11-letter words containing p, r, i, e
- plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
- pneudraulic — of or relating to a mechanism involving both pneumatic and hydraulic action.
- podetiiform — shaped like a podetium.
- point after — a score given for a successful kick between the goalposts and above the crossbar, following a touchdown
- polarimeter — an instrument for measuring the amount of light received from a given source as a function of its state of polarization.
- polariscope — an instrument for measuring or exhibiting the polarization of light or for examining substances in polarized light, often to determine stress and strain in glass and other substances.
- polarizable — to cause polarization in.
- police work — the everyday duties of police officers, esp the investigation of criminal activities
- policy term — The policy term is the lifetime of an insurance policy.
- policymaker — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- policyowner — policyholder.
- poliorcetic — relating to the besieging of cities
- politbureau — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- poltergeist — a ghost or spirit supposed to manifest its presence by noises, knockings, etc.
- polycentric — having many centers, especially of power or importance: the polycentric world of banking.
- polymerizes — to subject to polymerization.
- polyspermia — the secretion of an excessive amount of semen.
- pomiculture — the growing or cultivation of fruit.
- ponderation — a weight
- ponderingly — in a pondering manner
- ponderosity — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- pondicherry — a union territory of India, on the Coromandel Coast: formerly the chief settlement of French India; territory includes Mahé (on the Malabar Coast), Karikal, and Yanaon. 181 sq. mi. (469 sq. km).
- porkpie hat — a hat with a round flat crown and a brim that can be turned up or down
- port gentil — a seaport in W Gabon.
- port-gentil — a seaport in W Gabon.
- portal vein — the large vein conveying blood to the liver from the veins of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas.
- porterville — a town in central California.
- portraiture — the art or an instance of making portraits.
- postdivorce — of, or relating to the period after a person is divorced
- posteriorly — situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (opposed to anterior).
- posterities — succeeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity.
- posticteric — pertaining to or affected with icterus; jaundiced.
- pot sticker — a pan-fried and steamed Chinese dumpling with a ground meat or vegetable filling.
- potentiator — to cause to be potent; make powerful.
- potteringly — in a pottering fashion, slowly
- powder mill — a mill in which gunpowder is made.
- power chain — an endless chain for transmitting motion and power between sprockets on shafts with parallel axes.
- power drill — a drill operated by a motor.
- 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 point — electrical socket
- power train — a train of gears and shafting transmitting power from an engine, motor, etc., to a mechanism being driven.
- powerdomain — (theory) The powerdomain of a domain D is a domain containing some of the subsets of D. Due to the asymmetry condition in the definition of a partial order (and therefore of a domain) the powerdomain cannot contain all the subsets of D. This is because there may be different sets X and Y such that X <= Y and Y <= X which, by the asymmetry condition would have to be considered equal. There are at least three possible orderings of the subsets of a powerdomain: Egli-Milner: X <= Y iff for all x in X, exists y in Y: x <= y and for all y in Y, exists x in X: x <= y ("The other domain always contains a related element"). Hoare or Partial Correctness or Safety: X <= Y iff for all x in X, exists y in Y: x <= y ("The bigger domain always contains a bigger element"). Smyth or Total Correctness or Liveness: X <= Y iff for all y in Y, exists x in X: x <= y ("The smaller domain always contains a smaller element"). If a powerdomain represents the result of an abstract interpretation in which a bigger value is a safe approximation to a smaller value then the Hoare powerdomain is appropriate because the safe approximation Y to the powerdomain X contains a safe approximation to each point in X. ("<=" is written in LaTeX as \sqsubseteq).
- practicable — capable of being done, effected, or put into practice, with the available means; feasible: a practicable solution.
- praecordial — of or pertaining to a part of the body near or in front of the heart; located near to or in front of the heart
- praenestine — of or relating to the ancient town of Praeneste in Italy, or to the Latin dialect spoken there.
- praetorship — the office of a praetor.
- pragmatizer — someone who pragmatizes
- prairie dog — any of several burrowing rodents of the genus Cynomys, of North American prairies, having a barklike cry: some are endangered.
- prairie owl — burrowing owl.
- pramipexole — a dopamine agonist used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.