11-letter words containing m, a, r, s, i
- omnifarious — of all forms, varieties, or kinds.
- ordainments — Plural form of ordainment.
- organistrum — a stringed instrument played by two people
- orientalism — a peculiarity or idiosyncrasy of the peoples of Asia, especially the East.
- originalism — The principle or belief that the original intent of an author should be adhered to in later interpretations of a work.
- ornamentist — a person who adorns or decorates, esp professionally
- oscillogram — the record produced by the action of an oscillograph or oscilloscope.
- outsmarting — Present participle of outsmart.
- pan-arabism — the idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the Arab nations.
- panspermist — someone who advocates panspermia
- parabaptism — unauthorized baptism
- parallelism — the position or relation of parallels.
- paramastoid — of or relating to the part of the skull next to the mastoid process
- parascenium — either of two wings flanking and extending forward from the skene of an ancient Greek theater.
- parish pump — of only local interest; parochial
- paronomasia — the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humor or a dual meaning; punning.
- partial sum — one of a series of sums of elements of a given sequence, the first sum being the first element, the second sum being the first element added to the second element, the third sum being equal to the sum of the first three elements, and so on.
- partisanism — partisan action or spirit.
- party music — music for or at a party
- passeriform — of or relating to the order Passeriformes; passerine.
- pastoralism — the practice of herding as the primary economic activity of a society.
- 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.
- peroxisomal — of or relating to a peroxisome; of the nature of a peroxisome
- personalism — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
- petrarchism — the poetic style introduced by Petrarch and characteristic of his work, marked by complex grammatical structure, elaborate conceits, and conventionalized diction.
- phariseeism — the principles and practices of the Pharisees.
- 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.
- polyspermia — the secretion of an excessive amount of semen.
- postmarital — occurring, effective, or provided after marriage
- postprimary — of or relating to education after primary school
- pre-islamic — existing prior to the ascendancy of Islam; pre-Muslim.
- pre-seminal — released before semen is ejaculated
- preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
- preemphasis — a process of increasing the amplitude of certain frequencies relative to others in a signal in order to help them override noise, complemented by deemphasis before final reproduction of the signal being received.
- primariness — the state of being primary
- primateship — primacy (def 2).
- primiparous — a woman who has borne but one child or who is parturient for the first time.
- prison camp — a camp for the confinement of prisoners of war or political prisoners.
- prison farm — a farm attached to a prison, where prisoners carry out hard labour
- probabilism — Philosophy. the doctrine, introduced by the Skeptics, that certainty is impossible and that probability suffices to govern faith and practice.
- prognathism — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- pronatalism — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
- pronominals — Grammar. pertaining to, resembling, derived from, or containing a pronoun: “My” in “my book” is a pronominal adjective. “There” is a pronominal adverb.
- prostomiate — having a prostomium.
- protagonism — the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
- prussianism — the militaristic spirit, system, policy, or methods historically associated with the Prussians.
- quizmasters — Plural form of quizmaster.
- radiocesium — cesium 137.
- radiosodium — the radioactive isotope of sodium having an atomic mass of 24 and a half-life of 14.9 hours: used as a tracer in biochemistry.
- ramakrishna — Sri [sree,, shree] /sri,, ʃri/ (Show IPA), 1836–86, Hindu religious reformer and mystic.