11-letter words containing p, o, e, m, a, t
- synaptosome — a saclike structure at an isolated nerve ending
- tamperproof — that cannot be tampered with; impervious to tampering: a tamper-proof lock.
- teapot dome — a federal oil reserve in Wyoming, leased to private producer Harry F. Sinclair by Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall in 1922, leading to a major government scandal and the tarnishing of the reputation of President Warren G. Harding's administration (1921–23).
- tempolabile — changing irregularly with time
- temporality — temporal character or nature; temporariness.
- temporalize — to make temporal in time; place in time.
- temporarily — lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need; a temporary job.
- temptatious — enticing or illicitly desirable
- tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
- thaumatrope — a card with different pictures on opposite sides, as a horse on one side and a rider on the other, which appear as if combined when the card is twirled rapidly, thus illustrating the persistence of visual impressions.
- thermograph — a thermometer that records the temperatures it measures.
- thermopylae — a pass in E Greece, between the cliffs of Mt. Oeta and the Gulf of Lamia: Persian defeat of the Spartans 480 b.c.
- totipalmate — having all four toes fully webbed.
- trapeziform — formed like a trapezium.
- trypanosome — any minute, flagellate protozoan of the genus Trypanosoma, parasitic in the blood or tissues of humans and other vertebrates, usually transmitted by insects, often causing serious diseases, as African sleeping sickness in humans, and many diseases in domestic animals.
- uncompacted — not compacted
- vaporimeter — an instrument for measuring vapor pressure or volume.
- volt-ampere — an electric measurement unit, equal to the product of one volt and one ampere, equivalent to one watt for direct current systems and a unit of apparent power for alternating current systems. Abbreviation: VA.
- wet compass — a compass having a compass card floating in a liquid.