11-letter words containing p, o, r, t
- physiolatry — the worship of 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.
- phytography — the branch of botany dealing with the description of plants.
- phytosterol — Biochemistry. any of various sterols obtained from plants.
- piano tuner — a person who tunes pianos and sometimes other keyboard instruments.
- piatigorsky — Gregor [greg-er] /ˈgrɛg ər/ (Show IPA), 1903–76, U.S. cellist, born in Russia.
- pictography — the use of pictographs; picture writing.
- pictorially — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- 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.
- pignoration — the act or process of pledging or pawning
- pilot chart — any of a number of charts issued to mariners by the U.S. Hydrographic Office and showing meteorological, hydrographic, and navigational conditions prevailing, or likely to prevail, subsequent to the date of issue in some part of the world: issued monthly for most areas.
- 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.
- piscatorial — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- pistol grip — a handle or grip, as of a rifle or saw, shaped like the butt of a pistol.
- piston ring — a metallic ring, usually one of a series, and split so as to be expansible, placed around a piston in order to maintain a tight fit, as inside the cylinder of an engine.
- pitchometer — an instrument embodying a clinometer, for measuring the pitch of a ship's propeller
- pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
- pittosporum — any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Pittosporum, native to warm regions of the Old World, many species of which are cultivated as ornamentals for their attractive foliage, flowers, or fruit.
- 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.
- plantocracy — government by plantation owners.
- 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.
- platforming — a process for reforming petroleum using a platinum catalyst
- play doctor — a person, usually a professional playwright, employed to improve a script, especially shortly before the play's opening.
- 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.
- plutocratic — of, relating to, or characterized by a plutocracy or plutocrats.
- 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
- point group — a class of crystals determined by a combination of their symmetry elements, all crystals left unchanged by a given set of symmetry elements being placed in the same class.
- point guard — Basketball. the guard who directs the team's offense from the point.
- polar front — Meteorology. the variable frontal zone of middle latitudes separating air masses of polar and tropical origin.
- polar orbit — a spacecraft orbit that passes over, or close to, the geographic poles of the earth or some other celestial body.
- polarimeter — an instrument for measuring the amount of light received from a given source as a function of its state of polarization.