11-letter words containing n, p, t
- picturising — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- 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.
- pignoration — the act or process of pledging or pawning
- pigsticking — to hunt for wild boar, usually on horseback and using a spear.
- pilot plant — an experimental industrial plant in which processes or techniques planned for use in full-scale operation are tested in advance.
- pima cotton — a variety of fine cotton developed from Egyptian cotton, produced in the southwestern U.S., used chiefly in the manufacture of shirts, ties, etc.
- pin-feather — an undeveloped feather before the web portions have expanded.
- pinacotheca — a place where works of art are displayed or stored
- pinch pleat — a narrow pleat that is usually part of a series at the top of curtains.
- pinchbottle — a bottle with concave sides, as for containing liquor.
- pine marten — a marten, Martes martes, of Europe and western Asia.
- pinnatisect — (of a leaf) divided in a pinnate manner.
- pinocytoses — (of a cell) to take within by means of pinocytosis.
- pinocytosis — the transport of fluid into a cell by means of local infoldings by the cell membrane so that a tiny vesicle or sac forms around each droplet, which is then taken into the interior of the cytoplasm.
- pinocytotic — the transport of fluid into a cell by means of local infoldings by the cell membrane so that a tiny vesicle or sac forms around each droplet, which is then taken into the interior of the cytoplasm.
- pinot blanc — any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- pinpointing — the point of a pin.
- pinstriping — a design, as on a fabric or surface, consisting of pinstripes: There's a surcharge if the car has pinstriping.
- pintsch gas — gas with high illuminating power made from shale oil or petroleum, used in buoys, lighthouses, and railroad cars.
- pipe batten — batten2 (def 5a).
- pipefitting — a joint or connector, as an elbow, union, or tee, used in a pipe system.
- pirouetting — a whirling about on one foot or on the points of the toes, as in ballet dancing.
- piston land — A piston land is a raised area of a piston between piston rings.
- piston pump — A piston pump is a pump which moves fluid by the movement up and down of a disk or short cylinder inside a tube.
- piston ring — a metallic ring, usually one of a series, and split so as to be expansible, placed around a piston in order to maintain a tight fit, as inside the cylinder of an engine.
- piston slap — the characteristic sound of a seriously worn piston in a cylinder (usually of the engine of a motor car)
- pitch chain — power chain.
- pitch plane — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
- pitchblende — a massive variety of uraninite, occurring in black pitchlike masses: a major ore of uranium and radium.
- pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
- pivot joint — a freely moving joint that moves by rotating
- 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.
- placatingly — in a placating manner
- plain tripe — the fatty, inner lining of the first stomach (the rumen) of a steer, calf, hog, or sheep, having a bland taste and used as a food, especially in the preparation of such dishes as haggis, head cheese, etc.
- plainstanes — the pavement or a paved area in a town or city
- plainstones — the pavement or a paved area in a town or city
- plane chart — a chart used in plane sailing, in which the lines of latitude and longitude are straight and parallel
- plane table — a surveying instrument consisting of a drawing board mounted on adjustable legs, and used in the field for plotting measurements directly
- plane-table — a drawing board mounted on a tripod, used in the field, with an alidade, for surveying tracts of land.
- planer tree — a small tree, Planera aquatica, of the elm family, growing in moist ground in the southern U.S., bearing a small, ovoid, nutlike fruit and yielding a compact light-brown wood.
- planet gear — any of the gears in an epicyclic train surrounding and engaging with the sun gear.
- planetarian — a staff member at a planetarium.
- planetarium — an apparatus or model representing the planetary system.
- planetology — the branch of astronomy that deals with the physical features of the planets.
- planimetric — the measurement of plane areas.
- planogamete — a motile gamete.