11-letter words containing a, l, i, e, n, t
- occidentals — Plural form of occidental.
- on the nail — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- openability — The quality of being openable.
- operational — able to function or be used; functional: How soon will the new factory be operational?
- orientalism — a peculiarity or idiosyncrasy of the peoples of Asia, especially the East.
- orientalist — A person (especially a scholar) interested in the orient.
- orientality — the state of being oriental
- orientalize — Alternative capitalization of Orientalize.
- outline map — a map which only provides very basic information so that more details can be added
- overinflate — to inflate to an excessive degree
- palestinian — a native or inhabitant of Palestine.
- palletising — to place (materials) upon pallets for handling or moving.
- panel point — a joint between two or more members of a truss.
- panel strip — one of a number of strips of wood or metal laid upon the surface of a wall, ceiling, etc., so as to divide it into a number of broad areas, usually in order to conceal joints between sheets of composition material forming the surface.
- panel thief — a thief who secretly robs the customers in a panel house.
- pantelleria — an Italian island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Tunisia. 10,000; 32 sq. mi. (83 sq. km).
- panty liner — a pad worn inside a woman's underwear for feminine hygiene purposes such as absorbing light menstrual flow, daily vaginal discharge, etc
- partialness — being such in part only; not total or general; incomplete: partial blindness; a partial payment of a debt.
- party liner — a person who follows a party line, especially the Communist Party line.
- paternalism — the system, principle, or practice of managing or governing individuals, businesses, nations, etc., in the manner of a father dealing benevolently and often intrusively with his children: The employees objected to the paternalism of the old president.
- paternalist — government: fatherly in style
- patientless — a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- patrilineal — inheriting or determining descent through the male line.
- patrilinear — patrilineal.
- patsy cline — Patsy (Virginia Patterson Hensley) 1932–63, U.S. country singer.
- pectinately — in a pectinate manner
- pedal point — a sustained bass note, over which the other parts move bringing about changing harmonies
- 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.
- peninsulate — to cause (land) to become peninsular
- penitential — of, pertaining to, proceeding from, or expressive of penitence or repentance.
- pentactinal — of or relating to a pentact
- pentacyclic — having five rings of atoms
- pentaploidy — the condition of being pentaploid
- pentlandite — a mineral, sulfide of nickel, occurring in the form of bronze-colored granular aggregates, found with pyrrhotite: the principal source of nickel.
- penultimate — next to the last: the penultimate scene of the play.
- percolation — the act or state of percolating or of being percolated.
- pericentral — arranged around a centre
- perinatally — during the perinatal period; before birth
- periodontal — of or relating to the periodontium.
- personalist — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
- personality — the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality.
- petalomania — the condition in which a flower has proportionately more petals than is normal
- phantomlike — an apparition or specter.
- phrenetical — of or relating to phrenitis
- phytoalexin — any of a class of plant compounds that accumulate at the site of invading microorganisms and confer resistance to disease.
- pinch pleat — a narrow pleat that is usually part of a series at the top of curtains.
- pitch plane — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
- pixellation — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
- plain tripe — the fatty, inner lining of the first stomach (the rumen) of a steer, calf, hog, or sheep, having a bland taste and used as a food, especially in the preparation of such dishes as haggis, head cheese, etc.