11-letter words containing t, o, n, i, p
- pinpointing — the point of a pin.
- pirouetting — a whirling about on one foot or on the points of the toes, as in ballet dancing.
- piston land — A piston land is a raised area of a piston between piston rings.
- piston pump — A piston pump is a pump which moves fluid by the movement up and down of a disk or short cylinder inside a tube.
- piston ring — a metallic ring, usually one of a series, and split so as to be expansible, placed around a piston in order to maintain a tight fit, as inside the cylinder of an engine.
- piston slap — the characteristic sound of a seriously worn piston in a cylinder (usually of the engine of a motor car)
- pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
- pivot joint — a freely moving joint that moves by rotating
- pixellation — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
- plainstones — the pavement or a paved area in a town or city
- platforming — a process for reforming petroleum using a platinum catalyst
- platinotype — a process of printing positives in which a platinum salt is used, rather than the usual silver salts, in order to make a more permanent print.
- playstation — (games, hardware) The leading family of games consoles, from Sony Corporation consisting of the original Playstation (PS1) and the Playstation 2 (PS2). The basic Playstations consist of a small box containing the processor and a DVD reader, with video outputs to connect to a TV, sockets for two game controllers, and a socket for one or two memory cards. The PS2 also has USB sockets. The PS2 can run PS1 software because the PS2's I/O processor is the same as the PS1's CPU.
- pleistocene — noting or pertaining to the epoch forming the earlier half of the Quaternary Period, beginning about two million years ago and ending 10,000 years ago, characterized by widespread glacial ice and the advent of modern humans.
- plenipotent — invested with or possessing full power.
- plough into — If something, for example a car, ploughs into something else, it goes out of control and crashes violently into it.
- plumb joint — (in sheet metal work) a soldered lap joint.
- pluripotent — (of a cell) capable of developing into any type of cell or tissue except those that form a placenta or embryo: pluripotent stem cells.
- plutonomist — a person who studies or has expertise in plutonomy
- pn junction — the boundary between two regions in a single crystal of a semiconductor: one region contains an electron acceptor and the other an electron donor
- pneumonitis — inflammation of the lung caused by a virus or exposure to irritating substances.
- pocketknife — a knife with one or more blades that fold into the handle, suitable for carrying in the pocket.
- point after — a score given for a successful kick between the goalposts and above the crossbar, following a touchdown
- point count — a method of evaluating the strength of a hand by assigning a numerical value to high cards and to certain combinations and distributions of cards in the hand.
- point coupe — Also called cutwork. a process for producing lace in which predetermined threads in the ground material are cut and removed in order to provide open areas for the insertion of ornamental patterns.
- point group — a class of crystals determined by a combination of their symmetry elements, all crystals left unchanged by a given set of symmetry elements being placed in the same class.
- point guard — Basketball. the guard who directs the team's offense from the point.
- point-blank — aimed or fired straight at the mark especially from close range; direct.
- pointillism — a theory and technique developed by the neo-impressionists, based on the principle that juxtaposed dots of pure color, as blue and yellow, are optically mixed into the resulting hue, as green, by the viewer.
- pointy-head — stupid; idiotic.
- policy unit — a body of political advisors to the British Prime Minister
- politicking — activity undertaken for political reasons or ends, as campaigning for votes before an election, making speeches, etc., or otherwise promoting oneself or one's policies.
- poll rating — a measurement of a politician's popularity among the electorate, obtained by canvassing a representative sample of people
- pollination — the transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma.
- polyactinal — possessing many rays
- polyandrist — a woman who practices or favors polyandry.
- polycentric — having many centers, especially of power or importance: the polycentric world of banking.
- polygenetic — Biology. relating to or exhibiting polygenesis.
- polyphonist — a musical composer of or theorist in polyphony
- polytechnic — of, relating to, or offering instruction in a variety of industrial arts, applied sciences, or technical subjects: a polytechnic institute.
- polyvoltine — multivoltine.
- ponderation — a weight
- ponderosity — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- pontificals — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
- pontificate — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- pontoppidan — Henrik [hen-reek] /ˈhɛn rik/ (Show IPA), 1857–1943, Danish novelist: Nobel prize 1917.
- pornotopian — of or relating to a pornotopia
- porphyratin — any of various complex compounds formed of metals and porphyrins
- port gentil — a seaport in W Gabon.
- port-gentil — a seaport in W Gabon.