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10-letter words containing p, o, t, e

  • pontonnier — a builder of pontoon bridges
  • ponytailed — having a ponytail
  • pool table — a billiard table with six pockets, on which pool is played.
  • poop chute — anus or rectum
  • poop sheet — a circular, list of instructions, press release, etc., providing information about a particular subject.
  • poor white — a member of a class of white people, especially of the southern U.S., having low social status and little or no money, property, or education. See also white trash.
  • poplinette — a poplin-like fabric
  • poppethead — a tailstock or headstock of a lathe.
  • porrection — the act of holding something out for presentation or acceptance
  • port pirie — a city in S Australia.
  • portabella — a very large, rich-flavored cremini mushroom, often grilled, broiled, or sautéed.
  • portamento — a passing or gliding from one pitch or tone to another with a smooth progression.
  • portending — to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does: The street incident may portend a general uprising.
  • portentous — of the nature of a portent; momentous.
  • portlaoise — a town in central Republic of Ireland, county town of Laois: site of a top-security prison. Pop: 12 127 (2002)
  • portliness — rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent.
  • portmapper — (networking)   A server that converts TCP/IP protocol port numbers into RPC program numbers. It must be running in order to make RPC calls. When an RPC server starts, it tells portmap the port number it is listening on and what RPC program numbers it serves. Before a client can call a given RPC program number, it must contacts portmap on the server machine to determine the port number to which RPC packets should be sent.
  • portobello — portabella.
  • portoviejo — a city in W Ecuador, on the Portoviejo River.
  • portuguese — of, relating to, or characteristic of Portugal, its inhabitants, or their language.
  • positioner — a person or thing that positions.
  • positively — with certainty; absolutely: The statement is positively true.
  • post entry — a late entry, as a horse in a horse show or race.
  • post horse — a horse kept, as at a station on a post road, for the use of persons riding post or for hire by travelers.
  • post house — a house or inn keeping post horses.
  • post-dated — On a post-dated cheque, the date is a later one than the date when the cheque was actually written. You write a post-dated cheque to allow a period of time before the money is taken from your account.
  • post-haste — with the greatest possible speed or promptness: to come to a friend's aid posthaste.
  • postarrest — following an arrest, occurring after someone has been arrested
  • postbellum — occurring after a war, especially after the American Civil War: postbellum reforms.
  • postdebate — of or relating to the period after a debate
  • poster boy — a person who appears on a poster
  • postexilic — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
  • postfreeze — taking place after a freeze
  • postgresql — (database)   /'post-gres-kyu-el/ An enhancement of the POSTGRES database system. PostgreSQL is an advanced relational database management system with some object oriented approaches. PostgreSQL is developed and distributed as free software, and while retaining its freedom it remains technically and featurewise a worthy competitor to even the most advanced commercial alternatives. It was also one of the first databases to offer MVCC as opposed to row-level locking or table locking, thereby greatly improving multi-user performance. PostgreSQL implements an extended subset of ANSI SQL and runs on many platforms. It also has interfaces to many different programming languages and database protocols, like ODBC and JDBC.
  • postillate — to annotate, to postil
  • postmarked — an official mark stamped on letters and other mail, serving as a cancellation of the postage stamp and indicating the place, date, and sometimes time of sending or receipt.
  • postmaster — the official in charge of a post office.
  • postmodern — 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.
  • postmortem — of, relating to, or occurring in the time following death.
  • postperson — a person who collects and delivers post as a profession
  • postseason — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
  • poststrike — of or relating to the period after a (workers) strike
  • postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
  • posturized — to posture; pose.
  • pot cheese — cottage cheese.
  • pot-au-feu — a dish of boiled meat and vegetables, the broth of which is usually served separately.
  • pot-holder — a thick piece of material, as a quilted or woven pad, used in handling hot pots and dishes.
  • potamogale — otter shrew.
  • potbellied — Someone, usually a man, who is potbellied has a potbelly.
  • potentiary — a person with power or authority
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