11-letter words containing p, o, t, i
- fixed-point — (programming) A number representation scheme where a number, F is represented by an integer I such that F=I*R^-P, where R is the (assumed) radix of the representation and P is the (fixed) number of digits after the radix point. On computers with no floating-point unit, fixed-point calculations are significantly faster than floating-point as all the operations are basically integer operations. Fixed-point representation also has the advantage of having uniform density, i.e., the smallest resolvable difference of the representation is R^-P throughout the representable range, in contrast to floating-point representations. For example, in PL/I, FIXED data has both a precision and a scale-factor (P above). So a number declared as 'FIXED DECIMAL(7,2)' has a precision of seven and a scale-factor of two, indicating five integer and two fractional decimal digits. The smallest difference between numbers will be 0.01.
- flash point — Also, flashing point. Physical Chemistry. the lowest temperature at which a liquid in a specified apparatus will give off sufficient vapor to ignite momentarily on application of a flame.
- flashpoints — Plural form of flashpoint.
- flying-spot — denoting an electronic system in which a rapidly moving spot of light is used to encode or decode data, for example to obtain a television signal by scanning a photographic film or slide
- focal point — Also called principal focus. Optics. either of two points on the axis of a mirror, lens, or other optical system, one point being such that rays diverging from it are deviated parallel to the axis upon refraction or reflection by the system and the other point being such that rays parallel to the axis of the system converge to the point upon refraction or reflection by the system.
- foetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- folding top — A folding top is a soft roof of a vehicle that can be folded down or removed.
- forcipation — the state or condition of being forcipated
- foretopsail — (nautical) the sail draped from the foretopmast.
- fort pierce — a city on the E coast of Florida.
- forte-piano — loud and then immediately soft
- fortepianos — Plural form of fortepiano.
- frost point — the temperature of the air at which hoarfrost begins to form.
- gamotropism — the tendency of gametes to attract each other
- genioplasty — Mentoplasty.
- genotypical — the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
- geopolitics — the study or the application of the influence of political and economic geography on the politics, national power, foreign policy, etc., of a state.
- geostrophic — of or relating to the balance between the Coriolis force and the horizontal pressure force in the atmosphere.
- gerontophil — experiencing sexual attraction to old people
- ghostscript — (graphics, tool) The GNU interpreter for PostScript and PDF, with previewers for serval systems and many fonts. Ghostscript was originally written by L. Peter Deutsch <[email protected]> of Aladdin Enterprises. The first public release was v1.0 on 1988-08-11.
- gloss paint — Gloss paint is paint that forms a shiny surface when it dries.
- grade point — Education. a numerical equivalent to a received letter grade, usually 0 for F, 1 for D, 2 for C, 3 for B, and 4 for A, that is multiplied by the number of credits for the course: used to compute a grade point average.
- graptolites — Plural form of graptolite.
- graptolitic — relating to, or containing, graptolites
- grey import — an imported vehicle that does not have an exact model equivalent in the receiving country
- haemoptysis — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hemoptysis.
- haptoglobin — A protein present in blood serum that binds to and removes free hemoglobin from the bloodstream.
- haptotropic — relating to haptotropism
- helicopters — Plural form of helicopter.
- heliophytes — a plant that grows best in full sunlight.
- heliotropes — Plural form of heliotrope.
- heliotropic — turning or growing toward the light.
- heliotropin — piperonal.
- hemeprotein — (protein) Any conjugated protein containing heme as the prosthetic group.
- hemianoptic — suffering from hemiopia, blind in half the field of vision
- hemipterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hemiptera, an order of insects having forewings that are thickened and leathery at the base and membranous at the apex, comprising the true bugs.
- hemopoietic — hematopoiesis.
- hemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemeprotein.
- hemotrophic — the material from the maternal bloodstream and placenta that nourishes a mammalian embryo.
- hepatotoxic — Damaging or destructive to liver cells.
- hepatotoxin — Any substance that causes hepatotoxicity.
- heterophile — Able to react immunologically with material from another species.
- heteroploid — (biology) Having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number normal in the species.
- heteroptics — incorrect or perverted perception of what is seen; hallucinatory vision.
- heterotopia — misplacement or displacement, as of an organ.
- heterotypic — of or relating to the first or reductional division in meiosis.
- hierophants — Plural form of hierophant.
- hip pointer — a painful bruise or torn muscle at the upper ridge of the pelvis
- hip-shooter — a person who acts or talks in a rash, impetuous way
- hippety-hop — with a hopping movement