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11-letter words containing t, r, a, p, u

  • passthrough — a windowlike opening, as one for passing food or dishes between a kitchen and a dining area.
  • pasteurella — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Pasturella, certain species of which are parasitic and pathogenic for humans and animals.
  • pasteurised — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
  • pasteurized — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
  • pasteurizer — an apparatus for pasteurizing milk and other liquids.
  • pastry tube — a conical tube with a patterned hole at one end, fitted over the opening of a cloth funnel (pastry bag) for shaping icings, food pastes, etc., as they are forced through by squeezing the bag.
  • pastureland — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
  • pastureless — without pasture, free of pasture
  • paumgartner — Bernhard [bern-hahrt] /ˈbɛrn hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1887–1971, Austrian composer, conductor, and musicologist.
  • peanut worm — any small, unsegmented, marine worm of the phylum Sipuncula, that when disturbed retracts its anterior portion into the body, giving the appearance of a peanut seed.
  • peculiarity — a trait, manner, characteristic, or habit that is odd or unusual.
  • pentamerous — consisting of or divided into five parts.
  • pentandrous — of or pertaining to the order of plants Pentandria, characterized by having five stamens
  • pentangular — having five angles and five sides; pentagonal.
  • perambulate — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
  • perduration — the act of lasting forever or enduring continually; the capacity to endure indefinitely
  • perlustrate — to inspect thoroughly; to make a thorough examination of (something), esp to intercept and read (letters) for purposes of surveillance; to travel through and survey (a region)
  • permutation — the act of permuting or permutating; alteration; transformation.
  • perpetuable — able to be perpetuated
  • perpetually — continuing or enduring forever; everlasting.
  • perpetuance — to make perpetual.
  • perpetuated — to make perpetual.
  • perpetuates — to make perpetual.
  • perpetuator — to make perpetual.
  • persulphate — a sulphuric acid salt of a base peroxide
  • perturbable — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
  • perturbator — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
  • piacularity — the state of being piacular
  • piano tuner — a person who tunes pianos and sometimes other keyboard instruments.
  • picture hat — a woman's hat having a very broad, flexible brim, often decorated with feathers, flowers, or the like.
  • pisistratus — c605–527 b.c, tyrant of Athens 560–527 (father of Hipparchus and Hippias).
  • planetarium — an apparatus or model representing the planetary system.
  • plastiqueur — a person, especially a terrorist, who makes, places, or detonates plastic bombs.
  • plateresque — noting or pertaining to a 16th-century style of Spanish architecture characterized by profuse applications of delicate low-relief Renaissance ornament to isolated parts of building exteriors.
  • plattsburgh — a city in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: battle, 1814.
  • platykurtic — (of a frequency distribution) less concentrated about the mean than the corresponding normal distribution.
  • play truant — be absent from school without permission
  • pluralistic — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
  • plutarchian — of or relating to the biographer Plutarch.
  • plutocratic — of, relating to, or characterized by a plutocracy or plutocrats.
  • pococurante — a careless or indifferent person.
  • point guard — Basketball. the guard who directs the team's offense from the point.
  • politbureau — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
  • port arthur — a port in W Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Superior: created in 1970 by the merger of twin cities (Fort William and Port Arthur) and two adjoining townships.
  • portmanteau — a case or bag to carry clothing in while traveling, especially a leather trunk or suitcase that opens into two halves.
  • portraiture — the art or an instance of making portraits.
  • postulatory — of or relating to a postulate or assumption
  • pouched rat — pocket gopher.
  • 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.
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