11-letter words containing i, a, p, e, t
- pretraining — the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained: He's in training for the Olympics.
- prevacation — a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
- prevailment — the action of prevailing
- prevaricate — to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie.
- prick-tease — a woman who is sexually provocative but refuses to engage in sexual activity
- priestcraft — the training, knowledge, and abilities necessary to a priest.
- primateship — primacy (def 2).
- print media — the industry that is engaged in the printing and dissemination of news through newspapers and magazines
- printaniere — (of food) prepared or garnished with mixed fresh vegetables.
- private bar — the saloon or lounge bar of a public house
- private eye — a private detective.
- private key — (cryptography) A piece of data used in private-key cryptography and public-key cryptography. In the former the private key is known by both sender and recipient whereas in the latter it is known only to the sender.
- private law — a branch of law dealing with the legal relationships of private individuals. Compare public law (def 2).
- privateness — the quality of being private
- privet hawk — a hawk moth, Sphinx ligustri, with a mauve-and-brown striped body: frequents privets
- proactively — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- probationer — a person undergoing probation or trial.
- problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- procreation — to beget or generate (offspring).
- procreative — to beget or generate (offspring).
- proletarian — pertaining or belonging to the proletariat.
- proletariat — common people, working class
- proletarize — to proletarianize.
- proliferate — spread
- propagative — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- prophetical — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- proprietary — belonging to a proprietor.
- prostomiate — having a prostomium.
- proteinuria — the presence of abnormally large amounts of protein in the urine, usually resulting from kidney disease but sometimes from fever, excessive exercise, or other abnormal condition.
- protractile — capable of being protracted, lengthened, or protruded.
- protractive — to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
- provocative — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- proximately — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- punctuative — the practice or system of using certain conventional marks or characters in writing or printing in order to separate elements and make the meaning clear, as in ending a sentence or separating clauses.
- punji stake — a sharp bamboo stake concealed in high grass at an angle so as to gash the feet and legs of enemy soldiers and often coated with excrement so as to cause an infected wound.
- pyramid bet — a set of bets on two or more horse races or other sporting events in which the stake and winnings from the first bet automatically become the stake in the next bet, and so on as long as each bet wins.
- pyrargyrite — a blackish mineral, silver antimony sulfide, AgSbS 3 , showing, when transparent, a deep ruby-red color by transmitted light; ruby silver: an ore of silver.
- quarterpipe — Alternative form of quarter-pipe.
- realpolitik — political realism or practical politics, especially policy based on power rather than on ideals.
- reappointed — to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench.
- reapportion — to apportion or distribute anew.
- recarpeting — a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- reciprocant — a differential invariant
- reciprocate — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- reduplicate — to double; repeat.
- reoperation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- reparations — the making of amends for wrong or injury done: reparation for an injustice.
- repartition — distribution; partition.
- repatriable — to bring or send back (a person, especially a prisoner of war, a refugee, etc.) to his or her country or land of citizenship.