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11-letter words containing r, e, t, o, p, h

  • photosensor — a photocell used to detect light.
  • photosphere — a sphere of light or radiance.
  • physiolater — somebody who worships nature
  • physiometry — measurement of the physiological functions of the body.
  • phytochrome — a plant pigment that is associated with the absorption of light in the photoperiodic response and that may regulate various types of growth and development.
  • phytosterol — Biochemistry. any of various sterols obtained from plants.
  • pitchometer — an instrument embodying a clinometer, for measuring the pitch of a ship's propeller
  • pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
  • planthopper — any member of a large and varied group of homopterous insects that are related to the leafhoppers and the spittlebugs but rarely damage cultivated plants.
  • plateholder — a lightproof container for a photographic plate, loaded into the camera with the plate and having a slide that is removed before exposing.
  • porkpie hat — a hat with a round flat crown and a brim that can be turned up or down
  • port neches — a town in SE Texas.
  • porterhouse — Also called porterhouse steak. a choice cut of beef from between the prime ribs and the sirloin.
  • porto velho — a state in W Brazil. 93,815 sq. mi. (242,980 sq. km). Capital: Pôrto Velho.
  • post-holder — a person who has a particular job or position
  • postharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
  • pouched rat — pocket gopher.
  • praetorship — the office of a praetor.
  • prehistoric — of or relating to the time or a period prior to recorded history: The dinosaur is a prehistoric beast.
  • priest-hole — a secret chamber in certain houses in England, built as a hiding place for Roman Catholic priests when they were proscribed in the 16th and 17th centuries
  • prizeworthy — deserving or qualified for a prize: a prizeworthy performance.
  • prochlorite — a dark green member of the chlorite group, usually foliated.
  • prohibitive — serving or tending to prohibit or forbid something.
  • proof sheet — a printer's proof.
  • prophethood — a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
  • prophetical — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
  • propter hoc — because of this.
  • prosthetics — an artificial body part; a prosthesis: Hundreds of amputees volunteered to test the new prosthetics.
  • prosthetist — a person skilled in making or fitting prosthetic devices.
  • protophloem — the part of the primary phloem that develops first, consisting of narrow, thin-walled cells.
  • psychometer — a device for measuring mental or psychological activity
  • psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
  • pyrotechnic — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
  • pythagorean — of or relating to Pythagoras, to his school, or to his doctrines.
  • rehypnotize — to hypnotize again
  • reject shop — a shop that sells damaged or imperfect products that cannot be sold at the full price
  • retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
  • retinopathy — any diseased condition of the retina, especially one that is noninflammatory.
  • retrophilia — a strong liking for things from the past
  • reupholster — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
  • rh positive — See under Rh factor.
  • rh-positive — See under Rh factor.
  • rheotropism — the effect of a current of water upon the direction of plant growth.
  • rocket ship — a rocket-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.
  • rope stitch — (in embroidery) a stitch formed from the entwining of stitches.
  • rope-length — a length of standard climbing rope, normally 50–60m
  • senatorship — the office or position of a senator
  • serotherapy — therapy by means of injections of a serum obtained especially from an immune animal.
  • shot putter — a sportsperson who competes in the shot put
  • shot-putter — a participant in shot put.
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