11-letter words containing e, s, t, r, l, a
- partnerless — the person with whom one cohabits in a romantic relationship: I'd like you to meet my partner, Sarah.
- pasteurella — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Pasturella, certain species of which are parasitic and pathogenic for humans and animals.
- pastoralize — to make pastoral or rural.
- pastureland — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- pastureless — without pasture, free of pasture
- 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
- patternless — a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- pearlescent — having an iridescent luster resembling that of pearl; nacreous: healthy skin with a pearlescent glow.
- 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.
- perlustrate — to inspect thoroughly; to make a thorough examination of (something), esp to intercept and read (letters) for purposes of surveillance; to travel through and survey (a region)
- 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.
- persulphate — a sulphuric acid salt of a base peroxide
- phalanstery — the buildings occupied by a phalanx. the community itself.
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- pilot raise — a small raise intended to be enlarged later.
- plasterwork — finish or ornamental work done in plaster.
- plasticizer — any of a group of substances that are used in plastics or other materials to impart viscosity, flexibility, softness, or other properties to the finished product.
- plasticware — knives, forks, spoons, cups, etc., made of plastic: a picnic hamper with plasticware for six.
- plastiqueur — a person, especially a terrorist, who makes, places, or detonates plastic bombs.
- plastometer — an instrument for measuring the plasticity of a substance.
- plateresque — noting or pertaining to a 16th-century style of Spanish architecture characterized by profuse applications of delicate low-relief Renaissance ornament to isolated parts of building exteriors.
- poetry slam — a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- poles apart — each of the extremities of the axis of the earth or of any spherical body.
- polysorbate — any of a class of emulsifying and dispersing agents used in various foods and pharmaceutical preparations.
- prelateship — the rank of a prelate
- presbyteral — of or relating to a presbyter or presbytery
- presentable — that may be presented.
- protestable — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- quadruplets — Plural form of quadruplet.
- quarterlies — Plural form of quarterly.
- quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
- rail strike — a strike by railway workers
- rallymaster — an organizer and director of an automobile rally.
- raptureless — without rapture
- rathskeller — (in Germany) the cellar of a town hall, often used as a beer hall or restaurant.
- ratio scale — a scale of measurement of data which permits the comparison of differences of values; a scale having a fixed zero value. The distances travelled by a projectile, for instance, are measured on a ratio scale since it makes sense to talk of one projectile travelling twice as far as another
- rationalise — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
- rattle-bush — blue false indigo.
- rattlesnake — any of several New World pit vipers of the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle composed of a series of horny, interlocking elements at the end of the tail.
- re-escalate — to escalate again
- real estate — property, especially in land: three acres of real estate.
- real tennis — an ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled indoor court with various openings, a sloping-roofed corridor along three sides, and a buttress on the fourth side
- recalescent — a brightening exhibited by cooling iron as latent heat of transformation is liberated.
- rectiserial — arranged in straight rows
- reestablish — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.