11-letter words containing p, t, e
- crepitating — Present participle of crepitate.
- crepitation — the act of crepitating
- crop duster — a pilot employed in crop-dusting from an airplane.
- crowstepped — (of a gable) having crow steps
- cryotherapy — medical treatment in which all or part of the body is subjected to cold temperatures, as by means of ice packs
- cryptogenic — (esp of diseases) of unknown or obscure origin
- cryptomeria — a coniferous tree, Cryptomeria japonica, of China and Japan, with curved needle-like leaves and small round cones: family Taxodiaceae
- cryptometer — an instrument used to determine the opacity of pigments and paints
- cryptophyte — any perennial plant that bears its buds below the soil or water surface
- cryptozoite — a malarial parasite at the stage of development in its host before it enters the red blood cells
- ctenophoran — of a ctenophore
- ctenophores — Plural form of ctenophore.
- culture gap — a divide between two social groups that have different cultures
- cupellation — the process of recovering precious metals from lead by melting the alloy in a cupel and oxidizing the lead by means of an air blast
- curie point — the temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic
- custard pie — Custard pies are artificial pies which people sometimes throw at each other as a joke.
- custard-pie — characteristic of a type of slapstick comedy in which a performer throws a pie in another's face: popular especially in the era of vaudeville and early silent films.
- cut a caper — to skip or jump playfully
- cut-up poem — a poem created from parts of the works of various authors combined to form one composition.
- cycadophyte — any plant belonging to the phylum Cycadophyta
- cyclopentyl — (organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from cyclopentane by the formal removal of a hydrogen atom.
- cyproterone — an antiandrogen drug that suppresses testosterone in the body
- cystoscopes — Plural form of cystoscope.
- data packet — packet
- datum plane — the horizontal plane from which heights and depths are calculated
- day-tripper — A day-tripper is someone who goes on a day trip.
- decapitated — With the head removed.
- decapitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decapitate.
- decapitator — One who decapitates.
- decapsulate — to remove a capsule from (a part or organ, esp the kidney)
- deceptively — apt or tending to deceive: The enemy's peaceful overtures may be deceptive.
- decomposite — a composite element that is itself composed of other elements
- decrepitate — to heat (a substance, such as a salt) until it emits a crackling sound or until this sound stops
- decrepitude — Decrepitude is the state of being very old and in poor condition.
- deduplicate — to remove (duplicated material) from a system
- deep pocket — extensive financial resources; great wealth
- deep throat — an anonymous source of secret information
- deep-litter — denoting a system in which a number of hens are housed in one covered enclosure, within which they can move about freely, on a layer of straw or wood shavings several centimetres deep
- deep-rooted — Deep-rooted means the same as deep-seated.
- deep-seated — A deep-seated problem, feeling, or belief is difficult to change because its causes have been there for a long time.
- dehypnotize — to bring out of the hypnotic state
- delapidated — Misspelling of dilapidated.
- delipidated — Simple past tense and past participle of delipidate.
- demi-pointe — a position on the balls of the feet.
- demultiplex — (electronics) To separate signals that were previously multiplexed (combined using a multiplexer).
- dental lisp — a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- dental pulp — pulp (def 4).
- departement — an administrative department
- departments — Plural form of department.
- depasturing — Present participle of depasture.