11-letter words containing i, n, s, p
- partialness — being such in part only; not total or general; incomplete: partial blindness; a partial payment of a debt.
- partisanism — partisan action or spirit.
- partnership — the state or condition of being a partner; participation; association; joint interest.
- passion pit — a drive-in movie theater.
- passionless — not feeling or moved by passion; cold or unemotional; calm or detached.
- passiontide — the two-week period from Passion Sunday to Holy Saturday.
- passivation — the process of passivating a material
- passiveness — Also, passiveness [pas-iv-nis] /ˈpæs ɪv nɪs/ (Show IPA). the state or condition of being passive.
- paternalism — the system, principle, or practice of managing or governing individuals, businesses, nations, etc., in the manner of a father dealing benevolently and often intrusively with his children: The employees objected to the paternalism of the old president.
- paternalist — government: fatherly in style
- patientless — a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- patron-ship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patronising — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- 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.
- patsy cline — Patsy (Virginia Patterson Hensley) 1932–63, U.S. country singer.
- pay station — a machine where you can pay for parking, as in a car park, etc
- peckishness — the state or condition of being peckish
- pedanticise — to be pedantic
- pedanticism — pedantry.
- pedodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the care and treatment of children's teeth.
- pedodontist — a specialist in pedodontics.
- pedogenesis — the process of soil formation.
- peevishness — cross, querulous, or fretful, as from vexation or discontent: a peevish youngster.
- pelagianism — a follower of Pelagius, who denied original sin and believed in freedom of the will.
- pencil case — container for writing implements
- pendulosity — the state or quality of being pendulous
- peninsulate — to cause (land) to become peninsular
- pension off — a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc.: a retirement pension.
- pensionable — worker: of retirement age
- pensiveness — dreamily or wistfully thoughtful: a pensive mood.
- pentastomid — tongue worm.
- pentatonism — the use of a five-tone scale.
- perceptions — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- perigenesis — the name given by Haeckel to a theory of reproduction positing that dynamic life force is transmitted from one generation to the next
- peritonitis — inflammation of the peritoneum, often accompanied by pain and tenderness in the abdomen, vomiting, constipation, and moderate fever.
- persecution — the act of persecuting.
- persevering — displaying perseverance; resolutely persistent; steadfast: a persevering student.
- pershing ii — a 38-foot (12 meters) U.S. Army surface-to-surface nuclear missile with a single warhead and range of more than 1000 miles (1609 km).
- persian cat — a long-haired variety of the domestic cat, originally raised in Persia and Afghanistan.
- persian rug — an Oriental rug made in Persia (Iran), having rich, soft colors in any of various intricate, often floral, patterns
- persistence — the act or fact of persisting.
- persistency — the act or fact of persisting.
- persnickety — overparticular; fussy.
- personalise — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- personalism — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
- personalist — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
- personality — the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality.
- personalize — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- personation — to act or portray (a character in a play, a part, etc.).
- personified — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.