11-letter words containing a, d, s, p
- mustard pot — a small pot, of glass, silver, etc, placed on the table to serve mustard
- nasal drops — Nasal drops are medicine that you put directly in your nose one drop at a time.
- nudist camp — a resort where nudism is practiced
- old persian — an ancient West Iranian language attested by cuneiform inscriptions. Abbreviation: OPers.
- old spanish — the Spanish language of the 12th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OSp.
- p's and q's — manners; behavior; conduct (usually preceded by mind or watch): The children were told to mind their p's and q's.
- pachysandra — any plant of the genus Pachysandra, as the Allegheny spurge or Japanese spurge, the leaves of which grow in a rounded clump, widely used as a ground cover in the U.S.
- paediatrics — Paediatrics is the area of medicine that is concerned with the treatment of children's illnesses.
- page design — the way a page is organized and presented
- palm desert — a town in S California, near Palm Springs.
- palm sunday — the Sunday before Easter, celebrated in commemoration of Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
- pancarditis — inflammation of the entire heart: the pericardium, myocardium, and endocardium.
- parade rest — a position assumed by a soldier or sailor in which the feet are 12 inches (30.48 cm) apart, the hands are clasped behind the back, and the head is held motionless and facing forward.
- paramastoid — of or relating to the part of the skull next to the mastoid process
- parascender — a person who takes part in parascending
- parasuicide — the deliberate infliction of injury on oneself or the taking of a drug overdose as an attempt at suicide which may not be intended to be successful
- parchedness — the state or characteristic of being parched
- paris daisy — marguerite (def 1).
- parotiditis — inflammation of a parotid.
- parson bird — tui.
- party dress — a dress to wear to a party
- pas de chat — a jump of one foot over the other.
- pas de cote — a two-track.
- pas de deux — a dance by two persons.
- pass around — distribute, circulate
- pass degree — (in English universities) an ordinary bachelor's degree conferred without honors.
- passed ball — a pitched ball that the catcher can reasonably be expected to catch but misses, resulting in a base runner's or runners' advancing one or more bases or in the batter's reaching first base safely.
- passed pawn — a pawn with no opposing pawn either on an adjacent file or on its own file.
- passiontide — the two-week period from Passion Sunday to Holy Saturday.
- passo fundo — a city in S Brazil.
- pasteurised — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- pasteurized — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- pastureland — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- pasty-faced — having a pale, unhealthy, sallow complexion: an awkward, pasty-faced youth.
- patio doors — doors to an area adjoining a house, esp one that is paved and used for outdoor activities
- pay dispute — a disagreement between workers and employers concerning salary
- pear-shaped — having the shape of a pear; tapering near the top and bulging toward the base or bottom: a pear-shaped vase.
- pebble dash — an exterior wall finish composed of mortar against which, while still wet, small pebbles have been thrown and pressed in.
- pedagoguish — resembling or reminiscent of a pedagogue
- pedanticise — to be pedantic
- pedanticism — pedantry.
- pedestalled — an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like.
- pedobaptism — the baptism of infants.
- pedobaptist — a person who advocates or practices pedobaptism.
- pentandrous — of or pertaining to the order of plants Pentandria, characterized by having five stamens
- pentastomid — tongue worm.
- personal ad — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- persuadable — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
- phase speed — the speed at which the phase of a wave is propagated, the product of the frequency times the wavelength. This is the quantity that is determined by methods using interference. In a dispersive medium it differs from the group speed
- phosphatide — phospholipid.