11-letter words containing i, h, e, a
- pantheonize — to place, especially to bury, in a pantheon: The author will be pantheonized following the funeral mass.
- pantothenic — denoting an acid which is a growth-promoting vitamin of vitamin B complex
- paper birch — a North American birch, Betula papyrifera, having a tough bark and yielding a valuable wood: the state tree of New Hampshire.
- 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.
- paranephric — located near the kidney
- paraphrenia — a type of severe paranoid schizophrenia
- 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.
- parishioner — one of the community or inhabitants of a parish.
- partnership — the state or condition of being a partner; participation; association; joint interest.
- pasticheuse — a woman who makes or composes a pastiche.
- pathologies — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- pathologize — to represent (something) as a disease
- 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
- peripherals — pertaining to, situated in, or constituting the periphery: peripheral resistance on the outskirts of the battle area.
- periphrasis — the use of an unnecessarily long or roundabout form of expression; circumlocution.
- perishables — perishable articles, esp food
- peristalith — a group of stones encircling a mound, dolmen, or the like.
- perithecial — of, pertaining to, or having a perithecium
- petah tiqwa — city in WC Israel: pop. 153,000
- 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.
- phagedaenic — relating to or having the characteristics of phagedaena
- phagocytize — (of a phagocyte) to devour (material).
- phainopepla — a crested passerine bird, Phainopepla nitens, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- phanerozoic — the eon comprising the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
- phantomlike — an apparition or specter.
- phariseeism — the principles and practices of the Pharisees.
- phenylamine — aniline.
- philanderer — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- philatelist — the collecting of stamps and other postal matter as a hobby or an investment.
- phonematics — phonemics.
- phonetastic — (communications) A CTI product from Callware. Phonetastic employs if-then rules and customer records to tell those receiving calls who is calling (based on ANI and DNIS) and to determine how the call should be routed, e.g. to a certain sales representative or to the general sales department; receive high-priority treatment; receive a fax-back, etc.
- phonetician — a specialist in phonetics or in some aspect of phonetics.
- phosphatide — phospholipid.
- phosphatize — to treat with phosphates.
- photoactive — the activation or control of a chemical, chemical reaction, or organism by light, as the activation of chlorophyll by sunlight during photosynthesis.
- phrenetical — of or relating to phrenitis
- phycophaein — a brownish pigment which is found in seaweed
- phylacteric — of or relating to phylacteries