11-letter words containing e, p, i, l, t
- pastoralize — to make pastoral or rural.
- patelliform — having the form of a patella; shaped like a saucer, kneecap, or limpet shell.
- paternalism — the system, principle, or practice of managing or governing individuals, businesses, nations, etc., in the manner of a father dealing benevolently and often intrusively with his children: The employees objected to the paternalism of the old president.
- paternalist — government: fatherly in style
- pathologies — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- pathologize — to represent (something) as a disease
- patientless — a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- patrilineal — inheriting or determining descent through the male line.
- patrilinear — patrilineal.
- patsy cline — Patsy (Virginia Patterson Hensley) 1932–63, U.S. country singer.
- pectinately — in a pectinate manner
- peculiarity — a trait, manner, characteristic, or habit that is odd or unusual.
- pedal point — a sustained bass note, over which the other parts move bringing about changing harmonies
- pedicellate — having a pedicel or pedicels.
- pediculated — having a stalk or stalks
- pellucidity — allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent.
- pencil gate — any of a large number of narrow gates used for rapid distribution of metal in large castings.
- pendulosity — the state or quality of being pendulous
- penicillate — having a penicil or penicils.
- peninsulate — to cause (land) to become peninsular
- penitential — of, pertaining to, proceeding from, or expressive of penitence or repentance.
- pentactinal — of or relating to a pentact
- pentacyclic — having five rings of atoms
- pentaploidy — the condition of being pentaploid
- pentlandite — a mineral, sulfide of nickel, occurring in the form of bronze-colored granular aggregates, found with pyrrhotite: the principal source of nickel.
- penultimate — next to the last: the penultimate scene of the play.
- perceptible — capable of being perceived; recognizable; appreciable: a perceptible change in his behavior.
- perceptibly — capable of being perceived; recognizable; appreciable: a perceptible change in his behavior.
- perciatelli — a tubular pasta in long, straight pieces, resembling thick spaghetti.
- percolation — the act or state of percolating or of being percolated.
- perfectible — capable of becoming or of being made perfect; improvable.
- pericentral — arranged around a centre
- periclitate — exposed to danger
- peril point — the lower limit of a tariff on a commodity at which import of that commodity would have a seriously adverse effect on the local producers.
- perinatally — during the perinatal period; before birth
- periodontal — of or relating to the periodontium.
- peristalith — a group of stones encircling a mound, dolmen, or the like.
- peristalsis — the progressive wave of contraction and relaxation of a tubular muscular system, especially the alimentary canal, by which the contents are forced through the system.
- peristaltic — of, relating to, or resembling peristalsis.
- peristylium — a peristyle.
- perithecial — of, pertaining to, or having a perithecium
- perithelium — the connective tissue surrounding certain small vessels, as capillaries.
- perlocution — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
- permittedly — to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
- personalist — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
- personality — the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality.
- pestologist — a person who analyses and researches pests and how to get rid of them
- petalomania — the condition in which a flower has proportionately more petals than is normal
- petri plate — a petri dish containing culture medium
- phantomlike — an apparition or specter.