11-letter words containing p, u, t
- inculpatory — to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
- induplicate — folded or rolled inward: said of the parts of the calyx or corolla when the edges are bent abruptly toward the axis, or of leaves in vernation when the edges are rolled inward and then arranged about the axis without overlapping.
- ineptitudes — Plural form of ineptitude.
- 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.
- intrapartum — During parturition (childbirth).
- ipratropium — an anticholinergic bronchodilator that is used esp in the treatment of certain forms of asthma
- irreputable — (obsolete) disreputable.
- iteroparous — (of a plant) producing flowers and fruit more than once (usually many times) before dying
- ithyphallus — an erect phallus
- jumpmasters — Plural form of jumpmaster.
- jumpstarted — Simple past tense and past participle of jumpstart.
- jumpstation — A site on the World Wide Web containing a collection of hypertext links, usually to pages on a particular topic.
- juniper tar — a medicinal tar derived from the European juniper Juniperus oxycedrus: used topically in the treatment of certain skin diseases.
- justaucorps — a fitted, knee-length coat, characterized by wide turned-back cuffs and stiff flared skirts, worn especially by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- justiceship — the office of a justice.
- juxtaposing — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- keep out of — to remain or cause to remain unexposed to
- 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.
- kulturkampf — the conflict between the German imperial government and the Roman Catholic Church from 1872 or 1873 until 1886, chiefly over the control of education and ecclesiastical appointments.
- 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.
- leucoplasts — Plural form of leucoplast.
- lilliputian — extremely small; tiny; diminutive.
- liposuction — the surgical withdrawal of excess fat from local areas under the skin by means of a small incision and vacuum suctioning.
- lotusscript — (language) A Visual BASIC-like scripting language for Lotus Notes and Lotus SmartSuite. LotusScript is object-oriented and can be used for complex Notes programming, although Java is also available.
- luteotropic — affecting the corpus luteum.
- luteotropin — prolactin.
- manipulated — Simple past tense and past participle of manipulate.
- manipulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of manipulate.
- manipulator — a person who manipulates.
- manuscripts — Plural form of manuscript.
- match up to — If someone or something does not match up to what was expected, they are smaller, less impressive, or of poorer quality.
- mecopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Mecoptera, comprising the scorpionflies and hangingflies.
- mitropoulos — Dimitri [dih-mee-tree;; Greek th ee-mee-tree] /dɪˈmi tri;; Greek ðiˈmi tri/ (Show IPA), 1897–1960, Greek symphony orchestra conductor in the U.S.
- most-lupine — pertaining to or resembling the wolf.
- mount pearl — a town in Newfoundland, in E Canada, on the SE part of the island, S of St. John's.
- mount pelée — a volcano in the Caribbean, in N Martinique: erupted in 1902, killing every person but one in the town of Saint-Pierre. Height: 1463 m (4800 ft)
- mount siple — a mountain in Antarctica, on the coast of Byrd Land. Height: 3100 m (10 171 ft)
- mountaintop — The summit or top part of a mountain.
- mouthpieces — Plural form of mouthpiece.
- mucopeptide — Peptidoglycan.
- mucoprotein — a protein that yields carbohydrates as well as amino acids on hydrolysis.