10-letter words containing p, o, e, t
- oppositive — Expressing contrariety.
- optatively — In an optative way.
- optionable — the power or right of choosing.
- optometric — Of or pertaining to optometry.
- orange-tip — a European butterfly, Anthocharis cardamines, having whitish wings with orange-tipped forewings: family Pieridae
- order port — a port at which a merchant vessel calls for orders regarding the loading or discharge of cargo.
- orthoepist — the study of correct pronunciation.
- orthopedic — of or relating to orthopedics.
- orthophyre — feldspar rock
- orthopneic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- orthopnoea — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- orthoptera — Any of very many four-winged insects, of the order Orthoptera, such as grasshoppers, crickets and locusts.
- orthoscope — (formerly) an instrument for examining the internal structures of the eye through a layer of water that neutralizes the refraction of the cornea.
- osteopathy — a therapeutic system originally based upon the premise that manipulation of the muscles and bones to promote structural integrity could restore or preserve health: current osteopathic physicians use the diagnostic and therapeutic techniques of conventional medicine as well as manipulative measures.
- osteopenia — Reduced bone mass of lesser severity than osteoporosis.
- osteophyte — a small osseous excrescence or outgrowth on bone.
- osteoplast — An osteoblast.
- outcompete — to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, supremacy, profit, etc.; engage in a contest; vie: to compete in a race; to compete in business.
- outcropped — Simple past tense and past participle of outcrop.
- outleaping — Present participle of outleap.
- outpatient — a patient who receives treatment at a hospital, as in an emergency room or clinic, but is not hospitalized.
- outperform — to surpass in excellence of performance; do better than: a new engine that outperforms the competition; a stock that outperformed all others.
- outpointed — Simple past tense and past participle of outpoint.
- outproduce — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- outpromise — to promise more than
- outsparkle — to sparkle more brilliantly than
- outspeckle — a spectacle
- outspreads — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspread.
- outstepped — Simple past tense and past participle of outstep.
- overparted — (of a performer) having been cast in a role that is beyond his or her abilities
- overpotent — excessively potent or powerful
- overreport — to report too frequently or in too much detail
- oyster cap — an edible, brownish-gray to white mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, that grows in clusters on fallen trees and their stumps.
- packed out — If a place is packed out, it is very full of people.
- paddleboat — a boat propelled by a paddle wheel.
- paedotribe — (in ancient Greece) a gymnastics teacher
- palaeolith — a stone tool dating to the Palaeolithic
- palaeotype — a system of Roman letters and symbols that represent spoken sounds
- palagonite — a yellow basaltic glass
- palmerston — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman: prime minister 1855–58, 1859–65.
- pancreato- — pancreas
- pantalones — pantaloons, a man's close-fitting garment for the hips and legs, worn especially in the 19th century, but varying in form from period to period; trousers.
- pantheonic — a domed circular temple at Rome, erected a.d. 120–124 by Hadrian, used as a church since a.d.
- pantomimed — the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
- pantoscope — a panoramic camera
- pantothere — any animal of the extinct order Pantotheria that lived during the late Mesozoic Era, believed to be the ancestor of the marsupial and placental mammals.
- panzerotto — a baked turnover with a folded, sealed pocket containing tomato, cheese, and sometimes other fillings
- papiamento — a creolized language based on Spanish and spoken on Curaçao.
- paragonite — a mica, similar in composition and appearance to muscovite but containing sodium instead of potassium.
- parcel out — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.