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

  • 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.
  • phanerogams — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
  • phanerozoic — the eon comprising the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
  • phariseeism — the principles and practices of the Pharisees.
  • philanderer — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
  • phlebograph — an instrument for recording the venous pulse.
  • phosphorate — Also, phosphorize. Chemistry. to combine or impregnate with phosphorus.
  • phrase book — a small book containing everyday phrases and sentences and their equivalents in a foreign language, written especially for travelers.
  • phrasemaker — a person who is skilled in coining well-turned phrases; phraseologist.
  • phraseogram — a written symbol or combination of symbols, as in shorthand, used to represent a phrase.
  • phraseology — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
  • 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
  • placeholder — Mathematics, Logic. a symbol in an expression that may be replaced by the name of any element of the set.
  • plane chart — a chart used in plane sailing, in which the lines of latitude and longitude are straight and parallel
  • plane crash — an accident in which an aircraft hits land or water and is damaged or destroyed
  • planisphere — a map of half or more of the celestial sphere with a device for indicating the part of a given location visible at a given time.
  • plank-sheer — a plank or timber covering the upper ends of the frames of a wooden vessel
  • 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.
  • plerophoria — full conviction
  • ploughshare — the horizontal pointed cutting blade of a mouldboard plough
  • pneumograph — a device for recording graphically the respiratory movements of the thorax.
  • pole hammer — a shafted weapon having a spiked hammer head.
  • polygrapher — a person who employs a code cipher
  • 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.
  • power ahead — If an economy or company powers ahead, it becomes stronger and more successful.
  • power chain — an endless chain for transmitting motion and power between sprockets on shafts with parallel axes.
  • praetorship — the office of a praetor.
  • pre-ethical — not governed by ethics, or not having an ethical or moral aspect
  • pre-hearing — the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived.
  • pre-holiday — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
  • pre-spanish — of or relating to Spain, its people, or their language.
  • preachiness — the quality of being preachy; a preachy style, esp a tedious one
  • preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
  • preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
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