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11-letter words containing e, t, h, r, a

  • parentheses — either or both of a pair of signs () used in writing to mark off an interjected explanatory or qualifying remark, to indicate separate groupings of symbols in mathematics and symbolic logic, etc.
  • parenthesis — either or both of a pair of signs () used in writing to mark off an interjected explanatory or qualifying remark, to indicate separate groupings of symbols in mathematics and symbolic logic, etc.
  • parenthetic — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
  • paresthesia — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.
  • paresthetic — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.
  • partnership — the state or condition of being a partner; participation; association; joint interest.
  • pastry chef — cook who specializes in patisserie
  • pathbreaker — a person who blazes a trail or path; pathfinder.
  • pea-shooter — a tube through which dried peas, beans, or small pellets are blown, used as a toy.
  • pear thrips — a minute, slender-bodied insect, Taeniothrips inconsequens, that eats the blossoms of flowering plants and is a common pest of pear, maple, almond, apple, and other trees in the eastern U.S.
  • pelotherapy — the application of mud to the body for therapeutic purposes
  • pentahedron — a solid figure having five faces.
  • pentahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) pentahydroxy.
  • perchlorate — a salt or ester of perchloric acid, as potassium perchlorate, KClO 4 .
  • perihepatic — surrounding the liver; located around the liver
  • peristalith — a group of stones encircling a mound, dolmen, or the like.
  • perithecial — of, pertaining to, or having a perithecium
  • persulphate — a sulphuric acid salt of a base peroxide
  • perth amboy — a seaport in E New Jersey.
  • 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.
  • petrography — the branch of petrology dealing with the description and classification of rocks, especially by microscopic examination.
  • phalanstery — the buildings occupied by a phalanx. the community itself.
  • phosphorate — Also, phosphorize. Chemistry. to combine or impregnate with phosphorus.
  • phrenetical — of or relating to phrenitis
  • phylacteric — of or relating to phylacteries
  • physiolater — somebody who worships nature
  • picture hat — a woman's hat having a very broad, flexible brim, often decorated with feathers, flowers, or the like.
  • pin-feather — an undeveloped feather before the web portions have expanded.
  • pirate ship — vessel sailed by sea robbers
  • plane chart — a chart used in plane sailing, in which the lines of latitude and longitude are straight and parallel
  • planthopper — any member of a large and varied group of homopterous insects that are related to the leafhoppers and the spittlebugs but rarely damage cultivated plants.
  • plateholder — a lightproof container for a photographic plate, loaded into the camera with the plate and having a slide that is removed before exposing.
  • platyrrhine — Anthropology. having a broad, flat-bridged nose.
  • porkpie hat — a hat with a round flat crown and a brim that can be turned up or down
  • postharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
  • pouched rat — pocket gopher.
  • praetorship — the office of a praetor.
  • pre-ethical — not governed by ethics, or not having an ethical or moral aspect
  • predispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
  • prelateship — the rank of a prelate
  • preterhuman — beyond what is human: preterhuman experience.
  • primateship — primacy (def 2).
  • privet hawk — a hawk moth, Sphinx ligustri, with a mauve-and-brown striped body: frequents privets
  • prophetical — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
  • purehearted — (of a person) without malice, treachery, or evil intent; honest; sincere; guileless.
  • purpleheart — the hard, purplish wood of any of several South American trees belonging to the genus Peltogyne, of the legume family, used for making furniture.
  • pythagorean — of or relating to Pythagoras, to his school, or to his doctrines.
  • rabbit hole — opening of a rabbit's burrow
  • radiothermy — therapy that utilizes the heat from a shortwave radio apparatus or diathermy machine.
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