11-letter words containing a, n, t, r, u
- panel truck — a small truck having a fully enclosed body, used mainly to deliver light or small objects.
- parachuting — descent using parachute
- paramountcy — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
- paramountly — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
- parodontium — periodontium.
- parturition — the process of bringing forth young.
- 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.
- paumgartner — Bernhard [bern-hahrt] /ˈbɛrn hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1887–1971, Austrian composer, conductor, and musicologist.
- peanut worm — any small, unsegmented, marine worm of the phylum Sipuncula, that when disturbed retracts its anterior portion into the body, giving the appearance of a peanut seed.
- pentamerous — consisting of or divided into five parts.
- pentandrous — of or pertaining to the order of plants Pentandria, characterized by having five stamens
- pentangular — having five angles and five sides; pentagonal.
- perduration — the act of lasting forever or enduring continually; the capacity to endure indefinitely
- permutation — the act of permuting or permutating; alteration; transformation.
- perpetuance — to make perpetual.
- piano tuner — a person who tunes pianos and sometimes other keyboard instruments.
- planetarium — an apparatus or model representing the planetary system.
- play truant — be absent from school without permission
- plutarchian — of or relating to the biographer Plutarch.
- pococurante — a careless or indifferent person.
- point guard — Basketball. the guard who directs the team's offense from the point.
- portmanteau — a case or bag to carry clothing in while traveling, especially a leather trunk or suitcase that opens into two halves.
- poultry-man — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
- preacquaint — to acquaint (someone with information) in advance
- prejudicant — judging beforehand
- preoccupant — a previous occupant
- prepunctual — arriving before the appointed time
- preterhuman — beyond what is human: preterhuman experience.
- procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
- procuration — the act of obtaining or getting; procurement.
- prognathous — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- protandrous — (of hermaphrodite or monoecious plants) maturing the anthers before the stigma
- proteinuria — the presence of abnormally large amounts of protein in the urine, usually resulting from kidney disease but sometimes from fever, excessive exercise, or other abnormal condition.
- protuberant — bulging out beyond the surrounding surface; protruding; projecting: protuberant eyes.
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- purgatorian — a person who believes in purgatory
- puritanical — very strict in moral or religious matters, often excessively so; rigidly austere.
- pursuant to — legal: in accordance with
- put on airs — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- quadrantids — a collection of meteors comprising a meteor shower (Quadran·tid me·teor show·er) visible around January 31 and having its apparent origin in the constellation Boötes.
- quadripoint — A point at which four borders meet.
- quaintrelle — (obscure) A woman who emphasizes a life of passion expressed through personal style, leisurely pastimes, charm, and cultivation of life’s pleasures.
- quantifiers — Logic. an expression, as “all” or “some,” that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Compare existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
- quantometer — a spectroscopic instrument for measuring the percentage of different metals present in a sample
- quarantined — a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
- quarantines — Plural form of quarantine.
- quart minor — Piquet. a sequence of four cards of the same suit, as an ace, king, queen, and jack (quart major) or king, queen, jack, and ten (quart minor)
- quaternions — Plural form of quaternion.
- questionary — a questionnaire.
- quint major — an organ stop sounding a fifth higher than the corresponding digitals.