11-letter words containing p, o, t, s
- boat-shaped — shaped like a boat
- boatmanship — boatsmanship.
- bonapartism — a political system resembling the rules of the Bonapartes, esp Napoleon I and Napoleon III: centralized government by a military dictator, who enjoys popular support given expression in plebiscites
- bonapartist — an adherent of the Bonapartes or their policies.
- bonus point — an additional point in a game, a sporting competition, or any similar scheme in which points can be awarded
- boost phase — the portion of the flight of a ballistic missile or spacecraft during which the booster and sustainer engines operate to bring it near or to peak velocity.
- boot polish — a resistant polish specially formulated to protect boots of various kinds
- bottle shop — A bottle shop is a shop which sells wine, beer, and other alcoholic drinks.
- british lop — a breed of large white pig with large drooping ears, originating from Wales, Cumberland, and Ulster
- bucket shop — an unregistered firm of stockbrokers that engages in speculation with clients' funds
- c-odescript — (language) A Liana interpreter, embeddable in C and C++ programs.
- cacoepistic — Of or relating to mispronounced words.
- cadet corps — a group of school pupils receiving elementary military training in a school corps
- campesterol — (organic compound) A phytosterol, found in many vegetable oils, related to sitosterol.
- camphorates — Plural form of camphorate.
- campo santo — a cemetery
- canophilist — a person who loves dogs
- cantaloupes — Plural form of cantaloupe.
- capitations — Plural form of capitation.
- capsulation — enclosed in or formed into a capsule.
- capsulotomy — (surgery) incision into a capsule, especially into the lens of the eye when removing cataracts.
- captionless — (of a cartoon) having no caption
- cargo pants — Cargo pants are large, loose pants with lots of pockets.
- carnaptious — ill-tempered or cantankerous
- caryopteris — any of various shrubs with small blue or white flowers of the genus Caryopteris, all found in S and E Asia
- cataphonics — catacoustics
- catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
- catastrophy — Alternative form of catastrophe.
- cattle-stop — a grid of metal bars covering a hollow or hole dug in a roadway, intended to prevent the passage of livestock while allowing vehicles, etc, to pass unhindered
- centipoises — Plural form of centipoise.
- ceratopsian — resembling or belonging to the Ceratopsia, a suborder of herbivorous dinosaurs characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns, and neck frills
- ceroplastic — relating to wax modelling
- champertous — a sharing in the proceeds of litigation by one who agrees with either the plaintiff or defendant to help promote it or carry it on.
- checkerspot — any of several butterflies of the genus Melitaea, having black wings with yellowish-brown, checkerlike markings.
- checkpoints — Plural form of checkpoint.
- cherepovets — city in NE Russia, on the Rybinsk Reservoir: pop. 319,000
- chiloplasty — cheiloplasty.
- chiropodist — A chiropodist is a person whose job is to treat and care for people's feet.
- chloroplast — a plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments, occurring in plants and algae that carry out photosynthesis
- chokepoints — Plural form of chokepoint.
- chop stroke — (in tennis, cricket, etc.) a stroke made with a sharp downward movement of the racket, bat, etc., imparting a backspin to the ball.
- chou pastry — cream puff paste.
- christopher — Saint. 3rd century ad, Christian martyr; patron saint of travellers
- chromoplast — a coloured plastid in a plant cell, esp one containing carotenoids
- chrysophyte — any of the golden alga species
- cladoptosis — the annual shedding of twigs or branches instead of leaves, as in certain cypresses.
- cleethorpes — a resort in E England, in North East Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire. Pop: 31 853 (2001)
- cleistocarp — cleistothecium.
- close up/to — If you look at something close up or close to, you look at it when you are very near to it.
- clothes peg — A clothes peg is a small device which you use to fasten clothes to a washing line.