11-letter words containing i, n, s, p
- plebeianism — belonging or pertaining to the common people.
- pleinairism — pertaining to a manner or style of painting developed chiefly in France in the mid-19th century, characterized by the representation of the luminous effects of natural light and atmosphere as contrasted with the artificial light and absence of the sense of air or atmosphere associated with paintings produced in the studio.
- pleistocene — noting or pertaining to the epoch forming the earlier half of the Quaternary Period, beginning about two million years ago and ending 10,000 years ago, characterized by widespread glacial ice and the advent of modern humans.
- plenishings — furnishings or equipment
- plutonomist — a person who studies or has expertise in plutonomy
- pneumonitis — inflammation of the lung caused by a virus or exposure to irritating substances.
- pointillism — a theory and technique developed by the neo-impressionists, based on the principle that juxtaposed dots of pure color, as blue and yellow, are optically mixed into the resulting hue, as green, by the viewer.
- poison bean — Also called bladderpod. a tall plant, Glottidium vesicaria, of the legume family, native to the southeastern U.S., having clusters of yellow flowers and pods containing highly poisonous seeds.
- poison pill — a pellet of a quick-acting poison, as cyanide, for a spy to carry in order to commit suicide when faced with capture or torture.
- polyandrist — a woman who practices or favors polyandry.
- polygenesis — origin from more than one ancestral species or line.
- polyphonist — a musical composer of or theorist in polyphony
- ponderosity — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- pontificals — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
- porriginous — pertaining to or designating porrigo
- positioning — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- positronium — a short-lived atomic system consisting of a positron and an electron bound together.
- possessions — wealth or property
- postcranial — located posterior to the head.
- postediting — the act of editing after a piece of writing has been produced or printed by a machine
- postexilian — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
- postlanding — occurring after a landing (of an aircraft, shuttle, etc)
- postnuptial — subsequent to marriage: postnuptial adjustments.
- postscenium — a wing on either side of the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theatre where props could be stored and actors could prepare; a parascenium
- posttension — (in prestressed-concrete construction) to apply tension to (reinforcing strands) after the concrete has set. Compare pretension2 (def 1).
- postulating — to ask, demand, or claim.
- postulation — to ask, demand, or claim.
- posturizing — to posture; pose.
- postweaning — of, relating to, or occurring in the period following weaning
- potshotting — the act of taking potshots
- praenestine — of or relating to the ancient town of Praeneste in Italy, or to the Latin dialect spoken there.
- pre-notions — a preconception.
- pre-scoring — to record the sound of (a motion picture) before filming.
- pre-selling — to sell in advance, as before manufacture or construction: to presell a planned house.
- pre-seminal — released before semen is ejaculated
- pre-spanish — of or relating to Spain, its people, or their language.
- pre-testing — an advance or preliminary testing or trial, as of a new product.
- preachiness — the quality of being preachy; a preachy style, esp a tedious one
- preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
- preciseness — definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
- precisional — the state or quality of being precise.
- predesigned — to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of: to design a new bridge.
- predestined — to destine in advance; foreordain; predetermine: He seemed predestined for the ministry.
- predynastic — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the first dynasty of a nation, especially the period in Egypt before c3200 b.c.
- preexistent — to exist beforehand.
- preexisting — to exist beforehand.
- prefinished — coated or treated before use or sale: prefinished wood.
- prehensible — able to be seized or grasped.
- prehispanic — Spanish.
- preinvasion — occurring before an invasion