11-letter words containing l, e, p, n
- panegyrical — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
- panel house — a brothel having rooms with secret entrances, as sliding panels, for admitting panel thieves.
- panel point — a joint between two or more members of a truss.
- panel strip — one of a number of strips of wood or metal laid upon the surface of a wall, ceiling, etc., so as to divide it into a number of broad areas, usually in order to conceal joints between sheets of composition material forming the surface.
- panel thief — a thief who secretly robs the customers in a panel house.
- panel truck — a small truck having a fully enclosed body, used mainly to deliver light or small objects.
- panhellenic — of or relating to all Greeks or to Panhellenism.
- pantaletted — clothed in pantalets
- pantalooned — wearing pantaloons
- pantelleria — an Italian island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Tunisia. 10,000; 32 sq. mi. (83 sq. km).
- pantheology — a branch of theology embracing all gods and all religions
- panty liner — a pad worn inside a woman's underwear for feminine hygiene purposes such as absorbing light menstrual flow, daily vaginal discharge, etc
- paralleling — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- paraphernal — (sometimes used with a singular verb) equipment, apparatus, or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity: a skier's paraphernalia.
- paraplanner — a person who assists a financial planner, esp in compiling reports and conducting research
- parenchymal — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- partialness — being such in part only; not total or general; incomplete: partial blindness; a partial payment of a debt.
- partnerless — the person with whom one cohabits in a romantic relationship: I'd like you to meet my partner, Sarah.
- party liner — a person who follows a party line, especially the Communist Party line.
- passionless — not feeling or moved by passion; cold or unemotional; calm or detached.
- pastureland — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- 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.
- patrilineal — inheriting or determining descent through the male line.
- patrilinear — patrilineal.
- patsy cline — Patsy (Virginia Patterson Hensley) 1932–63, U.S. country singer.
- patternless — a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- pearl danio — a slender iridescent tropical cyprinid, Brachydanio albolineatus, from parts of southeast Asia: a popular freshwater aquarium fish.
- pearl onion — a small white onion, often pickled and used as an appetizer or garnish.
- pearlescent — having an iridescent luster resembling that of pearl; nacreous: healthy skin with a pearlescent glow.
- pearly king — the male London costermonger whose ceremonial clothes display the most lavish collection of pearl buttons
- pectinately — in a pectinate manner
- pecuniarily — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- pedal piano — a piano having a pedal keyboard of 29 notes and connected with an action placed at the back where a special soundboard, covered with 29 strings, is built into the case.
- pedal point — a sustained bass note, over which the other parts move bringing about changing harmonies
- pedunculate — having a peduncle.
- pelagianism — a follower of Pelagius, who denied original sin and believed in freedom of the will.
- pelargonium — any plant of the genus Pelargonium, the cultivated species of which are usually called geranium. Compare geranium (def 2).
- peloponnese — a peninsula forming the S part of Greece: seat of the early Mycenaean civilization and the powerful city-states of Argos, Sparta, etc. 8356 sq. mi. (21,640 sq. km).
- penalty box — an enclosed space adjacent to the rink for penalized players, the penalty timekeeper, the game timekeeper, and the official scorer.
- pencil beam — a cone-shaped radar beam.
- pencil case — container for writing implements
- pencil gate — any of a large number of narrow gates used for rapid distribution of metal in large castings.
- penciliform — having a pencillike shape.
- pendulosity — the state or quality of being pendulous
- penicillate — having a penicil or penicils.
- penicillium — any fungus of the genus Penicillium, certain species of which are used in cheesemaking and as the source of penicillin.
- peninsulate — to cause (land) to become peninsular
- penitential — of, pertaining to, proceeding from, or expressive of penitence or repentance.