11-letter words containing p, o, e, t, r
- photoresist — Electronics. a photosensitive liquid polymer, used in photolithography to produce integrated circuits.
- photosensor — a photocell used to detect light.
- photosphere — a sphere of light or radiance.
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- physiometry — measurement of the physiological functions of the body.
- phytochrome — a plant pigment that is associated with the absorption of light in the photoperiodic response and that may regulate various types of growth and development.
- phytosterol — Biochemistry. any of various sterols obtained from plants.
- piano tuner — a person who tunes pianos and sometimes other keyboard instruments.
- picturegoer — a person who goes to the cinema, esp frequently
- pierre loti — Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), (Louis Marie Julien Viaud) 1850–1923, French novelist.
- piezometric — any of several instruments for measuring the pressure of a fluid or the compressibility of a substance when subjected to such a pressure.
- pilot error — (jargon) (Sun, from aviation) A user's misconfiguration or misuse of a piece of software, producing apparently bug-like results. E.g. "Joe Luser reported a bug in sendmail that causes it to generate bogus headers." "That's not a bug, that's pilot error. His "sendmail.cf" is hosed." Compare UBD.
- pilot raise — a small raise intended to be enlarged later.
- pirate copy — an illicitly reproduced copy of a DVD, video, book, game, etc
- pirouetting — a whirling about on one foot or on the points of the toes, as in ballet dancing.
- pitchometer — an instrument embodying a clinometer, for measuring the pitch of a ship's propeller
- pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
- planthopper — any member of a large and varied group of homopterous insects that are related to the leafhoppers and the spittlebugs but rarely damage cultivated plants.
- plasterwork — finish or ornamental work done in plaster.
- plastometer — an instrument for measuring the plasticity of a substance.
- plate armor — armor made of thin, flat, shaped pieces of wrought iron or steel.
- plate proof — proof taken from a plate ready for printing.
- plateholder — a lightproof container for a photographic plate, loaded into the camera with the plate and having a slide that is removed before exposing.
- plecopteran — Also, plecopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Plecoptera, comprising the stoneflies.
- pleiotropic — the phenomenon of one gene being responsible for or affecting more than one phenotypic characteristic.
- pluripotent — (of a cell) capable of developing into any type of cell or tissue except those that form a placenta or embryo: pluripotent stem cells.
- pluviometer — rain gauge.
- plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
- pocket door — a door, usually one of a communicating pair, that slides into and out of a recess in a doorway wall.
- pocket park — a very small park or outdoor area for public leisure, especially an urban plaza or courtyard with benches and fountains.
- pococurante — a careless or indifferent person.
- podetiiform — shaped like a podetium.
- poetry slam — a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- point after — a score given for a successful kick between the goalposts and above the crossbar, following a touchdown
- polarimeter — an instrument for measuring the amount of light received from a given source as a function of its state of polarization.
- poles apart — each of the extremities of the axis of the earth or of any spherical body.
- policy term — The policy term is the lifetime of an insurance policy.
- poliorcetic — relating to the besieging of cities
- politbureau — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- poltergeist — a ghost or spirit supposed to manifest its presence by noises, knockings, etc.
- poltroonery — a wretched coward; craven.
- polycentric — having many centers, especially of power or importance: the polycentric world of banking.
- polyculture — the raising at the same time and place of more than one species of plant or animal.
- polyestrous — having several estrus cycles annually or during a breeding season.
- polysorbate — any of a class of emulsifying and dispersing agents used in various foods and pharmaceutical preparations.
- polystyrene — a clear plastic or stiff foam, a polymer of styrene, used chiefly as an insulator in refrigerators and air conditioners.
- pomegranate — a chambered, many-seeded, globose fruit, having a tough, usually red rind and surmounted by a crown of calyx lobes, the edible portion consisting of pleasantly acid flesh developed from the outer seed coat.
- pomiculture — the growing or cultivation of fruit.
- pond-skater — any of various heteropterous insects of the family Gerrididae, esp Gerris lacustris (common pond-skater), having a slender hairy body and long hairy legs with which they skim about on the surface of ponds
- ponderation — a weight