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11-letter words containing h, i, p, a

  • paper chain — a decorative chain of loops of coloured paper
  • paperweight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
  • paphlagonia — an ancient country and Roman province in N Asia Minor, on the S coast of the Black Sea.
  • parachuting — descent using parachute
  • parachutist — sb who makes parachute jumps
  • paragraphia — a disorder marked by the writing of words or letters other than those intended, or the loss of the ability to express ideas in writing, usually caused by a brain lesion.
  • paragraphic — of, relating to, or forming a paragraph.
  • paranephric — located near the kidney
  • paraphiliac — a person with paraphilia
  • paraphrasis — paraphrase.
  • paraphraxia — the inability to perform purposive movements properly
  • paraphraxis — the inability to perform purposive movements properly
  • paraphrenia — a type of severe paranoid schizophrenia
  • parapsychic — of or relating to actions of the mind for which there are no scientific explanations
  • parataniwha — a New Zealand plant, Elatostema rugosa, with pink and red serrated leaves
  • parathyroid — situated near the thyroid gland.
  • paratrophic — obtaining nourishment from living organic matter; parasitic.
  • paratyphoid — Also called paratyphoid fever. an infectious disease, similar in some of its symptoms to typhoid fever but usually milder, caused by any of several bacilli of the genus Salmonella other than S. typhi.
  • 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.
  • parish hall — a room or building associated with a parish church, used by the local community for social or charitable activities (though not necessarily religious activities)
  • parish pump — of only local interest; parochial
  • parishioner — one of the community or inhabitants of a parish.
  • parochially — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
  • paronychial — of or relating to paronychia
  • parrot-fish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.
  • partnership — the state or condition of being a partner; participation; association; joint interest.
  • pasigraphic — of or related to pasigraphy
  • pasticheuse — a woman who makes or composes a pastiche.
  • pataphysics — a supposed branch of philosophy or science that studies imaginary phenomena beyond the realm of metaphysics; the science of imaginary solutions.
  • patch quilt — a patchwork quilt
  • pathfinding — a person who finds or makes a path, way, route, etc., especially through a previously unexplored or untraveled wilderness.
  • pathoformic — Pathology. pertaining to the beginning of a disease, especially to symptoms that occur in the preliminary stages of mental disease.
  • pathologies — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
  • pathologist — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
  • pathologize — to represent (something) as a disease
  • pathophobia — an irrational fear of disease
  • patriarchal — of or relating to a patriarch, the male head of a family, tribe, community, church, order, etc.: my father's conservative, patriarchal ways.
  • patron-ship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
  • patroonship — a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
  • 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.
  • pedagoguish — resembling or reminiscent of a pedagogue
  • pedophiliac — pedophile.
  • pele's hair — volcanic glass thread, usually basaltic, caused by the solidification of exploding or ejected lava in the open air.
  • pelvic arch — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the hind limbs or analogous parts.
  • peng dehuai — 1898–1974, Chinese Communist military leader: defense minister 1954–59.
  • pentahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) pentahydroxy.
  • perihepatic — surrounding the liver; located around the liver
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