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11-letter words containing i, r, s, a, t, e

  • paresthetic — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.
  • partialness — being such in part only; not total or general; incomplete: partial blindness; a partial payment of a debt.
  • partnership — the state or condition of being a partner; participation; association; joint interest.
  • pasteurised — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
  • pasteurized — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
  • pasteurizer — an apparatus for pasteurizing milk and other liquids.
  • pastoralize — to make pastoral or rural.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • perestroika — Russian. the program of economic and political reform in the Soviet Union initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986.
  • perigastric — located near or around the gastric system (predominantly the stomach)
  • peristalith — a group of stones encircling a mound, dolmen, or the like.
  • peristalsis — the progressive wave of contraction and relaxation of a tubular muscular system, especially the alimentary canal, by which the contents are forced through the system.
  • peristaltic — of, relating to, or resembling peristalsis.
  • persian cat — a long-haired variety of the domestic cat, originally raised in Persia and Afghanistan.
  • 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.
  • personation — to act or portray (a character in a play, a part, etc.).
  • pescatarian — a person whose diet is mostly vegetarian but includes fish and seafood.
  • pescetarian — a person whose diet is mostly vegetarian but includes fish and seafood.
  • 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.
  • physiolater — somebody who worships nature
  • pilot raise — a small raise intended to be enlarged later.
  • pirate ship — vessel sailed by sea robbers
  • 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.
  • praenestine — of or relating to the ancient town of Praeneste in Italy, or to the Latin dialect spoken there.
  • praetorship — the office of a praetor.
  • precautious — using or displaying precaution: a precautious reply; a precautious person.
  • prediabetes — a condition in which carbohydrate metabolism is mildly abnormal but other criteria indicating diabetes mellitus are absent.
  • predispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
  • 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.
  • prelateship — the rank of a prelate
  • presanctify — to sanctify ahead of an event
  • prestations — a payment in money or in services.
  • presynaptic — being or occurring on the transmitting end of a discharge across a synapse.
  • 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).
  • privateness — the quality of being private
  • prostomiate — having a prostomium.
  • quantifiers — Logic. an expression, as “all” or “some,” that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Compare existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
  • quarantines — Plural form of quarantine.
  • quarterlies — Plural form of quarterly.
  • quaternions — Plural form of quaternion.
  • quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
  • questionary — a questionnaire.
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