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11-letter words containing a, p, e, r

  • peru balsam — an aromatic balsam that is obtained from the tropical South American leguminous tree Myroxylon pereirae and is similar to balsam of Tolu
  • pervasively — spread throughout: The corruption is so pervasive that it is accepted as the way to do business.
  • pervouralsk — a city in the central RSFSR, in the Ural Mountains in Asia.
  • pescatarian — a person whose diet is mostly vegetarian but includes fish and seafood.
  • pescetarian — a person whose diet is mostly vegetarian but includes fish and seafood.
  • pet scanner — a tomographic imaging device that yields visual information about the ongoing activity of the brain: positron-emitting isotopes, incorporated into biologically important compounds, are injected intravenously or administered by inhalation, and the resultant gamma radiation is sensed by detectors and converted into computer-generated images of blood flow, oxygen utilization, glucose uptake, etc.
  • petitionary — of the nature of or expressing a petition.
  • petrarchism — the poetic style introduced by Petrarch and characteristic of his work, marked by complex grammatical structure, elaborate conceits, and conventionalized diction.
  • petrarchist — a person who imitates the literary style employed by Petrarch, especially the poets of the English Renaissance who employed the Petrarchan sonnet style.
  • petri plate — a petri dish containing culture medium
  • petrodollar — profits made from oil exports
  • petrography — the branch of petrology dealing with the description and classification of rocks, especially by microscopic examination.
  • petrol tank — The petrol tank in a motor vehicle is the container for petrol.
  • phalanstery — the buildings occupied by a phalanx. the community itself.
  • phanerogams — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
  • phanerozoic — the eon comprising the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
  • phariseeism — the principles and practices of the Pharisees.
  • philanderer — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
  • phlebograph — an instrument for recording the venous pulse.
  • phosphorate — Also, phosphorize. Chemistry. to combine or impregnate with phosphorus.
  • phrase book — a small book containing everyday phrases and sentences and their equivalents in a foreign language, written especially for travelers.
  • phrasemaker — a person who is skilled in coining well-turned phrases; phraseologist.
  • phraseogram — a written symbol or combination of symbols, as in shorthand, used to represent a phrase.
  • phraseology — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
  • phrenetical — of or relating to phrenitis
  • phylacteric — of or relating to phylacteries
  • physiolater — somebody who worships nature
  • piano tuner — a person who tunes pianos and sometimes other keyboard instruments.
  • pico rivera — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • picture hat — a woman's hat having a very broad, flexible brim, often decorated with feathers, flowers, or the like.
  • pilgrimager — a pilgrim
  • pilocarpine — an oil or crystalline alkaloid, C 1 1 H 1 6 N 2 O 2 , obtained from jaborandi, and used chiefly to produce sweating, promote the flow of saliva, contract the pupil of the eye, and for glaucoma.
  • pilot raise — a small raise intended to be enlarged later.
  • pin-feather — an undeveloped feather before the web portions have expanded.
  • pine barren — a tract of sandy or peaty soil in which pine trees are the principal growth, as in low-lying areas near the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the U.S.
  • pine marten — a marten, Martes martes, of Europe and western Asia.
  • pine-barren — a tract of sandy or peaty soil in which pine trees are the principal growth, as in low-lying areas near the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the U.S.
  • pioneer day — a legal holiday in Utah on July 24 to commemorate Brigham Young's founding of Salt Lake City in 1847.
  • piperaceous — belonging to the Piperacae, the pepper family of plants.
  • pirate copy — an illicitly reproduced copy of a DVD, video, book, game, etc
  • pirate ship — vessel sailed by sea robbers
  • pitta bread — a flat rounded slightly leavened bread, originally from the Middle East, with a hollow inside like a pocket, which can be filled with food
  • piz bernina — a mountain in SE Switzerland, the highest peak of the Bernina Alps in the S Rhaetian Alps. Height: 4049 m (13 284 ft)
  • placeholder — Mathematics, Logic. a symbol in an expression that may be replaced by the name of any element of the set.
  • placekicker — a player who takes place kicks
  • placerville — a town in central California; 19th-century gold-mining center.
  • plagiarised — to take and use by plagiarism.
  • plagiarizer — to take and use by plagiarism.
  • 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.
  • plane chart — a chart used in plane sailing, in which the lines of latitude and longitude are straight and parallel
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