11-letter words containing a, l, i, m, e
- pamphletize — to write a pamphlet.
- parallelism — the position or relation of parallels.
- paramedical — related to the medical profession in a secondary or supplementary capacity.
- pari-mutuel — a form of betting and of handling the betting on horse races at racetracks, in which those holding winning tickets divide the total amount bet in proportion to their wagers, less a percentage for the management, taxes, etc.
- park-miller — A pseudorandom number generation algorithm which was discredited by Marsaglia and Steve Sullivanin in the July 1993 CACM.
- patelliform — having the form of a patella; shaped like a saucer, kneecap, or limpet shell.
- 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.
- pelagianism — a follower of Pelagius, who denied original sin and believed in freedom of the will.
- pelargonium — any plant of the genus Pelargonium, the cultivated species of which are usually called geranium. Compare geranium (def 2).
- pencil beam — a cone-shaped radar beam.
- penultimate — next to the last: the penultimate scene of the play.
- peroxisomal — of or relating to a peroxisome; of the nature of a peroxisome
- personalism — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
- petalomania — the condition in which a flower has proportionately more petals than is normal
- phantomlike — an apparition or specter.
- phenylamine — aniline.
- pilgrimager — a pilgrim
- 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.
- plagiostome — (of fish) belonging to the genus Plagiostomi, which includes sharks and rays, characterized by a transverse mouth with the jaw suspended from the skull
- planetarium — an apparatus or model representing the planetary system.
- planimetric — the measurement of plane areas.
- plasminogen — the blood substance that when activated forms plasmin.
- platemaking — the act of making plates
- platycnemia — (in the shinbone) the state of being laterally flattened.
- plebeianism — belonging or pertaining to the common people.
- pleinairism — pertaining to a manner or style of painting developed chiefly in France in the mid-19th century, characterized by the representation of the luminous effects of natural light and atmosphere as contrasted with the artificial light and absence of the sense of air or atmosphere associated with paintings produced in the studio.
- polarimeter — an instrument for measuring the amount of light received from a given source as a function of its state of polarization.
- policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.
- policymaker — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- polyspermia — the secretion of an excessive amount of semen.
- pramipexole — a dopamine agonist used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
- pre-diploma — a document given by an educational institution conferring a degree on a person or certifying that the person has satisfactorily completed a course of study.
- pre-islamic — existing prior to the ascendancy of Islam; pre-Muslim.
- pre-seminal — released before semen is ejaculated
- preliminary — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
- prematerial — the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed: Stone is a durable material.
- premedieval — prior to the Middle Ages.
- preterminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- prevailment — the action of prevailing
- prime ideal — an ideal in a ring with a multiplicative identity, having the property that when the product of two elements of the ring results in an element of the ideal, at least one of the elements is an element of the ideal.
- primigenial — relating to an early stage of existence; primitive
- problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- propylamine — an isomeric amine of propyl
- proximately — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- psammophile — a plant or animal that thrives in sand
- psilomelane — a common mineral consisting of a mixture of pyrolusite and other oxides of manganese, usually found in black, rounded masses: an ore of manganese.
- quitclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of quitclaim.
- rambouillet — one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.
- random line — a trial survey line run from a station toward a predetermined point that cannot be seen from the station.
- readme file — (convention, documentation) A text file traditionally included in the top-level directory of a software distribution, containing pointers to documentation, credits, revision history, notes, etc. Originally found in Unix source distributions, the convention has spread to many other products. The file may be named README, READ.ME, ReadMe or readme.txt or some other variant. In the Macintosh and IBM PC worlds, software is not usually distributed in source form, and the README is more likely to contain user-oriented material like last-minute documentation changes, error workarounds, and restrictions. The README convention probably follows the famous scene in Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland" in which Alice confronts magic munchies labeled "Eat Me" and "Drink Me".