11-letter words containing a, p, e, r
- panegyrical — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
- panegyricon — a collection of sermons
- 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 truck — a small truck having a fully enclosed body, used mainly to deliver light or small objects.
- panicmonger — a person who spreads panic
- panspermist — someone who advocates panspermia
- pantelleria — an Italian island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Tunisia. 10,000; 32 sq. mi. (83 sq. km).
- pants press — A pants press in a hotel room is a machine that you put a pair of pants inside to get rid of the creases.
- 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 birch — a North American birch, Betula papyrifera, having a tough bark and yielding a valuable wood: the state tree of New Hampshire.
- paper chain — a decorative chain of loops of coloured paper
- paper chase — the effort to earn a diploma or college degree, especially in law, or a professional certificate or license.
- paper knife — a small, often decorative, knifelike instrument with a blade of metal, ivory, wood, or the like, for slitting open envelopes, the leaves of books, folded papers, etc.
- paper match — book match.
- paper money — currency in paper form, such as government and bank notes, as distinguished from metal currency.
- paper plate — a disposable plate made from paper and used for eating from
- paper round — job delivering newspapers
- paper route — A paper route is the same as a paper round.
- paper tiger — a person, group, nation, or thing that has the appearance of strength or power but is actually weak or ineffectual.
- paper towel — absorbent kitchen tissue
- paper trail — a written or printed record, as of transactions or judicial opinions, especially when used to incriminate someone.
- paper-bound — a book bound in a flexible paper cover, often a lower-priced edition of a hardcover book.
- paper-train — to train (a pet) to defecate or urinate on sheets of disposable paper.
- paperhanger — a person whose job is covering walls with wallpaper.
- papermaking — the art or action of making paper
- paperperson — a person who delivers newspapers to customers door to door.
- paperweight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
- pappardelle — flat pasta cut in wide strips.
- papyraceous — papery.
- par exemple — for example
- para rubber — India rubber obtained from the tree Hevea brasiliensis, of the spurge family, and other species of the same genus of tropical South America.
- para-cymene — a colorless liquid, C 1 0 H 1 4 , derived from benzene, found in various essential oils, and obtained as a by-product of papermaking.
- para-phrase — a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
- parabematic — relating to the parabema
- parablepsis — abnormal vision
- parableptic — relating to parablepsis
- paracetamol — painkilling drug
- parade rest — a position assumed by a soldier or sailor in which the feet are 12 inches (30.48 cm) apart, the hands are clasped behind the back, and the head is held motionless and facing forward.
- paraffinize — paraffin (def 4).
- paragenesis — the origin of minerals or mineral deposits in contact so as to affect one another's formation.
- paragenetic — the origin of minerals or mineral deposits in contact so as to affect one another's formation.
- paragrapher — a person who writes very short pieces or fillers for a newspaper.
- paraldehyde — a colorless, liquid, cyclic compound, C 6 H 1 2 O 3 , having a disagreeable taste but an agreeable odor, produced by the polymerization of acetaldehyde with sulfuric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of organic chemicals and in medicine as a sedative and hypnotic.
- paraleipsis — paralipsis.
- paralleling — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- parallelise — to make parallel; place so as to be parallel.
- parallelism — the position or relation of parallels.
- parallelist — a person who seeks or makes a comparison.
- parallelize — to make parallel; place so as to be parallel.
- parallelled — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.