having a broad flexible blade.
- pyrobitumen — any of the dark, solid hydrocarbons including peat, coal, and bituminous shale.
- quarterpipe — Alternative form of quarter-pipe.
- quintuplets — Plural form of quintuplet.
- reduplicate — to double; repeat.
- repetiteuse — a female repetiteur, one who rehearses opera singers
- repetitious — full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.
- repudiation — the act of repudiating.
- repudiative — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
- repudiatory — the act of repudiating.
- return trip — the journey back from a destination
- rip current — undertow (def 1).