11-letter words containing p, o, r, t
- cryptograph — something written in code or cipher
- cryptologic — cryptography.
- cryptomeria — a coniferous tree, Cryptomeria japonica, of China and Japan, with curved needle-like leaves and small round cones: family Taxodiaceae
- cryptometer — an instrument used to determine the opacity of pigments and paints
- cryptomonad — any of various protozoalike algae of the phylum Cryptophyta usually having two flagella, common in both marine and freshwater environments where they appear along the shore as algal blooms, some also occurring as intestinal parasites.
- cryptophyte — any perennial plant that bears its buds below the soil or water surface
- cryptorchid — an animal or human in which the testes fail to descend into the scrotum
- cryptoscopy — (dated) fluoroscopy.
- cryptozoite — a malarial parasite at the stage of development in its host before it enters the red blood cells
- ctenophoran — of a ctenophore
- ctenophores — Plural form of ctenophore.
- curatorship — The rank or period of being a curator.
- curie point — the temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic
- cyprinodont — any small tropical or subtropical soft-finned fish of the mostly marine family Cyprinodontidae, resembling carp but having toothed jaws. The group includes the guppy, killifish, swordtail, and topminnow
- cyproterone — an antiandrogen drug that suppresses testosterone in the body
- cystography — radiography of the urinary bladder using a contrast medium
- cytopharynx — the gullet of a protozoan.
- cytotropism — cytotropic tendency or behavior.
- dap fortran — ["Efficient High Speed Computing with the Distributed Array Processor", P.M. Flanders et al, pp.113-127 (1977)].
- dawn patrol — a flight, especially during the early days of military aviation, undertaken at dawn or early morning in order to reconnoiter enemy positions.
- decapitator — One who decapitates.
- deep throat — an anonymous source of secret information
- deep-rooted — Deep-rooted means the same as deep-seated.
- deploration — the act of deploring
- depopulator — a thing that causes a decrease in population
- deportation — the act of expelling an alien from a country; expulsion
- deportments — Plural form of deportment.
- depravation — to make morally bad or evil; vitiate; corrupt.
- deprecation — to express earnest disapproval of.
- deprecatory — expressing disapproval; protesting
- depreciator — One who depreciates.
- depredation — The depredations of a person, animal, or force are their harmful actions, which usually involve taking or damaging something.
- depredatory — Tending or designed to depredate.
- deprivation — If you suffer deprivation, you do not have or are prevented from having something that you want or need.
- deprotonate — (chemistry, ergative) To remove one or more protons from (a molecule).
- dermatropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- dermoplasty — skin grafting.
- dermopteran — flying lemur
- dermotropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- description — You can say that something is beyond description, or that it defies description, to emphasize that it is very unusual, impressive, terrible, or extreme.
- descriptors — Plural form of descriptor.
- desperation — Desperation is the feeling that you have when you are in such a bad situation that you will try anything to change it.
- deuteranope — a person suffering from deuteranopia
- dexiotropic — (of cleavage) spiral; twisting in a spiral fashion from left to right
- diaphoretic — relating to or causing sweat
- diastrophic — Also called tectonism. the action of the forces that cause the earth's crust to be deformed, producing continents, mountains, changes of level, etc.
- dilapidator — One who dilapidates, a person committing dilapidation.
- diopsimeter — an instrument for measuring the field of vision.
- dioptometer — an instrument for measuring the refraction of the eye.
- diphtheroid — resembling diphtheria, especially in the formation of a false membrane in the throat.