11-letter words containing a, l, e, p, y
- palaeotypic — characterized by palaeotype
- paleobotany — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil plants.
- paleography — ancient forms of writing, as in documents and inscriptions.
- panegyrical — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
- pantheology — a branch of theology embracing all gods and all religions
- panty liner — a pad worn inside a woman's underwear for feminine hygiene purposes such as absorbing light menstrual flow, daily vaginal discharge, etc
- paraldehyde — a colorless, liquid, cyclic compound, C 6 H 1 2 O 3 , having a disagreeable taste but an agreeable odor, produced by the polymerization of acetaldehyde with sulfuric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of organic chemicals and in medicine as a sedative and hypnotic.
- parenchymal — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- partial key — (database) A key which identifies a subset of a set of information items (e.g. database "records"), and which could narrow the subset to one item if other partial key(s) were combined with it.
- party liner — a person who follows a party line, especially the Communist Party line.
- patsy cline — Patsy (Virginia Patterson Hensley) 1932–63, U.S. country singer.
- patty shell — a cup-shaped shell of light, flaky pastry, for serving vegetable, fish, or meat mixtures, usually with a sauce.
- pauselessly — in a pauseless manner; ceaselessly
- peace lobby — a lobby for peace or the end of conflict
- pear psylla — a small jumping plant louse, Psylla pyricola, originally of Europe, that is a major pest of pears in the eastern U.S.
- pearly king — the male London costermonger whose ceremonial clothes display the most lavish collection of pearl buttons
- pectinately — in a pectinate manner
- peculiarity — a trait, manner, characteristic, or habit that is odd or unusual.
- pecuniarily — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- pedal cycle — a cycle that is propelled by operating the pedals, as opposed to a motorcycle
- peely-wally — off colour; pale and ill-looking
- pelotherapy — the application of mud to the body for therapeutic purposes
- penalty box — an enclosed space adjacent to the rink for penalized players, the penalty timekeeper, the game timekeeper, and the official scorer.
- penny black — the first adhesive postage stamp, issued in Britain in 1840; an imperforate stamp bearing the profile of Queen Victoria on a dark background
- pentacyclic — having five rings of atoms
- pentadactyl — having five digits on each hand or foot.
- pentaploidy — the condition of being pentaploid
- pentastylos — a pentastyle building, as a classical temple.
- perceivably — capable of being perceived; perceptible.
- perennially — lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring: her perennial beauty.
- perinatally — during the perinatal period; before birth
- permanently — existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
- perpetually — continuing or enduring forever; everlasting.
- personality — the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality.
- pervasively — spread throughout: The corruption is so pervasive that it is accepted as the way to do business.
- phalanstery — the buildings occupied by a phalanx. the community itself.
- phenylamine — aniline.
- phraseology — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
- phylacteric — of or relating to phylacteries
- phylloclade — a flattened stem or branch having the function of a leaf.
- phylloplane — the surface of a leaf considered as a habitat, esp for microorganisms
- physicalise — to express in physical terms; give form or shape to: The dancers physicalized the mood of the music.
- physicalize — to express in physical terms; give form or shape to: The dancers physicalized the mood of the music.
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- phytoalexin — any of a class of plant compounds that accumulate at the site of invading microorganisms and confer resistance to disease.
- pine family — the plant family Pinaceae, characterized by mostly evergreen, resinous trees having narrow, often needlelike leaves, male flowers in catkinlike clusters, and scaly female flowers that develop into fruit in the form of a woody cone, and including cedar (genus Cedrus), fir, hemlock, larch, pine, and spruce.
- pineal body — (formerly) the pineal gland.
- placelessly — in a placeless manner
- planetology — the branch of astronomy that deals with the physical features of the planets.
- platinotype — a process of printing positives in which a platinum salt is used, rather than the usual silver salts, in order to make a more permanent print.