11-letter words containing p, o, t, e
- persorption — the deep penetration of a liquid into a highly porous solid, resulting in an intimate mixture.
- perth amboy — a seaport in E New Jersey.
- perturbator — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- pestiferous — bringing or bearing disease.
- pestologist — a person who analyses and researches pests and how to get rid of them
- petalomania — the condition in which a flower has proportionately more petals than is normal
- petit fours — a small teacake, variously frosted and decorated.
- petit point — a small stitch used in embroidery. Compare gros point (def 1), tent stitch.
- petitionary — of the nature of or expressing a petition.
- petitionist — a person who petitions or makes appeals or requests
- petits pois — small sweet fresh green peas
- petrodollar — profits made from oil exports
- petroglyphy — the skill or procedure of making rock carvings
- petrography — the branch of petrology dealing with the description and classification of rocks, especially by microscopic examination.
- petrol bomb — Molotov cocktail.
- petrol pump — a device at a filling station that is used to deliver petrol to the tank of a car and which displays the quantity, quality, and usually the cost of the petrol delivered
- petrol tank — The petrol tank in a motor vehicle is the container for petrol.
- petropounds — the multiples of the British pound as regarded in terms of income derived from petroleum
- petticoated — wearing a petticoat
- pettifogger — a lawyer of inferior status who conducts unimportant cases, esp one who is unscrupulous or resorts to trickery
- petting zoo — a zoo, or a part of a larger zoo, where children may hold and stroke and sometimes feed small or young animals
- phagocytize — (of a phagocyte) to devour (material).
- phagocytose — phagocytize.
- phantomlike — an apparition or specter.
- philoctetes — Classical Mythology. a noted archer and squire of Hercules. Bitten by a snake and abandoned on an island because of his festering wound, he was at length brought by the Greeks to Troy, where he recovered and later killed Paris.
- phlebectomy — the surgical excision of a vein or part of a vein
- phlebotomic — of or noting phlebotomy.
- phone booth — A phone booth is a place in a station, hotel, or other public building where there is a public telephone.
- phonematics — phonemics.
- phonetastic — (communications) A CTI product from Callware. Phonetastic employs if-then rules and customer records to tell those receiving calls who is calling (based on ANI and DNIS) and to determine how the call should be routed, e.g. to a certain sales representative or to the general sales department; receive high-priority treatment; receive a fax-back, etc.
- phonetician — a specialist in phonetics or in some aspect of phonetics.
- phoneticism — a phonetic scheme of writing
- phoneticize — to represent (speech) in writing by means of a system in which individual symbols correspond regularly with speech sounds.
- phosphatase — any of several classes of esterases of varying specificity that catalyze the hydrolysis of phosphoric esters.
- phosphatide — phospholipid.
- phosphatize — to treat with phosphates.
- phosphorate — Also, phosphorize. Chemistry. to combine or impregnate with phosphorus.
- phosphorite — a sedimentary rock sufficiently rich in phosphate minerals to be used as a source of phosphorus for fertilizers.
- photic zone — the upper layer of a body of water delineated by the depth to which enough sunlight can penetrate to permit photosynthesis.
- photo essay — a group of photographs, usually with supplementary text, that conveys a unified story and is published as a book or as a feature in a magazine or newspaper.
- photoactive — the activation or control of a chemical, chemical reaction, or organism by light, as the activation of chlorophyll by sunlight during photosynthesis.
- photocopier — any electrically operated machine using a photographic method, as the electrostatic process, for making instant copies of written, drawn, or printed material.
- photoionize — to cause to undergo or to undergo photoionization
- photometric — the measurement of the intensity of light or of relative illuminating power.
- 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
- photoresist — Electronics. a photosensitive liquid polymer, used in photolithography to produce integrated circuits.
- photosensor — a photocell used to detect light.
- photosphere — a sphere of light or radiance.
- photostated — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.