11-letter words containing m, e, i, l, t
- pamphletize — to write a pamphlet.
- pari-mutuel — a form of betting and of handling the betting on horse races at racetracks, in which those holding winning tickets divide the total amount bet in proportion to their wagers, less a percentage for the management, taxes, etc.
- patelliform — having the form of a patella; shaped like a saucer, kneecap, or limpet shell.
- 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.
- penultimate — next to the last: the penultimate scene of the play.
- peristylium — a peristyle.
- perithelium — the connective tissue surrounding certain small vessels, as capillaries.
- permittedly — to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
- petalomania — the condition in which a flower has proportionately more petals than is normal
- phantomlike — an apparition or specter.
- phlebotomic — of or noting phlebotomy.
- pith helmet — a hat made of dried pith or cork covered with cloth, worn in the tropics.
- plagiostome — (of fish) belonging to the genus Plagiostomi, which includes sharks and rays, characterized by a transverse mouth with the jaw suspended from the skull
- planetarium — an apparatus or model representing the planetary system.
- planimetric — the measurement of plane areas.
- platemaking — the act of making plates
- platycnemia — (in the shinbone) the state of being laterally flattened.
- pleximetric — relating to a pleximeter
- pluviometer — rain gauge.
- plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
- polarimeter — an instrument for measuring the amount of light received from a given source as a function of its state of polarization.
- police motu — a pidginized version of the Motu language, used as a lingua franca in Papua, originally chiefly by the police
- policy term — The policy term is the lifetime of an insurance policy.
- pomiculture — the growing or cultivation of fruit.
- preemptible — to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.
- prematerial — the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed: Stone is a durable material.
- preterminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- prevailment — the action of prevailing
- price limit — the maximum that somebody is prepared to pay for something
- primitively — being the first or earliest of the kind or in existence, especially in an early age of the world: primitive forms of life.
- problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- prominently — standing out so as to be seen easily; conspicuous; particularly noticeable: Her eyes are her most prominent feature.
- proselytism — the act or fact of becoming a proselyte; conversion.
- proximately — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- publishment — publication.
- quitclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of quitclaim.
- rambouillet — one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.
- realignment — an adjustment to a line; arrangement in a straight line.
- reclamation — the reclaiming of desert, marshy, or submerged areas or other wasteland for cultivation or other use.
- regimentals — of or relating to a regiment.
- reimplement — any article used in some activity, especially an instrument, tool, or utensil: agricultural implements.
- relationism — a doctrine maintaining the existence of relations between things
- reptiliform — having the form or appearance of a reptile
- restimulate — to stimulate again, reactivate
- retinaculum — Anatomy, Zoology. any of various small structures that hook, clasp, or bind other structures to move them or hold them in place.
- roche limit — the minimum distance below which a moon orbiting a celestial body would be disrupted by tidal forces or below which a moon would not have formed.
- safety film — Photography. a film having a nonflammable base of triacetate cellulose.
- salinometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of salt in a solution.
- samuel ting — Samuel C(hao) C(hung) [chou choo ng] /tʃaʊ tʃʊŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1936, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- satellitium — a group of three or more planets lying in one sign of the zodiac