11-letter words containing i, a, p, e, t
- phrenetical — of or relating to phrenitis
- phylacteric — of or relating to phylacteries
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- phytoalexin — any of a class of plant compounds that accumulate at the site of invading microorganisms and confer resistance to disease.
- piano tuner — a person who tunes pianos and sometimes other keyboard instruments.
- picket boat — a vessel used to patrol a harbor.
- picture hat — a woman's hat having a very broad, flexible brim, often decorated with feathers, flowers, or the like.
- pilot raise — a small raise intended to be enlarged later.
- pilot whale — a small, common whale, Globicephala sieboldii, of tropical and temperate seas, having a bulbous head.
- pin-feather — an undeveloped feather before the web portions have expanded.
- pinacotheca — a place where works of art are displayed or stored
- pinch pleat — a narrow pleat that is usually part of a series at the top of curtains.
- pine marten — a marten, Martes martes, of Europe and western Asia.
- pinnatisect — (of a leaf) divided in a pinnate manner.
- pipe batten — batten2 (def 5a).
- pirate copy — an illicitly reproduced copy of a DVD, video, book, game, etc
- pirate ship — vessel sailed by sea robbers
- pitch plane — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
- pitch-faced — (of a stone) having all arrises in the same plane and the faces roughly dressed with a pick.
- pitta bread — a flat rounded slightly leavened bread, originally from the Middle East, with a hollow inside like a pocket, which can be filled with food
- pixellation — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
- plagiostome — (of fish) belonging to the genus Plagiostomi, which includes sharks and rays, characterized by a transverse mouth with the jaw suspended from the skull
- plain tripe — the fatty, inner lining of the first stomach (the rumen) of a steer, calf, hog, or sheep, having a bland taste and used as a food, especially in the preparation of such dishes as haggis, head cheese, etc.
- plainstanes — the pavement or a paved area in a town or city
- plainstones — the pavement or a paved area in a town or city
- planetarian — a staff member at a planetarium.
- planetarium — an apparatus or model representing the planetary system.
- planimetric — the measurement of plane areas.
- plantigrade — walking on the whole sole of the foot, as humans, and bears.
- plasticated — covered with a layer of plastic
- 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.
- platemaking — the act of making plates
- platinotype — a process of printing positives in which a platinum salt is used, rather than the usual silver salts, in order to make a more permanent print.
- platycnemia — (in the shinbone) the state of being laterally flattened.
- platyrrhine — Anthropology. having a broad, flat-bridged nose.
- plisetskaya — Maya (Mikhailovna) [mah-yuh myi-khahy-luh v-nuh] /ˈmɑ yə myɪˈxaɪ ləv nə/ (Show IPA), 1925–2015, Soviet ballet dancer.
- poetic edda — either of two old Icelandic literary works, one a collection of poems on mythical and religious subjects (or) erroneously attributed to Saemund Sigfusson (c1055–1133), the other a collection of ancient Scandinavian myths and legends, rules and theories of versification, poems, etc. (or) compiled and written in part by Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241).
- point after — a score given for a successful kick between the goalposts and above the crossbar, following a touchdown
- pointy-head — stupid; idiotic.
- polarimeter — an instrument for measuring the amount of light received from a given source as a function of its state of polarization.
- politbureau — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- ponderation — a weight
- pontificate — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- porkpie hat — a hat with a round flat crown and a brim that can be turned up or down
- portal vein — the large vein conveying blood to the liver from the veins of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas.
- portraiture — the art or an instance of making portraits.
- post chaise — a four-wheeled coach for rapid transportation of passengers and mail, used in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
- postexilian — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.