10-letter words containing o, u, t, p
- pohutukawa — a myrtaceous New Zealand tree, Metrosideros excelsa, with red flowers and hard red wood
- point duty — the stationing of a policeman or traffic warden at a road junction to control and direct traffic
- pole vault — sports event: high jump using a pole
- pole-vault — to execute a pole vault.
- pollutedly — in a polluted manner
- polyanthus — a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
- polyclitus — flourished c450–c420 b.c, Greek sculptor.
- polygnotus — fl. c450 b.c., Greek painter.
- polytocous — flowering multiple times during a lifetime
- polytomous — the act or process of dividing into more than three parts.
- polytunnel — a large tunnel made of polythene and used as a greenhouse
- pony truss — a through bridge truss having its deck between the top and bottom chords and having no top lateral bracing.
- poop chute — anus or rectum
- poor mouth — unjustified complaining, esp to excite sympathy
- poor-mouth — to lament or argue that one is too poor; plead poverty.
- popularist — designed for the general public; non-specialist; non-intellectual
- popularity — the quality or fact of being popular.
- population — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
- populistic — a member of the People's party.
- port huron — a port in SE Michigan, on the St. Clair River, at the S end of Lake Huron.
- port louis — an island in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar. 720 sq. mi. (1865 sq. km).
- port sudan — a seaport in the NE Sudan, on the Red Sea.
- port-salut — a yellow, whole-milk cheese, especially that made at the monastery of Port du Salut near the town of Laval, France.
- portcullis — (especially in medieval castles) a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide along vertical grooves at the sides of a gateway of a fortified place and let down to prevent passage.
- portentous — of the nature of a portent; momentous.
- portsmouth — a seaport in S Hampshire, in S England, on the English Channel: chief British naval station.
- portuguese — of, relating to, or characteristic of Portugal, its inhabitants, or their language.
- post house — a house or inn keeping post horses.
- post-truth — of or relating to a culture in which appeals to the emotions tend to prevail over facts and logical arguments
- postbellum — occurring after a war, especially after the American Civil War: postbellum reforms.
- posthumous — arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death: a posthumous award for bravery.
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
- postocular — located behind the eye
- postpartum — of or noting the period of time following childbirth; after delivery.
- postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- postulator — a priest who presents a plea for a beatification or the canonization of a beatus. Compare devil's advocate (def 2).
- postulatum — a postulate
- posturized — to posture; pose.
- pot liquor — Midland and Southern U.S. the broth in which meat or vegetables, as salt pork or greens, have been cooked.
- pot-au-feu — a dish of boiled meat and vegetables, the broth of which is usually served separately.
- pottymouth — a person who habitually uses foul language
- poultryman — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
- pound note — paper money: one pound sterling
- pour it on — to flatter profusely
- pour point — the lowest temperature at which a substance will flow under given conditions.
- praetorium — (in Roman history) the headquarters or residence of a Roman official, governor or military commander
- praetorius — Michael (Michael Schultheiss) 1571–1621, German composer, organist, and theorist.
- precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
- precompute — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.