11-letter words containing p, o, t, e
- potteresque — resembling or suggestive of scenes and situations described in the Harry Potter novels of J. K. Rowling
- potteringly — in a pottering fashion, slowly
- potwalloper — (in some boroughs before the Reform Bill of 1832) a man who qualified as a householder, and therefore a voter, by virtue of ownership of his own fireplace at which to boil pots.
- pouched rat — pocket gopher.
- pouncet box — a small perfume box with a perforated lid.
- power elite — a closely knit alliance of military, government, and corporate officials perceived as the center of wealth and political power in the U.S.
- power plant — a plant, including engines, dynamos, etc., and the building or buildings necessary for the generation of power, as electric or nuclear power.
- power point — electrical socket
- power train — a train of gears and shafting transmitting power from an engine, motor, etc., to a mechanism being driven.
- powerboater — a powerboat owner or operator.
- praetorship — the office of a praetor.
- pre-control — to hold in check; curb: to control a horse; to control one's emotions.
- pre-emption — the act or right of claiming or purchasing before or in preference to others.
- pre-notions — a preconception.
- precautious — using or displaying precaution: a precautious reply; a precautious person.
- precipitous — of the nature of or characterized by precipices: a precipitous wall of rock.
- precomputer — designating the period prior to the introduction of computers; occurring or existing in this period
- preconquest — of or relating to the time before the conquest of one people, region, or country by another.
- precontract — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
- 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.
- preelection — a choice or selection made beforehand.
- prefunction — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- prehistoric — of or relating to the time or a period prior to recorded history: The dinosaur is a prehistoric beast.
- preignition — ignition of the charge in an internal-combustion engine earlier in the cycle than is compatible with proper operation.
- prelibation — a foretaste.
- premonetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- premonition — a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event; presentiment: He had a vague premonition of danger.
- premonitive — of, or relating to, a premonition
- premonitory — giving premonition; serving to warn beforehand.
- premovement — the act of premoving
- premunition — Immunology. a state of balance between host and infectious agent, as a bacterium or parasite, such that the immune defense of the host is sufficient to resist further infection but insufficient to destroy the agent.
- prenominate — mentioned beforehand.
- preoccupant — a previous occupant
- preoccupate — to influence or occupy the mind in advance
- preparation — a proceeding, measure, or provision by which one prepares for something: preparations for a journey.
- preparatory — serving or designed to prepare: preparatory arrangements.
- prepetition — a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power, soliciting some favor, right, mercy, or other benefit: a petition for clemency; a petition for the repeal of an unfair law.
- preposition — any member of a class of words found in many languages that are used before nouns, pronouns, or other substantives to form phrases functioning as modifiers of verbs, nouns, or adjectives, and that typically express a spatial, temporal, or other relationship, as in, on, by, to, since.
- prepositive — (of a word) placed before another word to modify it or to show its relation to other parts of the sentence. In red book, red is a prepositive adjective. John's in John's book is a prepositive genitive.
- prerogative — an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, or the like: the prerogatives of a senator.
- preromantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- preselector — a preamplifier between the antenna and receiving circuit, used to improve reception.
- presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- prest money — a sum of money advanced to men enlisting in the navy or the army, given to bind the bargain and as an inducement.
- prestations — a payment in money or in services.
- prestigious — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.