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11-letter words containing p, u, t

  • guttersnipe — a person belonging to or characteristic of the lowest social group in a city.
  • hand puppet — a puppet made of a hollow head sewn or glued to material that fits over the hand, concealing the fingers and thumb, which manipulate it.
  • haruspicate — of or relating to a haruspex
  • haute-piece — a standing flange fixed to or formed on a pauldron as a protection for one side of the neck.
  • heater plug — one of usually four plugs fitted to the cylinder block of a diesel engine that warms the engine chamber to facilitate starting in cold weather
  • hemipterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hemiptera, an order of insects having forewings that are thickened and leathery at the base and membranous at the apex, comprising the true bugs.
  • heptagynous — (of a flower) having seven pistils
  • heptamerous — consisting of or divided into seven parts.
  • 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.
  • hoppus foot — unit of volume for round timber
  • 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.
  • house plant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
  • 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.
  • houseplants — Plural form of houseplant.
  • humming top — a top that hums as it spins
  • hyperacuity — an extreme acuteness (of the senses)
  • hyponitrous — of or derived from hyponitrous acid.
  • hyposulfite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
  • hypotenuses — Plural form of hypotenuse.
  • hypothallus — a layer of hyphae rimming the thallus of certain lichens.
  • hypothecium — the layer of hyphal tissue directly beneath the hymenium of an apothecium.
  • hypothenuse — hypotenuse.
  • impactfully — In an impactful fashion.
  • impetuosity — the quality or condition of being impetuous.
  • impetuously — of, relating to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive: an impetuous decision; an impetuous person.
  • implicature — potential inference that is not logical entailment.
  • importunacy — the quality or condition of being importunate; importunateness.
  • importunate — urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
  • importunely — (obsolete) In an importune manner.
  • importuning — to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
  • importunity — the state or quality of being importunate; persistence in solicitation.
  • impostumate — affected by an abscess
  • imposturous — the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
  • impoundment — a body of water confined within an enclosure, as a reservoir.
  • imprudently — Without prudence; in an imprudent manner.
  • impulsivity — actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
  • imputations — Plural form of imputation.
  • in the lump — in the mass or aggregate; all together
  • in the soup — a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
  • incapsulate — Alternative form of encapsulate.
  • incorrupted — not corrupted
  • incorruptly — Without corruption.
  • inculpating — Present participle of inculpate.
  • inculpation — to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
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