11-letter words containing p, o, r, t, d
- pentahedron — a solid figure having five faces.
- pentandrous — of or pertaining to the order of plants Pentandria, characterized by having five stamens
- perduration — the act of lasting forever or enduring continually; the capacity to endure indefinitely
- periodicity — the character of being periodic; the tendency to recur at regular intervals.
- periodontal — of or relating to the periodontium.
- periodontia — the bone, connective tissue, and gum surrounding and supporting a tooth.
- petrodollar — profits made from oil exports
- petropounds — the multiples of the British pound as regarded in terms of income derived from petroleum
- photoperiod — the interval in a 24-hour period during which a plant or animal is exposed to light.
- photoreduce — to undergo or to cause to undergo photoreduction
- plateholder — a lightproof container for a photographic plate, loaded into the camera with the plate and having a slide that is removed before exposing.
- play doctor — a person, usually a professional playwright, employed to improve a script, especially shortly before the play's opening.
- pocket door — a door, usually one of a communicating pair, that slides into and out of a recess in a doorway wall.
- podetiiform — shaped like a podetium.
- point guard — Basketball. the guard who directs the team's offense from the point.
- polyandrist — a woman who practices or favors polyandry.
- 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
- ponderosity — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- port hudson — a village in SE Louisiana, on the Mississippi, N of Baton Rouge: siege during the U.S. Civil War 1863.
- 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.
- postal card — a card sold by the post office with a stamp already printed on it.
- postdivorce — of, or relating to the period after a person is divorced
- pouched rat — pocket gopher.
- predication — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- predicatory — of or relating to preaching.
- predoctoral — of or relating to study undertaken in preparation for a doctoral degree.
- predominant — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
- predominate — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- prioritised — to arrange or do in order of priority: learning to prioritize our assignments.
- prioritized — to arrange or do in order of priority: learning to prioritize our assignments.
- proctodaeum — proctodeum.
- prodigality — the quality or fact of being prodigal; wasteful extravagance in spending.
- producement — production
- productible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- productions — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- prolongated — to prolong.
- prompt side — the part of the stage that in the U.S. is to the right and in Britain to the left as one faces the audience. Abbreviation: P.S.
- promptitude — promptness.
- promulgated — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- prophethood — a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
- prostituted — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- protandrous — (of hermaphrodite or monoecious plants) maturing the anthers before the stigma
- prothalloid — resembling a prothallus
- proto-doric — of or relating to architecture, as in certain Egyptian tombs, supposedly anticipating the Grecian Doric order.
- protodeacon — a chief deacon in the Greek Church.
- protopodite — the basal portion of a two-branched crustacean leg or other appendage.
- providently — having or showing foresight; providing carefully for the future.
- pteridology — the branch of botany dealing with ferns and related plants, as the horsetails and club mosses.