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11-letter words containing t, o, p, i, e

  • petticoated — wearing a petticoat
  • pettifogger — a lawyer of inferior status who conducts unimportant cases, esp one who is unscrupulous or resorts to trickery
  • petting zoo — a zoo, or a part of a larger zoo, where children may hold and stroke and sometimes feed small or young animals
  • phagocytize — (of a phagocyte) to devour (material).
  • phantomlike — an apparition or specter.
  • philoctetes — Classical Mythology. a noted archer and squire of Hercules. Bitten by a snake and abandoned on an island because of his festering wound, he was at length brought by the Greeks to Troy, where he recovered and later killed Paris.
  • phlebotomic — of or noting phlebotomy.
  • phonematics — phonemics.
  • phonetastic — (communications)   A CTI product from Callware. Phonetastic employs if-then rules and customer records to tell those receiving calls who is calling (based on ANI and DNIS) and to determine how the call should be routed, e.g. to a certain sales representative or to the general sales department; receive high-priority treatment; receive a fax-back, etc.
  • phonetician — a specialist in phonetics or in some aspect of phonetics.
  • phoneticism — a phonetic scheme of writing
  • phoneticize — to represent (speech) in writing by means of a system in which individual symbols correspond regularly with speech sounds.
  • phosphatide — phospholipid.
  • phosphatize — to treat with phosphates.
  • phosphorite — a sedimentary rock sufficiently rich in phosphate minerals to be used as a source of phosphorus for fertilizers.
  • photic zone — the upper layer of a body of water delineated by the depth to which enough sunlight can penetrate to permit photosynthesis.
  • photoactive — the activation or control of a chemical, chemical reaction, or organism by light, as the activation of chlorophyll by sunlight during photosynthesis.
  • photocopier — any electrically operated machine using a photographic method, as the electrostatic process, for making instant copies of written, drawn, or printed material.
  • photoionize — to cause to undergo or to undergo photoionization
  • 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.
  • photoresist — Electronics. a photosensitive liquid polymer, used in photolithography to produce integrated circuits.
  • physiolater — somebody who worships nature
  • physiometry — measurement of the physiological functions of the body.
  • phytoalexin — any of a class of plant compounds that accumulate at the site of invading microorganisms and confer resistance to disease.
  • piano tuner — a person who tunes pianos and sometimes other keyboard instruments.
  • picket boat — a vessel used to patrol a harbor.
  • picturegoer — a person who goes to the cinema, esp frequently
  • piedmontese — a native or inhabitant of Piedmont, Italy.
  • piedmontite — a mineral, similar to epidote but containing manganese: found in schists and manganese ores.
  • pierre lotiPierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), (Louis Marie Julien Viaud) 1850–1923, French novelist.
  • piezometric — any of several instruments for measuring the pressure of a fluid or the compressibility of a substance when subjected to such a pressure.
  • pigeon loft — a raised shelter or building where pigeons are kept
  • pigeon post — the use of homing pigeons to carry messages
  • pigeon-toed — having the toes or feet turned inward.
  • pill bottle — a small bottle that pills are kept in
  • pilot error — (jargon)   (Sun, from aviation) A user's misconfiguration or misuse of a piece of software, producing apparently bug-like results. E.g. "Joe Luser reported a bug in sendmail that causes it to generate bogus headers." "That's not a bug, that's pilot error. His "sendmail.cf" is hosed." Compare UBD.
  • pilot house — an enclosed structure on the deck of a ship from which it can be navigated.
  • pilot raise — a small raise intended to be enlarged later.
  • pilot whale — a small, common whale, Globicephala sieboldii, of tropical and temperate seas, having a bulbous head.
  • pinacotheca — a place where works of art are displayed or stored
  • pinchbottle — a bottle with concave sides, as for containing liquor.
  • pinocytoses — (of a cell) to take within by means of pinocytosis.
  • pirate copy — an illicitly reproduced copy of a DVD, video, book, game, etc
  • pirouetting — a whirling about on one foot or on the points of the toes, as in ballet dancing.
  • pitchometer — an instrument embodying a clinometer, for measuring the pitch of a ship's propeller
  • pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
  • 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.
  • plagiostome — (of fish) belonging to the genus Plagiostomi, which includes sharks and rays, characterized by a transverse mouth with the jaw suspended from the skull
  • plainstones — the pavement or a paved area in a town or city
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