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Words starting with pter

6 letter words starting with pter

  • pterin — any of a group of substances which occur naturally as insect pigments
  • ptero- — wing, feather, or a part resembling a wing
  • pteron — (in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.

7 letter words starting with pter

  • pterion — the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
  • pteroma — pteron.
  • pteryla — one of the feathered areas on the skin of a bird.
  • pteroic acid — a crystalline acid found in spinach

8 letter words starting with pter

  • pteropod — belonging or pertaining to the Pteropoda, a group of mollusks having the lateral portions of the foot expanded into winglike lobes used in swimming.
  • pterylae — one of the feathered areas on the skin of a bird.

9 letter words starting with pter

  • pteridine — a yellow, crystalline, heteroaromatic compound having a bicyclic molecular structure; any substituted derivative of this, examples of which occur naturally, esp as vitamins of the B group and insect pigments. Formula: C6H4N4
  • pterosaur — any flying reptile of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having the outside digit of the forelimb greatly elongated and supporting a wing membrane.
  • pterygial — an abnormal triangular mass of thickened conjunctiva extending over the cornea and interfering with vision.
  • pterygium — an abnormal triangular mass of thickened conjunctiva extending over the cornea and interfering with vision.
  • pterygoid — wing-shaped

10 letter words starting with pter

  • pteranodon — a flying reptile of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Cretaceous Period, having a wingspread of about 25 feet (8 meters).
  • pterylosis — the arrangement of feathers on a bird

11 letter words starting with pter

  • 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.

12 letter words starting with pter

  • pteridomania — an excessive enthusiasm for ferns
  • pteridophyte — any plant of the division Pteridophyta, characterized by vascular tissue and differentiation into root, stem, and leaves, comprising the ferns, horsetails, and club mosses.
  • pteridosperm — seed fern.
  • pterocarpous — having winged fruit.
  • pterosaurian — a pterosaur

13 letter words starting with pter

  • pterylography — the description of the feather arrangement on birds

14 letter words starting with pter

On this page, we collect all words starting with PTER. To make easier to find the right word we have divided all 29 words to groups according to their length. So you should go to appropriate page if can’t find the word that beginning with PTER. that you are searching. Also you can use this page in Scrabble.

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