11-letter words containing u, p, s, e, t
- persulphate — a sulphuric acid salt of a base peroxide
- pestiferous — bringing or bearing disease.
- petit fours — a small teacake, variously frosted and decorated.
- petropounds — the multiples of the British pound as regarded in terms of income derived from petroleum
- phd student — a person who is studying for a PhD
- picturesque — visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting: a picturesque fishing village.
- pietersburg — capital of Northern Transvaal province, South Africa: pop. 26,000
- pilot house — an enclosed structure on the deck of a ship from which it can be navigated.
- plant louse — aphid.
- 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.
- pneumonitis — inflammation of the lung caused by a virus or exposure to irritating substances.
- pneumostome — a breathing hole in the mantle of a gastropod.
- polyestrous — having several estrus cycles annually or during a breeding season.
- porterhouse — Also called porterhouse steak. a choice cut of beef from between the prime ribs and the sirloin.
- post-bellum — of or during the period after a war, esp the American Civil War
- postpuberty — the period after puberty
- postscenium — a wing on either side of the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theatre where props could be stored and actors could prepare; a parascenium
- posttussive — of or relating to a cough.
- pot scourer — a small ball of wire or stiff plastic, or a flat piece of a rough fabric used for cleaning kitchen pots and pans
- potteresque — resembling or suggestive of scenes and situations described in the Harry Potter novels of J. K. Rowling
- pre-request — the act of asking for something to be given or done, especially as a favor or courtesy; solicitation or petition: At his request, they left.
- precautious — using or displaying precaution: a precautious reply; a precautious person.
- precipitous — of the nature of or characterized by precipices: a precipitous wall of rock.
- preconquest — of or relating to the time before the conquest of one people, region, or country by another.
- presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- presstitute — a journalist or media source whose news coverage is considered to be inappropriately influenced by business interests, political motives, etc. (often used attributively): claims made by the industry and trumpeted by the corporate presstitute media.
- prestigious — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.
- presumption — the act of presuming.
- presumptive — affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
- pretentious — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- previous to — before, prior to
- pro-oestrus — proestrus.
- procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
- prosecuting — carrying out a prosecution
- prosecution — Law. the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on.
- prosecutory — of, relating to, or concerned with prosecution.
- prosecutrix — a female prosecutor or plaintiff
- prostituted — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- protrusible — able to be thrust outwards
- publicities — extensive mention in the news media or by word of mouth or other means of communication.
- publishment — publication.
- puerilities — the state or quality of being a child.
- puget sound — an arm of the Pacific, in NW Washington.
- punji stake — a sharp bamboo stake concealed in high grass at an angle so as to gash the feet and legs of enemy soldiers and often coated with excrement so as to cause an infected wound.
- puppet show — an entertainment, as a play or musical revue, in which the performers are puppets.
- purportless — without purport
- purpresture — the wrongful enclosure of or intrusion upon lands, waters, or other property rightfully belonging to the public at large.
- pussyfooter — a person who behaves stealthily or evasively
- putrescence — becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.