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11-letter words containing t, o, p, u, y

  • pentagynous — (of plants) belonging to the order Pentagynia, characterized by the presence of five styles or pistils
  • perfunctory — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
  • persecutory — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
  • pilot study — trial done for research
  • pneumectomy — pneumonectomy.
  • policy unit — a body of political advisors to the British Prime Minister
  • polyculture — the raising at the same time and place of more than one species of plant or animal.
  • polyestrous — having several estrus cycles annually or during a breeding season.
  • polygonatum — a plant of the genus Polygonatum
  • postpuberty — the period after puberty
  • postulatory — of or relating to a postulate or assumption
  • poultry-man — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
  • pourability — to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
  • procuratory — Roman History. any of various imperial officials with fiscal or administrative powers.
  • promiscuity — the state of being promiscuous.
  • propinquity — nearness in place; proximity.
  • prosecutory — of, relating to, or concerned with prosecution.
  • protogynous — of or relating to a flower in which the shedding of pollen occurs after the stigma has stopped being receptive; having female sex organs maturing before the male.
  • ptyalagogue — an item that causes the flow of saliva
  • purportedly — reputed or claimed; alleged: We saw no evidence of his purported wealth.
  • pussyfooter — a person who behaves stealthily or evasively
  • pyrobitumen — any of the dark, solid hydrocarbons including peat, coal, and bituminous shale.
  • pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
  • pythonesque — denoting a kind of humour that is absurd and unpredictable; zany; surreal
  • rapturously — full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
  • repudiatory — the act of repudiating.
  • rotary pump — a pump for transferring water or other fluids by the rotating action of its component parts, as by the meshing of vanes or screws.
  • speculatory — a place suitable for observation
  • spot survey — a survey taken immediately and at random
  • study group — an informal gathering of people who convene regularly to exchange ideas and information on a specific subject.
  • study up on — to make a careful study of
  • stylopodium — a glandular disk or expansion surmounting the ovary and supporting the styles in plants of the parsley family.
  • sumptuously — entailing great expense, as from choice materials, fine work, etc.; costly: a sumptuous residence.
  • superiority — the quality or condition of being superior.
  • suppository — a solid, conical mass of medicinal substance that melts upon insertion into the rectum or vagina.
  • sympetalous — gamopetalous.
  • theopneusty — divine inspiration; the influence of God's spirit enabling humans to receive a divine truth
  • tolyl group — any of three univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 7 H 7 –, derived from toluene.
  • ton-up boys — youths who habitually ride or drive a vehicle at speeds of a hundred miles per hour or more
  • topsy-turvy — with the top where the bottom should be; upside down.
  • triphyllous — having three leaves.
  • typefounder — a person who casts metallic printer's type
  • undo-plasty — cosmetic surgical procedures designed to reverse the results of a previous procedure or procedures
  • unstoppably — that cannot be stopped or surpassed; unbeatable: an unstoppable ball team.
  • up to putty — worthless or useless
  • uranoplasty — a surgical operation to correct a defect of the palate or roof of the mouth
  • yoghurt pot — a small, usually plastic, container that is used for selling yogurt and, when empty, is often used as a craft material
  • youth group — an organization of young people, as for social purposes, usually under the sponsorship of a church, political organization, or the like.
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