11-letter words containing t, o, p, y
- protanomaly — a defect of vision characterized by a diminished response of the retina to red.
- proteolysis — the breaking down of proteins into simpler compounds, as in digestion.
- proteolytic — the breaking down of proteins into simpler compounds, as in digestion.
- proterotype — a primary type.
- protocolary — the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
- protogalaxy — the large concentration of gas and dust from which a galaxy is formed.
- 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.
- protomartyr — the first Christian martyr, Saint Stephen.
- protonotary — prothonotary.
- protophytic — pertaining to the class Protophyta
- prototrophy — the state of being a prototroph
- prototyping — The creation of a model and the simulation of all aspects of a product. CASE tools support different degrees of prototyping. Some offer the end-user the ability to review all aspects of the user interface and the structure of documentation and reports before code is generated.
- providently — having or showing foresight; providing carefully for the future.
- provocatory — tending to provoke
- proximately — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- proxy fight — a contest between factions of stockholders in a company, in which each group attempts to gain control by soliciting signed proxy statements for sufficient votes.
- psammophyte — a plant that grows in sand or sandy soil.
- psilophytic — (of a plant) that grows well in the dry savannah
- psyche knot — a woman's hairdo in which a knot or coil of hair projects from the back of the head.
- psychometer — a device for measuring mental or psychological activity
- psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
- psychomotor — of or relating to a response involving both motor and psychological components.
- psychopathy — a mental disorder in which an individual manifests amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.
- psychotogen — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
- psychotoxic — toxic or harmful to the mind or personality.
- pteridology — the branch of botany dealing with ferns and related plants, as the horsetails and club mosses.
- pterodactyl — any of a number of genera of flying reptiles of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a highly reduced tail and teeth and a birdlike beak.
- ptochocracy — government by the poor
- ptyalagogic — saliva-inducing
- 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
- pylorectomy — the surgical removal of all or part of the pylorus, often including the adjacent portion of the stomach (partial gastrectomy)
- pyrgeometer — an instrument for measuring the loss of heat by radiation from the earth's surface
- pyrobitumen — any of the dark, solid hydrocarbons including peat, coal, and bituminous shale.
- pyroclastic — composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic.
- pyrogallate — a salt or ether of pyrogallol.
- pyrogenetic — heat-producing
- pyrognostic — relating to heated minerals
- pyrokinetic — the ability to set objects or people on fire through the concentration of psychic power.
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- pyrotechnic — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
- pyroxenitic — relating to pyroxenite
- pythagorean — of or relating to Pythagoras, to his school, or to his doctrines.
- pythonesque — denoting a kind of humour that is absurd and unpredictable; zany; surreal
- radiopacity — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
- rapturously — full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
- reciprocity — a reciprocal state or relation.
- rehypnotize — to hypnotize again
- repudiatory — the act of repudiating.