11-letter words containing pt
- nociceptors — Plural form of nociceptor.
- non-corrupt — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- non-optical — of, relating to, or applying optics or the principles of optics.
- nonadaptive — serving or able to adapt; showing or contributing to adaptation: the adaptive coloring of a chameleon.
- nondescript — of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind: a nondescript novel; a nondescript color.
- northampton — a city in Northamptonshire, in central England.
- nympholepts — Plural form of nympholept.
- octapeptide — An oligopeptide having eight amino acids.
- opthamology — Misspelling of ophthalmology.
- optic nerve — either one of the second pair of cranial nerves, consisting of sensory fibers that conduct impulses from the retina to the brain.
- optical art — op art.
- optimizable — Capable of being optimized.
- optionality — left to one's choice; not required or mandatory: Formal dress is optional.
- optocoupler — An optoisolator.
- optokinetic — relating to a reflex whereby the eye follows a moving object
- optometrist — a licensed professional who practices optometry.
- ornithopter — a heavier-than-air craft designed to be propelled through the air by flapping wings.
- orthopteran — orthopterous.
- orthopteron — an orthopterous insect.
- parabaptism — unauthorized baptism
- parableptic — relating to parablepsis
- pedobaptism — the baptism of infants.
- pedobaptist — a person who advocates or practices pedobaptism.
- perceptible — capable of being perceived; recognizable; appreciable: a perceptible change in his behavior.
- perceptibly — capable of being perceived; recognizable; appreciable: a perceptible change in his behavior.
- perceptions — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- persorption — the deep penetration of a liquid into a highly porous solid, resulting in an intimate mixture.
- plecopteran — Also, plecopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Plecoptera, comprising the stoneflies.
- polypeptide — a chain of amino acids linked together by peptide bonds and having a molecular weight of up to about 10,000.
- postnuptial — subsequent to marriage: postnuptial adjustments.
- pre-emption — the act or right of claiming or purchasing before or in preference to others.
- pre-emptive — of or relating to preemption.
- pre-receipt — a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- preadaptive — tending to preadapt, causing preadaptation
- preceptress — a woman who is an instructor; teacher; tutor.
- preemptible — to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.
- presumption — the act of presuming.
- presumptive — affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
- presynaptic — being or occurring on the transmitting end of a discharge across a synapse.
- prompt side — the part of the stage that in the U.S. is to the right and in Britain to the left as one faces the audience. Abbreviation: P.S.
- promptitude — promptness.
- propter hoc — because of this.
- 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.
- pteropodium — the foot of a pteropod.
- ptochocracy — government by the poor
- ptyalagogic — saliva-inducing
- ptyalagogue — an item that causes the flow of saliva
- raptureless — without rapture
- rapturously — full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.