11-letter words containing p, o, e, t, r
- orthopedist — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthopnoeic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- orthopteran — orthopterous.
- orthopteron — an orthopterous insect.
- osteography — The scientific description of bones; osteology.
- ostpreussen — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
- ostreophage — someone who loves or eats oysters
- ostreophagy — the consumption of oysters
- out-process — to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork: All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.
- outer space — space beyond the atmosphere of the earth.
- outerplanar — (mathematics) Describing a graph having a planar embedding such that the vertices lie on a circle and the edges lie inside that circle.
- outperforms — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outperform.
- outstripped — Simple past tense and past participle of outstrip.
- over-expect — to look forward to; regard as likely to happen; anticipate the occurrence or the coming of: I expect to read it. I expect him later. She expects that they will come.
- overexploit — to use (natural resources etc) excessively, causing a reduction
- overoperate — to operate on (a patient) unnecessarily
- overpayment — to pay more than (an amount due): I received a credit after overpaying the bill.
- overpicture — to describe or portray with exaggeration
- overplotted — relating to an excessively elaborate plot
- overpromote — to promote to a level that cannot be fulfilled
- overprotect — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- overtopping — to rise over or above the top of: a skyscraper that overtops all the other buildings.
- oyster pink — a delicate pinkish-white colour, sometimes with a greyish tinge
- paedotrophy — the art of raising children
- pagoda tree — a Chinese leguminous tree, Sophora japonica, with ornamental white flowers and dark green foliage
- paint horse — paint (def 6).
- paleoarctic — palearctic.
- paleocortex — the olfactory region of the brain.
- panchreston — a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.
- paper route — A paper route is the same as a paper round.
- paper towel — absorbent kitchen tissue
- paracetamol — painkilling drug
- paratrooper — a member of a military infantry unit trained to attack or land in combat areas by parachuting from airplanes.
- parcel post — (in the U.S. Postal Service) nonpreferential mail consisting of packages and parcels, weighing one pound or more sent at fourth-class rates. Compare fourth class.
- parent body — an organization's parent body is the organization that created it and usually still controls it
- park forest — a city in NE Illinois.
- partitioner — a division into or distribution in portions or shares.
- pastoralize — to make pastoral or rural.
- patelliform — having the form of a patella; shaped like a saucer, kneecap, or limpet shell.
- paternoster — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
- patter song — a comic song depending for its humorous effect on rapid enunciation of the words, occurring most commonly in comic opera and operetta.
- pct theorem — the proposition that all the laws of physics are unchanged by the combined operations of charge conjugation (C), space inversion (P), and time reversal (T).
- pea-shooter — a tube through which dried peas, beans, or small pellets are blown, used as a toy.
- peanut worm — any small, unsegmented, marine worm of the phylum Sipuncula, that when disturbed retracts its anterior portion into the body, giving the appearance of a peanut seed.
- pedantocrat — a pedantic ruler
- pelotherapy — the application of mud to the body for therapeutic purposes
- penetration — the act or power of penetrating.
- pentahedron — a solid figure having five faces.
- pentamerous — consisting of or divided into five parts.
- pentandrous — of or pertaining to the order of plants Pentandria, characterized by having five stamens