11-letter words containing p, o, e, t, r
- ponderosity — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- pop concert — a concert of popular and light classical music played by a symphony orchestra.
- pop culture — cultural activities or commercial products reflecting, suited to, or aimed at the tastes of the general masses of people.
- porkpie hat — a hat with a round flat crown and a brim that can be turned up or down
- port gentil — a seaport in W Gabon.
- port neches — a town in SE Texas.
- port number — port
- port orange — a city in E Florida.
- port-gentil — a seaport in W Gabon.
- portal vein — the large vein conveying blood to the liver from the veins of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas.
- porterhouse — Also called porterhouse steak. a choice cut of beef from between the prime ribs and the sirloin.
- porterville — a town in central California.
- portmanteau — a case or bag to carry clothing in while traveling, especially a leather trunk or suitcase that opens into two halves.
- porto velho — a state in W Brazil. 93,815 sq. mi. (242,980 sq. km). Capital: Pôrto Velho.
- portraiture — the art or an instance of making portraits.
- post-holder — a person who has a particular job or position
- post-modern — noting or pertaining to architecture of the late 20th century, appearing in the 1960s, that consciously uses complex forms, fantasy, and allusions to historic styles, in contrast to the austere forms and emphasis on utility of standard modern architecture.
- post-mortem — discussion of recent event
- postconcert — occurring after a concert
- postdivorce — of, or relating to the period after a person is divorced
- posteriorly — situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (opposed to anterior).
- posterities — succeeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity.
- postharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- posticteric — pertaining to or affected with icterus; jaundiced.
- postpuberty — the period after puberty
- pot scourer — a small ball of wire or stiff plastic, or a flat piece of a rough fabric used for cleaning kitchen pots and pans
- pot sticker — a pan-fried and steamed Chinese dumpling with a ground meat or vegetable filling.
- potato race — a novelty race in which each contestant must move a number of potatoes from one place to another, usually in a spoon, carrying one potato at a time.
- potentiator — to cause to be potent; make powerful.
- potter wasp — any of several mason wasps, especially of the genus Eumenes, that construct a juglike nest of mud.
- potteresque — resembling or suggestive of scenes and situations described in the Harry Potter novels of J. K. Rowling
- potteringly — in a pottering fashion, slowly
- potwalloper — (in some boroughs before the Reform Bill of 1832) a man who qualified as a householder, and therefore a voter, by virtue of ownership of his own fireplace at which to boil pots.
- pouched rat — pocket gopher.
- power elite — a closely knit alliance of military, government, and corporate officials perceived as the center of wealth and political power in the U.S.
- power plant — a plant, including engines, dynamos, etc., and the building or buildings necessary for the generation of power, as electric or nuclear power.
- power point — electrical socket
- power train — a train of gears and shafting transmitting power from an engine, motor, etc., to a mechanism being driven.
- powerboater — a powerboat owner or operator.
- praetorship — the office of a praetor.
- pre-control — to hold in check; curb: to control a horse; to control one's emotions.
- pre-emption — the act or right of claiming or purchasing before or in preference to others.
- pre-notions — a preconception.
- precautious — using or displaying precaution: a precautious reply; a precautious person.
- precipitous — of the nature of or characterized by precipices: a precipitous wall of rock.
- precomputer — designating the period prior to the introduction of computers; occurring or existing in this period
- preconquest — of or relating to the time before the conquest of one people, region, or country by another.
- precontract — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
- predication — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- predicatory — of or relating to preaching.