11-letter words containing t, h, e, o, r
- pelotherapy — the application of mud to the body for therapeutic purposes
- pentahedron — a solid figure having five faces.
- perchlorate — a salt or ester of perchloric acid, as potassium perchlorate, KClO 4 .
- perth amboy — a seaport in E New Jersey.
- petroglyphy — the skill or procedure of making rock carvings
- petrography — the branch of petrology dealing with the description and classification of rocks, especially by microscopic examination.
- phosphorate — Also, phosphorize. Chemistry. to combine or impregnate with phosphorus.
- phosphorite — a sedimentary rock sufficiently rich in phosphate minerals to be used as a source of phosphorus for fertilizers.
- photocopier — any electrically operated machine using a photographic method, as the electrostatic process, for making instant copies of written, drawn, or printed material.
- photometric — the measurement of the intensity of light or of relative illuminating power.
- photoperiod — the interval in a 24-hour period during which a plant or animal is exposed to light.
- photoreduce — to undergo or to cause to undergo photoreduction
- photoresist — Electronics. a photosensitive liquid polymer, used in photolithography to produce integrated circuits.
- 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.
- quoteworthy — quotable.
- rabbit hole — opening of a rabbit's burrow
- radiothermy — therapy that utilizes the heat from a shortwave radio apparatus or diathermy machine.