11-letter words containing l, a, t, e, r
- presentable — that may be presented.
- preterlegal — being beyond the scope or limits of law.
- preterminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- prevailment — the action of prevailing
- prevalently — widespread; of wide extent or occurrence; in general use or acceptance.
- preventable — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- private law — a branch of law dealing with the legal relationships of private individuals. Compare public law (def 2).
- 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.
- problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- projectable — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- proletarian — pertaining or belonging to the proletariat.
- proletariat — common people, working class
- proletarize — to proletarianize.
- proliferate — spread
- prolongated — to prolong.
- promulgated — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- prone float — a prone floating position, used especially by beginning swimmers, with face downward, legs extended backward, and arms stretched forward.
- prophetical — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- protectable — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- protestable — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- protoplanet — the collection of matter, in the process of condensation, from which a planet is formed.
- protractile — capable of being protracted, lengthened, or protruded.
- proximately — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- pterodactyl — any of a number of genera of flying reptiles of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a highly reduced tail and teeth and a birdlike beak.
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- purpleheart — the hard, purplish wood of any of several South American trees belonging to the genus Peltogyne, of the legume family, used for making furniture.
- pyrogallate — a salt or ether of pyrogallol.
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- quadruplets — Plural form of quadruplet.
- quaintrelle — (obscure) A woman who emphasizes a life of passion expressed through personal style, leisurely pastimes, charm, and cultivation of life’s pleasures.
- quarry tile — a square or diamond-shaped unglazed floor tile
- quarterlies — Plural form of quarterly.
- quarterlife — designating the period of life immediately following adolescence, usually the early twenties to early thirties
- quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
- rabbit hole — opening of a rabbit's burrow
- racket-tail — any of several birds with a racket-shaped tail, such as certain hummingbirds and kingfishers
- racquetball — a game similar to handball, played on a four-walled court but with a short-handled, strung racket and a larger, somewhat softer ball.
- radial tire — a motor-vehicle tire in which the plies or cords run from one bead to the other at right angles to both beads.
- radial tyre — a motor-vehicle tyre having a radial-ply casing
- radiolucent — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- rail strike — a strike by railway workers
- rallentando — slackening; becoming slower (used as a musical direction).
- rallymaster — an organizer and director of an automobile rally.
- rambouillet — one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.
- range light — one of a pattern of navigation lights, usually fixed ashore, used by vessels for manoeuvring in narrow channels at night
- range table — one of a number of identical small tables that can be used together to form a single table.
- raptureless — without rapture
- ratatouille — a vegetable stew of Provence, typically consisting of eggplant, zucchini, onions, green peppers, tomatoes, and garlic, served hot or cold.
- rathskeller — (in Germany) the cellar of a town hall, often used as a beer hall or restaurant.
- ratio scale — a scale of measurement of data which permits the comparison of differences of values; a scale having a fixed zero value. The distances travelled by a projectile, for instance, are measured on a ratio scale since it makes sense to talk of one projectile travelling twice as far as another