11-letter words containing a, s, p, c
- pastry case — a case made of pastry that is filled with fruit, custard etc to make a tart or flan
- pastry chef — cook who specializes in patisserie
- pasty-faced — having a pale, unhealthy, sallow complexion: an awkward, pasty-faced youth.
- pataphysics — a supposed branch of philosophy or science that studies imaginary phenomena beyond the realm of metaphysics; the science of imaginary solutions.
- patch space — An unused block of bits left in a binary so that it can later be modified by insertion of machine-language instructions there (typically, the patch space is modified to contain new code, and the superseded code is patched to contain a jump or call to the patch space). The widening use of HLLs has made this term rare; it is now primarily historical outside IBM shops. See patch, zap, hook.
- path pascal — Parallel extension of Pascal. Processes have shared access to data objects. Constraints on their synchronisation are specified in a path expression.
- patsy cline — Patsy (Virginia Patterson Hensley) 1932–63, U.S. country singer.
- peace corps — a civilian organization, sponsored by the U.S. government, that sends volunteers to instruct citizens of underdeveloped countries in the execution of industrial, agricultural, educational, and health programs.
- peace talks — negotiations aimed at ending conflict
- peach stone — the stone in the centre of the fruit the peach
- pearlescent — having an iridescent luster resembling that of pearl; nacreous: healthy skin with a pearlescent glow.
- pechora sea — the SE part of the Barents Sea, northwest of Russia
- pedanticise — to be pedantic
- pedanticism — pedantry.
- pencil case — container for writing implements
- pentecostal — of or relating to Pentecost, a Christian festival commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles.
- perfect gas — ideal gas.
- perigastric — located near or around the gastric system (predominantly the stomach)
- peristaltic — of, relating to, or resembling peristalsis.
- persian cat — a long-haired variety of the domestic cat, originally raised in Persia and Afghanistan.
- 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.
- 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.
- phagocytose — phagocytize.
- pharisaical — of or relating to the Pharisees.
- phase space — a hypothetical space constructed so as to have as many coordinates as are necessary to define the state of a given substance or system.
- phonematics — phonemics.
- phonetastic — (communications) A CTI product from Callware. Phonetastic employs if-then rules and customer records to tell those receiving calls who is calling (based on ANI and DNIS) and to determine how the call should be routed, e.g. to a certain sales representative or to the general sales department; receive high-priority treatment; receive a fax-back, etc.
- phoniatrics — the study and treatment of voice disorders.
- photomosaic — mosaic (def 4).
- photostatic — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
- physiatrics — physical medicine.
- physicalise — to express in physical terms; give form or shape to: The dancers physicalized the mood of the music.
- physicalism — a doctrine associated with logical positivism and holding that every meaningful statement, other than the necessary statements of logic and mathematics, must refer directly or indirectly to observable properties of spatiotemporal things or events.
- physicalist — a doctrine associated with logical positivism and holding that every meaningful statement, other than the necessary statements of logic and mathematics, must refer directly or indirectly to observable properties of spatiotemporal things or events.
- physicality — the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.
- physicalize — to express in physical terms; give form or shape to: The dancers physicalized the mood of the music.
- physiciancy — the position, job, or office of physician
- pi-calculus — (theory) A process algebra in which channel names can act both as transmission medium and as transmitted data. Its basic atomic actions are individual point to point communications which are nondeterministically selected and globally sequentialised.
- piano music — printed music intended to be played on the piano
- pinnatisect — (of a leaf) divided in a pinnate manner.
- pintsch gas — gas with high illuminating power made from shale oil or petroleum, used in buoys, lighthouses, and railroad cars.
- piperaceous — belonging to the Piperacae, the pepper family of plants.
- piscatology — the art or science of fishing.
- piscatorial — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- placelessly — in a placeless manner
- plagioclase — any of the feldspar minerals varying in composition from acidic albite, NaAlSi 3 O 8 , to basic anorthite, CaAl 2 Si 2 O 8 , found in most igneous rocks: shows twinning striations on good cleavage surfaces.
- plain ascii — /playn-as'kee/ flat ASCII.