15-letter words containing p, o, e, t
- thought process — thinking, train of thought
- threepennyworth — an amount having the value or price of threepence
- threshold price — the highest price a retailer is allowed to sell a particular good at
- to fly the coop — If you say that someone has flown the coop, you mean that they have left a place or situation that limits their freedom.
- to get mixed up — if you get mixed up, you get confused about something
- to good purpose — with a good result or effect; advantageously
- to jump the gun — If you jump the gun, you do something before everyone else or before the proper or right time.
- to play footsie — If someone plays footsie with you, they touch your feet with their own feet, for example under a table, often as a playful way of expressing their romantic or sexual feelings towards you.
- to sow gapeseed — to stare in a gaping manner instead of attending to business
- to take up arms — If one group or country takes up arms against another, they prepare to attack and fight them.
- tobacco planter — a tool that was formerly used by tobacco farmers to plant tobacco with
- top dead center — Top dead center is the position of an engine's piston when it is at the very top of its stroke.
- top dead-centre — the position of the crank of a reciprocating engine or pump when the piston is at the top of its stroke
- top-of-the-line — being the best and usually the most expensive of its kind: The company previewed its top-of-the-line carpeting.
- total depravity — the Calvinist doctrine that humankind's entire nature, including its reason, is corrupt or sinful as a result of the Fall and that people are therefore completely dependent on God for regeneration.
- trainspotterish — obsessed with trivial details, esp of a subject generally considered uninteresting
- transportedness — the quality or state of being carried away with pleasure or rapture
- trapdoor spider — any of various, often large, spiders (esp. family Ctenizidae) that dig a burrow and cover the entrance with a hinged lid like a trapdoor
- treaty of paris — a treaty of 1763 signed by Britain, France, and Spain that ended their involvement in the Seven Years' War
- trifluoperazine — a compound, C 21 H 24 F 3 N 3 S, used as an antipsychotic.
- trustee process — (in New England) garnishment (def 1).
- turgor pressure — the pressure exerted on a plant cell wall by water passing into the cell by osmosis
- turnkey project — a complete project usually including many major units of plant completed under one overall contract, such as a chemical works or power station complex
- twelve apostles — the twelve disciples chosen by Jesus to go forth to teach the gospel
- two-star petrol — leaded petrol that has a low octane number; inferior leaded petrol
- ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
- un-presumptuous — full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought, as by saying or doing something without right or permission.
- unary operation — an operation in a mathematical system by which one element is used to yield a single result, as squaring or taking the square root.
- uncompassionate — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- uncomplementary — forming a complement; completing.
- uncomplimentary — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- undercompensate — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- underemployment — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
- underpopulation — having a population lower than is normal or desirable.
- underproduction — production that is less than normal or than is required by the demand.
- unexceptionable — not offering any basis for exception or objection; beyond criticism: an unexceptionable record of achievement.
- unleaded petrol — petrol containing a reduced amount of tetraethyl lead
- unpretentiously — without pretension
- unproportionate — proportioned; being in due proportion; proportional.
- unprotected sex — an act of sexual intercourse or sodomy performed without the use of a condom, thus involving the risk of sexually transmitted diseases
- unprotectedness — the state of being unprotected or defenceless against attack
- unprotestantize — to make something (e.g. a church, country, etc) a religion other than Protestant
- unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
- unsportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- up one's street — (just) what one knows or likes best
- up to your ears — If you are up to your ears in something, it is taking up all of your time, attention, or resources.
- up to your eyes — If you say that you are up to your eyes in something, you are emphasizing that you have a lot of it to deal with, and often that you are very busy.
- upper arlington — a city in central Ohio, near Columbus.