11-letter words containing o, p, i, a, t, e
- 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.).
- petalomania — the condition in which a flower has proportionately more petals than is normal
- petitionary — of the nature of or expressing a petition.
- petticoated — wearing a petticoat
- phagocytize — (of a phagocyte) to devour (material).
- phantomlike — an apparition or specter.
- 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.
- phosphatide — phospholipid.
- phosphatize — to treat with phosphates.
- photoactive — the activation or control of a chemical, chemical reaction, or organism by light, as the activation of chlorophyll by sunlight during photosynthesis.
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- 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.
- picket boat — a vessel used to patrol a harbor.
- pilot raise — a small raise intended to be enlarged later.
- pilot whale — a small, common whale, Globicephala sieboldii, of tropical and temperate seas, having a bulbous head.
- pinacotheca — a place where works of art are displayed or stored
- pirate copy — an illicitly reproduced copy of a DVD, video, book, game, etc
- 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.
- 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
- platinotype — a process of printing positives in which a platinum salt is used, rather than the usual silver salts, in order to make a more permanent print.
- poetic edda — either of two old Icelandic literary works, one a collection of poems on mythical and religious subjects (or) erroneously attributed to Saemund Sigfusson (c1055–1133), the other a collection of ancient Scandinavian myths and legends, rules and theories of versification, poems, etc. (or) compiled and written in part by Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241).
- point after — a score given for a successful kick between the goalposts and above the crossbar, following a touchdown
- pointy-head — stupid; idiotic.
- polarimeter — an instrument for measuring the amount of light received from a given source as a function of its state of polarization.
- politbureau — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- ponderation — a weight
- pontificate — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- porkpie hat — a hat with a round flat crown and a brim that can be turned up or down
- portal vein — the large vein conveying blood to the liver from the veins of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas.
- portraiture — the art or an instance of making portraits.
- post chaise — a four-wheeled coach for rapid transportation of passengers and mail, used in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
- postexilian — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
- postweaning — of, relating to, or occurring in the period following weaning
- potato vine — a tender, woody Brazilian vine, Solanum jasminoides, of the nightshade family, having starlike, blue-tinged white flowers in clusters, grown as an ornamental.
- potentially — possibly but not yet actually: potentially useful information.
- potentiator — to cause to be potent; make powerful.
- power train — a train of gears and shafting transmitting power from an engine, motor, etc., to a mechanism being driven.
- praetorship — the office of a praetor.
- precautious — using or displaying precaution: a precautious reply; a precautious person.
- predication — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- predicatory — of or relating to preaching.
- predominant — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
- predominate — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- prelibation — a foretaste.