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11-letter words containing a, n, t, i, p, e

  • phytoalexin — any of a class of plant compounds that accumulate at the site of invading microorganisms and confer resistance to disease.
  • piano tuner — a person who tunes pianos and sometimes other keyboard instruments.
  • pin-feather — an undeveloped feather before the web portions have expanded.
  • pinacotheca — a place where works of art are displayed or stored
  • pinch pleat — a narrow pleat that is usually part of a series at the top of curtains.
  • pine marten — a marten, Martes martes, of Europe and western Asia.
  • pinnatisect — (of a leaf) divided in a pinnate manner.
  • pipe batten — batten2 (def 5a).
  • 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.
  • plainstanes — the pavement or a paved area in a town or city
  • plainstones — the pavement or a paved area in a town or city
  • planetarian — a staff member at a planetarium.
  • planetarium — an apparatus or model representing the planetary system.
  • planimetric — the measurement of plane areas.
  • plantigrade — walking on the whole sole of the foot, as humans, and bears.
  • platemaking — the act of making plates
  • 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.
  • platycnemia — (in the shinbone) the state of being laterally flattened.
  • platyrrhine — Anthropology. having a broad, flat-bridged nose.
  • point after — a score given for a successful kick between the goalposts and above the crossbar, following a touchdown
  • pointy-head — stupid; idiotic.
  • ponderation — a weight
  • pontificate — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
  • portal vein — the large vein conveying blood to the liver from the veins of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas.
  • postexilian — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
  • postweaning — of, relating to, or occurring in the period following weaning
  • potato vine — a tender, woody Brazilian vine, Solanum jasminoides, of the nightshade family, having starlike, blue-tinged white flowers in clusters, grown as an ornamental.
  • potentially — possibly but not yet actually: potentially useful information.
  • potentiator — to cause to be potent; make powerful.
  • power train — a train of gears and shafting transmitting power from an engine, motor, etc., to a mechanism being driven.
  • praenestine — of or relating to the ancient town of Praeneste in Italy, or to the Latin dialect spoken there.
  • preacquaint — to acquaint (someone with information) in advance
  • precipitant — falling headlong.
  • predicament — an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation.
  • predication — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
  • predominant — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
  • predominate — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
  • predynastic — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the first dynasty of a nation, especially the period in Egypt before c3200 b.c.
  • preindicate — to indicate in advance; presage: The early thaw preindicated an avalanche.
  • prejudicant — judging beforehand
  • prelibation — a foretaste.
  • prenominate — mentioned beforehand.
  • preparation — a proceeding, measure, or provision by which one prepares for something: preparations for a journey.
  • preromantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
  • presanctify — to sanctify ahead of an event
  • prestations — a payment in money or in services.
  • presynaptic — being or occurring on the transmitting end of a discharge across a synapse.
  • preterminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
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