11-letter words containing a, p, e, l
- paddle ball — a game similar to handball, but played with a short-handled, perforated paddle
- paddle boat — small boat with pedals
- paddle worm — any of a family of green-blue faintly iridescent active marine polychaete worms of the genus Phyllodoce, having paddle-shaped swimming lobes, found under stones on the shore
- paddleboard — a type of surfboard with one end rounded and the other tapered to a point, used chiefly in surfing and often in lifesaving.
- paddy field — a flooded piece of land used for growing rice
- paedophilia — Paedophilia is sexual activity with children or the condition of being sexually attracted to children.
- pain relief — techniques concerned with preventing or reducing pain
- painesville — a city in NE Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- palace coup — a challenge to or overthrow of a sovereign or other leader by members of the ruling family or group.
- palaearctic — of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of Europe, Africa north of the Sahara, and most of Asia north of the Himalayas
- palaeologus — family name of Byzantine rulers 1259–1453.
- palaeontol. — palaeontology
- palaeotypic — characterized by palaeotype
- palatalized — Phonetics. pronounced with secondary palatal articulation.
- paleoarctic — palearctic.
- paleobotany — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil plants.
- paleocortex — the olfactory region of the brain.
- paleography — ancient forms of writing, as in documents and inscriptions.
- paleolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the cultures of the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs, or early phase of the Stone Age, which appeared first in Africa and are marked by the steady development of stone tools and later antler and bone artifacts, engravings on bone and stone, sculpted figures, and paintings and engravings on the walls of caves and rock-shelters: usually divided into three periods (Lower Paleolithic, c2,000,000–c200,000 b.c., Middle Paleolithic, c150,000–c40,000 b.c., Upper Paleolithic, c40,000–c10,000 b.c.)
- palestinian — a native or inhabitant of Palestine.
- palladinize — to treat or cover (a surface) with palladium.
- pallescence — the condition of being pallescent
- palletising — to place (materials) upon pallets for handling or moving.
- palm desert — a town in S California, near Palm Springs.
- palm reader — fortune teller who interprets hand lines
- palmatisect — (of leaves) having palmate veins and lobes split almost to the base of the blade.
- palmer land — the southern part of the Antarctic Peninsula.
- palmer worm — the hairy black and white caterpillar of the goldtail moth
- palsgravine — the wife or widow of a palsgrave.
- pampelmoose — a large citrus fruit
- pamphleteer — a writer or publisher of pamphlets, especially on controversial issues.
- pamphletize — to write a pamphlet.
- panegyrical — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
- panel house — a brothel having rooms with secret entrances, as sliding panels, for admitting panel thieves.
- 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.
- panel truck — a small truck having a fully enclosed body, used mainly to deliver light or small objects.
- panhellenic — of or relating to all Greeks or to Panhellenism.
- pantaletted — clothed in pantalets
- pantalooned — wearing pantaloons
- pantelleria — an Italian island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Tunisia. 10,000; 32 sq. mi. (83 sq. km).
- 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
- paper plate — a disposable plate made from paper and used for eating from
- paper towel — absorbent kitchen tissue
- paper trail — a written or printed record, as of transactions or judicial opinions, especially when used to incriminate someone.
- papillulate — covered with small papillae
- pappardelle — flat pasta cut in wide strips.
- par exemple — for example