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11-letter words containing a, c, e, p, t

  • palaeotypic — characterized by palaeotype
  • paleoarctic — palearctic.
  • paleocortex — the olfactory region of the brain.
  • paleolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the cultures of the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs, or early phase of the Stone Age, which appeared first in Africa and are marked by the steady development of stone tools and later antler and bone artifacts, engravings on bone and stone, sculpted figures, and paintings and engravings on the walls of caves and rock-shelters: usually divided into three periods (Lower Paleolithic, c2,000,000–c200,000 b.c., Middle Paleolithic, c150,000–c40,000 b.c., Upper Paleolithic, c40,000–c10,000 b.c.)
  • palmatisect — (of leaves) having palmate veins and lobes split almost to the base of the blade.
  • panathenaic — of or relating to a Panathenaea, a festival in honor of the goddess Athena.
  • panchreston — a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.
  • panel truck — a small truck having a fully enclosed body, used mainly to deliver light or small objects.
  • pantheistic — the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.
  • pantothenic — denoting an acid which is a growth-promoting vitamin of vitamin B complex
  • paper match — book match.
  • parabematic — relating to the parabema
  • parableptic — relating to parablepsis
  • paracetamol — painkilling drug
  • paragenetic — the origin of minerals or mineral deposits in contact so as to affect one another's formation.
  • parcel post — (in the U.S. Postal Service) nonpreferential mail consisting of packages and parcels, weighing one pound or more sent at fourth-class rates. Compare fourth class.
  • parcel-gilt — the gilding of only some areas or ornaments of a piece of furniture.
  • parenthetic — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
  • parenticide — a person who kills one or both of his or her parents.
  • paresthetic — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.
  • participate — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
  • particulate — of, relating to, or composed of distinct particles.
  • party piece — Someone's party piece is something that they often do to entertain people, especially at parties, for example singing a particular song or saying a particular poem.
  • pas de chat — a jump of one foot over the other.
  • pas de cote — a two-track.
  • pasticheuse — a woman who makes or composes a pastiche.
  • pastry case — a case made of pastry that is filled with fruit, custard etc to make a tart or flan
  • pastry chef — cook who specializes in patisserie
  • pasty-faced — having a pale, unhealthy, sallow complexion: an awkward, pasty-faced youth.
  • patch space — An unused block of bits left in a binary so that it can later be modified by insertion of machine-language instructions there (typically, the patch space is modified to contain new code, and the superseded code is patched to contain a jump or call to the patch space). The widening use of HLLs has made this term rare; it is now primarily historical outside IBM shops. See patch, zap, hook.
  • pate a chou — French Cookery. cream puff paste.
  • patsy cline — Patsy (Virginia Patterson Hensley) 1932–63, U.S. country singer.
  • pawn ticket — a receipt given for goods left with a pawnbroker.
  • peace talks — negotiations aimed at ending conflict
  • peach stone — the stone in the centre of the fruit the peach
  • pearlescent — having an iridescent luster resembling that of pearl; nacreous: healthy skin with a pearlescent glow.
  • pecan patty — a praline made with pecans.
  • pectic acid — any of several water-insoluble products of the hydrolysis of pectin esters.
  • pectinately — in a pectinate manner
  • peculiarity — a trait, manner, characteristic, or habit that is odd or unusual.
  • pedanticise — to be pedantic
  • pedanticism — pedantry.
  • pedanticize — to be pedantic
  • pedantocrat — a pedantic ruler
  • pedicellate — having a pedicel or pedicels.
  • pediculated — having a stalk or stalks
  • pedunculate — having a peduncle.
  • pencil gate — any of a large number of narrow gates used for rapid distribution of metal in large castings.
  • penicillate — having a penicil or penicils.
  • pentactinal — of or relating to a pentact
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