11-letter words containing p, u, t, r, e
- heptandrous — (of a flower) having seven stamens
- heptangular — having seven angles.
- hertzsprung — Ejnar (ˈəɪnar). 1873–1967, Danish astronomer: he discovered the existence of giant and dwarf stars, originating one form of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
- hippeastrum — any plant of the South American amaryllidaceous genus Hippeastrum: cultivated for their large funnel-shaped typically red flowers
- homopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Homoptera, an order of insects closely related to the hemipterous insects (in some classifications a suborder of Hemiptera) but having membranous forewings and hind wings, including the aphids, cicadas, leafhoppers, planthoppers, and scale insects.
- horned pout — a bullhead, especially the brown bullhead.
- hot jupiter — any of a class of large, hot, gaseous planets similar to Jupiter in mass but outside our solar system.
- house party — the guests at such an affair or party: The house party goes sailing today.
- houseparent — one of a married couple responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc., sometimes acting solely as an advisor, but often serving as host or hostess, chaperon, housekeeper, etc.
- hyperacuity — an extreme acuteness (of the senses)
- implicature — potential inference that is not logical entailment.
- importunate — urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
- importunely — (obsolete) In an importune manner.
- imprudently — Without prudence; in an imprudent manner.
- incorrupted — not corrupted
- inopportune — not opportune; inappropriate; inconvenient; untimely or unseasonable: an inopportune visit.
- insculpture — an inscription or carving
- intercampus — the grounds, often including the buildings, of a college, university, or school.
- intercouple — two of the same sort considered together; pair.
- intercupola — the space between an inner and an outer dome.
- interrupted — having an irregular or discontinuous arrangement, as of leaflets along a stem.
- interrupter — a person or thing that interrupts.
- irreputable — (obsolete) disreputable.
- iteroparous — (of a plant) producing flowers and fruit more than once (usually many times) before dying
- jumpmasters — Plural form of jumpmaster.
- jumpstarted — Simple past tense and past participle of jumpstart.
- juniper tar — a medicinal tar derived from the European juniper Juniperus oxycedrus: used topically in the treatment of certain skin diseases.
- kuiper belt — a disk-shaped region on the edge of the solar system that contains masses of ice and icy rock, believed to be the source of comets with orbital periods of less than 200 years. Compare Oort cloud.
- last supper — the supper of Jesus and His disciples on the eve of His Crucifixion. Compare Lord's Supper (def 1).
- lectureship — the office of lecturer.
- lepromatous — the swollen lesion of leprosy.
- leptokurtic — (of a frequency distribution) being more concentrated about the mean than the corresponding normal distribution.
- luteotropic — affecting the corpus luteum.
- luteotropin — prolactin.
- mecopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Mecoptera, comprising the scorpionflies and hangingflies.
- mount pearl — a town in Newfoundland, in E Canada, on the SE part of the island, S of St. John's.
- mucoprotein — a protein that yields carbohydrates as well as amino acids on hydrolysis.
- multiperiod — Relating to multiple periods.
- multiperson — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- multiplayer — of or relating to a video game, or a portion of a video game, in which more than one person plays at the same time in a shared game environment: a multiplayer game; multiplayer mode; a multiplayer experience.
- multiplexer — having many parts or aspects: the multiplex problem of drug abuse.
- multiplexor — multiplexing
- multipliers — Plural form of multiplier.
- neuroleptic — (chiefly of a drug) tending to reduce nervous tension by depressing nerve functions.
- neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- neuroplasty — Any surgery to repair nerve tissue.
- neuropteral — (zoology) Of or pertaining to the Neuroptera.
- neuropteran — neuropterous.
- neurotrophy — the influence of the nerves on the nutrition and maintenance of body tissue.
- neurotropic — having an affinity for nerve cells or tissue: a neurotropic virus; a neurotropic drug.