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

  • providently — having or showing foresight; providing carefully for the future.
  • provocateur — a person who provokes trouble, causes dissension, or the like; agitator.
  • provocative — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
  • provokement — the act or instance of provoking
  • proximately — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
  • proximities — nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation.
  • psammophyte — a plant that grows in sand or sandy soil.
  • psyche knot — a woman's hairdo in which a knot or coil of hair projects from the back of the head.
  • psychometer — a device for measuring mental or psychological activity
  • psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
  • psychotogen — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
  • pteridology — the branch of botany dealing with ferns and related plants, as the horsetails and club mosses.
  • pterodactyl — any of a number of genera of flying reptiles of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a highly reduced tail and teeth and a birdlike beak.
  • pteropodium — the foot of a pteropod.
  • ptyalagogue — an item that causes the flow of saliva
  • puerto rico — an island in the central West Indies: a commonwealth associated with the U.S. 3435 sq. mi. (8895 sq. km). Capital: San Juan. Abbreviation: P.R., PR.
  • puget sound — an arm of the Pacific, in NW Washington.
  • pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
  • puppet show — an entertainment, as a play or musical revue, in which the performers are puppets.
  • purportedly — reputed or claimed; alleged: We saw no evidence of his purported wealth.
  • purportless — without purport
  • pussyfooter — a person who behaves stealthily or evasively
  • put one out — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
  • pylorectomy — the surgical removal of all or part of the pylorus, often including the adjacent portion of the stomach (partial gastrectomy)
  • pyrgeometer — an instrument for measuring the loss of heat by radiation from the earth's surface
  • pyrobitumen — any of the dark, solid hydrocarbons including peat, coal, and bituminous shale.
  • pyrogallate — a salt or ether of pyrogallol.
  • pyrogenetic — heat-producing
  • pyrokinetic — the ability to set objects or people on fire through the concentration of psychic power.
  • pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
  • pyrotechnic — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
  • pyroxenitic — relating to pyroxenite
  • pythagorean — of or relating to Pythagoras, to his school, or to his doctrines.
  • pythonesque — denoting a kind of humour that is absurd and unpredictable; zany; surreal
  • realpolitik — political realism or practical politics, especially policy based on power rather than on ideals.
  • reappointed — to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench.
  • reapportion — to apportion or distribute anew.
  • reciprocant — a differential invariant
  • reciprocate — to give, feel, etc., in return.
  • reciprocity — a reciprocal state or relation.
  • recuperator — a person or thing that recuperates.
  • rehypnotize — to hypnotize again
  • reject shop — a shop that sells damaged or imperfect products that cannot be sold at the full price
  • reoperation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
  • reparations — the making of amends for wrong or injury done: reparation for an injustice.
  • repartition — distribution; partition.
  • repatriator — a person who repatriates
  • repatronize — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
  • repeat loop — (programming)   (Or "do loop") A loop construct found in many procedural languages which repeatedly executes some instructions while a condition is true. Repeat loops are found in Perl, Pascal, BASIC and C. The initial keyword may be "repeat" or "do" and the condition may be introduced with a "while" or "until" keyword. In constrast to a while loop, the "loop body" is executed once before the condition is tested. This is useful when the condition depends on the action of the loop body. In the following BASIC loop "Hello" is printed once despite the fact that the condition is false; i = 2 repeat print "Hello" i = i+1 until i>0 See also while loop and for loop.
  • repertorial — a type of theatrical presentation in which a company presents several works regularly or in alternate sequence in one season.
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