10-letter words containing pt
- nonseptate — not having a septum
- nuptiality — The frequency or incidence of marriage within a population.
- nympholept — a person seized with nympholepsy.
- optatively — In an optative way.
- optic axis — (in a crystal exhibiting double refraction) the direction or directions, uniaxial or biaxial, respectively, along which this phenomenon does not occur.
- optic disc — a small oval-shaped area on the retina marking the site of entrance into the eyeball of the optic nerve
- optic disk — blind spot (sense 1)
- optimality — The property of being optimal.
- optimising — to make as effective, perfect, or useful as possible.
- optimistic — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- optimizing — Something whose purpose is to optimize.
- optionable — the power or right of choosing.
- optionally — left to one's choice; not required or mandatory: Formal dress is optional.
- optologist — a person who tests eyes for lenses
- optometric — Of or pertaining to optometry.
- optophobia — The fear of opening one's eyes.
- orthoptera — Any of very many four-winged insects, of the order Orthoptera, such as grasshoppers, crickets and locusts.
- orthoptics — a method of exercising the eye and its muscles in order to cure strabismus or improve vision.
- orthoptist — One who practices orthoptics.
- panopticon — a building, as a prison, hospital, library, or the like, so arranged that all parts of the interior are visible from a single point.
- pentaptych — a work of art consisting of five panels or sections.
- peptolysis — causing the hydrolysis of peptides.
- peptolytic — causing the hydrolysis of peptides.
- perception — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- perceptive — having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition: a perceptive analysis of the problems involved.
- perceptron — 1. A single McCulloch-Pitts neuron. 2. A network of neurons in which the output(s) of some neurons are connected through weighted connections to the input(s) of other neurons. A multilayer perceptron is a specific instance of this.
- perceptual — of, relating to, or involving perception.
- peremptory — leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative: a peremptory command.
- peripteral — (of a classical temple or other structure) surrounded by a single row of columns.
- playscript — the manuscript of a play, especially as prepared for use by actors in rehearsals.
- postscript — a paragraph, phrase, etc., added to a letter that has already been concluded and signed by the writer.
- pre-emptor — to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.
- pre-exempt — to free from an obligation or liability to which others are subject; release: to exempt a student from an examination.
- preaseptic — pertaining to the period before the use of aseptic practices in surgery.
- preceptial — preceptive, instructive, didactic; conveying or consisting of precepts
- preceptive — of the nature of or expressing a precept; mandatory.
- preceptory — a subordinate house or community of the Knights Templars; commandery.
- preempting — to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.
- preemption — the act or right of claiming or purchasing before or in preference to others.
- preemptive — of or relating to preemption.
- preemptory — to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.
- prenuptial — before marriage.
- procryptic — serving to conceal an animal from predators.
- prompt box — a booth where someone sits to remind (an actor, singer, etc) of lines forgotten during a performance
- promptbook — a copy of the script of a play, containing cues and notes, used by the prompter, stage manager, etc.
- promptness — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
- promptuary — a storehouse
- protreptic — an educational book or speech
- pt teacher — a teacher of Physical Training
- pteranodon — a flying reptile of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Cretaceous Period, having a wingspread of about 25 feet (8 meters).