11-letter words containing p, o, u, t, e
- pestiferous — bringing or bearing disease.
- petit fours — a small teacake, variously frosted and decorated.
- 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
- petropounds — the multiples of the British pound as regarded in terms of income derived from petroleum
- photoreduce — to undergo or to cause to undergo photoreduction
- piano tuner — a person who tunes pianos and sometimes other keyboard instruments.
- picturegoer — a person who goes to the cinema, esp frequently
- pilot house — an enclosed structure on the deck of a ship from which it can be navigated.
- pirouetting — a whirling about on one foot or on the points of the toes, as in ballet dancing.
- plant louse — aphid.
- pluripotent — (of a cell) capable of developing into any type of cell or tissue except those that form a placenta or embryo: pluripotent stem cells.
- pluviometer — rain gauge.
- pneumathode — a band or pore of aerating tissue, esp along the stipes of ferns
- pneumectomy — pneumonectomy.
- pneumonitis — inflammation of the lung caused by a virus or exposure to irritating substances.
- pneumostome — a breathing hole in the mantle of a gastropod.
- pococurante — a careless or indifferent person.
- point coupe — Also called cutwork. a process for producing lace in which predetermined threads in the ground material are cut and removed in order to provide open areas for the insertion of ornamental patterns.
- poke fun at — to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
- police motu — a pidginized version of the Motu language, used as a lingua franca in Papua, originally chiefly by the police
- politbureau — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- pollen tube — the protoplasmic tube that is extruded from a germinating pollen grain and grows toward the ovule.
- polyculture — the raising at the same time and place of more than one species of plant or animal.
- polyestrous — having several estrus cycles annually or during a breeding season.
- pomiculture — the growing or cultivation of fruit.
- pop culture — cultural activities or commercial products reflecting, suited to, or aimed at the tastes of the general masses of people.
- port number — port
- porterhouse — Also called porterhouse steak. a choice cut of beef from between the prime ribs and the sirloin.
- portmanteau — a case or bag to carry clothing in while traveling, especially a leather trunk or suitcase that opens into two halves.
- portraiture — the art or an instance of making portraits.
- post-bellum — of or during the period after a war, esp the American Civil War
- postpuberty — the period after puberty
- postscenium — a wing on either side of the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theatre where props could be stored and actors could prepare; a parascenium
- posttussive — of or relating to a cough.
- pot scourer — a small ball of wire or stiff plastic, or a flat piece of a rough fabric used for cleaning kitchen pots and pans
- potteresque — resembling or suggestive of scenes and situations described in the Harry Potter novels of J. K. Rowling
- pouched rat — pocket gopher.
- pouncet box — a small perfume box with a perforated lid.
- 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.
- prefunction — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- 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.
- preoccupant — a previous occupant
- preoccupate — to influence or occupy the mind in advance
- presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- prestigious — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.
- presumption — the act of presuming.
- pretentious — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.