12-letter words containing t, i, o, u
- passionfruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
- patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- pauciloquent — using few words in speech or conversation
- payout ratio — the ratio between dividends paid out and earnings per share of common stock within a time period.
- pectoriloquy — vocalization through the chest wall, indicating a cavity or consolidation of the lung
- pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
- perfusionist — a medical technician or nurse who monitors and operates equipment that oxygenates the blood, as during open-heart surgery
- periodontium — the bone, connective tissue, and gum surrounding and supporting a tooth.
- periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
- peritrichous — (of bacteria) having a uniform distribution of flagella over the body surface.
- perpetuation — to make perpetual.
- perquisition — an intensive and meticulous examination, pursuit, or hunt for something
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- perturbation — the act of perturbing.
- petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
- petrobrusian — a member of a 12th-century sect in S France that rejected the Mass, infant baptism, prayers for the dead, sacerdotalism, the veneration of the cross, and the building of churches.
- phi-function — Euler's phi-function.
- phosphaturia — the presence of an excessive quantity of phosphates in the urine.
- photoinduced — induced by light.
- photophilous — of or relating to an organism, as a plant, that is receptive to, seeks, or thrives in light.
- picture book — a book consisting mainly or entirely of pictures, especially one for children who have not yet learned to read.
- picture mold — a molding near a ceiling from which pictures can be suspended.
- picture show — motion picture.
- picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
- piet-my-vrou — a cuckoo, Notococcyx solitarius, having a red breast
- pilot burner — pilot light (def 1).
- pinturicchio — real name Bernardino di Betto. ?1454–1513, Italian painter of the Umbrian school
- pipe routing — Pipe routing is the planning of pipeline layout, which includes considerations of neatness, economy, and safety.
- pityrosporum — a genus of fungi that live on the skin, esp that of the scalp and face, present in conditions such as dandruff and dermatitis
- ploughwright — a person who makes ploughs
- pneumocystis — any protozoan of the genus Pneumocystis, esp P. carinii, which is a cause of pneumonia in people whose immune defences have been lowered by drugs or a disease
- pneumotropic — directed toward or having an affinity for lung tissue.
- poète maudit — a poet who receives insufficient recognition in his or her own time
- point source — a source of radiation sufficiently distant compared to its length and width that it can be considered as a point.
- police court — an inferior court with summary jurisdiction for the trial of persons accused of any of certain minor offenses, and with power to examine those charged with more serious offenses and hold them for trial in a superior court or for a grand jury.
- polyneuritis — inflammation of several nerves at the same time; multiple neuritis.
- polystichous — arranged in rows or series.
- populational — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
- port running — an evasive action at a port of entry in which a person drives through a vehicle-stopping point.
- post-tussive — of or relating to a cough.
- postal union — an international agreement on postal rates and services.
- postdiluvial — existing or occurring after the biblical Flood
- postdiluvian — existing or occurring after the Biblical Flood.
- posteruptive — occurring after a volcanic eruption
- postliminium — postliminy.
- postliminous — occurring after; subsequent
- poststimulus — of, relating to, or occurring in the period following the administering of a stimulus
- postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- pratincolous — living in a meadow.
- pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.