11-letter words containing d, e, i, p, n
- old persian — an ancient West Iranian language attested by cuneiform inscriptions. Abbreviation: OPers.
- open dating — the practice of putting a freshness date on food packages.
- open-minded — having or showing a mind receptive to new ideas or arguments.
- openwindows — (operating system) A graphical user interface server for Sun workstations which handles SunView, NeWS and X Window System protocols.
- opinionated — obstinate or conceited with regard to the merit of one's own opinions; conceitedly dogmatic.
- opinionized — Simple past tense and past participle of opinionize.
- outspeeding — Present participle of outspeed.
- paedodontic — of or relating to paedodontics
- page design — the way a page is organized and presented
- painted cup — any of several semiparasitic plants of the genus Castilleja, of the figwort family, having highly colored dilated bracts about the flowers.
- palladinize — to treat or cover (a surface) with palladium.
- pandemonian — a noisy and disorderly person
- pandemonium — wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos.
- parenticide — a person who kills one or both of his or her parents.
- passiontide — the two-week period from Passion Sunday to Holy Saturday.
- pearl danio — a slender iridescent tropical cyprinid, Brachydanio albolineatus, from parts of southeast Asia: a popular freshwater aquarium fish.
- pedal piano — a piano having a pedal keyboard of 29 notes and connected with an action placed at the back where a special soundboard, covered with 29 strings, is built into the case.
- pedal point — a sustained bass note, over which the other parts move bringing about changing harmonies
- pedanticise — to be pedantic
- pedanticism — pedantry.
- pedanticize — to be pedantic
- pedodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the care and treatment of children's teeth.
- pedodontist — a specialist in pedodontics.
- pedogenesis — the process of soil formation.
- pedogenetic — the process of soil formation.
- peking duck — a Chinese dish consisting of roast duck with a crispy skin; the meat is served with strips of vegetables, steamed pancakes, and hoisin sauce
- pen and ink — A pen and ink drawing is done using a pen rather than a pencil.
- pendulosity — the state or quality of being pendulous
- peng dehuai — 1898–1974, Chinese Communist military leader: defense minister 1954–59.
- pentagonoid — like a pentagon in shape.
- pentahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) pentahydroxy.
- pentamidine — an antiprotozoal substance, C 1 9 H 2 4 N 4 O 2 , used in the treatment of leishmaniasis, trypanosomiasis, and pneumonia due to Pneumocystis carinii.
- pentaploidy — the condition of being pentaploid
- pentastomid — tongue worm.
- pentlandite — a mineral, sulfide of nickel, occurring in the form of bronze-colored granular aggregates, found with pyrrhotite: the principal source of nickel.
- perduellion — high treason
- perduration — the act of lasting forever or enduring continually; the capacity to endure indefinitely
- perigordian — of, relating to, or characteristic of an Upper Paleolithic cultural epoch in southern France, especially of the Périgord region.
- period pain — Period pain is the pain that some women have when they have a monthly period.
- periodontal — of or relating to the periodontium.
- periodontia — the bone, connective tissue, and gum surrounding and supporting a tooth.
- personified — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- phagedaenic — relating to or having the characteristics of phagedaena
- phenetidine — a colorless organic liquid, C 8 H 1 1 NO, used chiefly in its para form (para-phenetidine) in the synthesis of phenacetin, dyes, and other compounds.
- philanderer — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- phonofiddle — an upright, one-stringed musical instrument which also has a horn that acts as an amplifier, played with a bow whilst held between the knees
- piebaldness — having patches of black and white or of other colors; parti-colored.
- pied-piping — the principle that a noun phrase may take with it the rest of a prepositional phrase or a larger noun phrase in which it is contained, when moved in a transformation. For example, when the interrogative pronoun is moved to initial position, other words are moved too, as in to whom did you speak?
- piedmontese — a native or inhabitant of Piedmont, Italy.
- piedmontite — a mineral, similar to epidote but containing manganese: found in schists and manganese ores.