11-letter words containing m, i, s, a, p
- multiparous — of or relating to a multipara.
- multiphasic — having many phases, stages, aspects, or the like.
- multiplanes — Plural form of multiplane.
- multispiral — having several spiral coils
- music paper — paper ruled or printed with a stave for writing music
- mycophagist — a fungus-eating organism.
- myographist — a person who has expert knowledge of muscles
- neopaganism — a 20th-century revival of interest in the worship of nature, fertility, etc., as represented by various deities.
- nudist camp — a resort where nudism is practiced
- oarsmanship — The skill of rowing a boat.
- ophthalmist — an eye expert; an oculist
- opisthosoma — the abdomen of a spider or other arachnid
- palmatisect — (of leaves) having palmate veins and lobes split almost to the base of the blade.
- pan-arabism — the idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the Arab nations.
- pan-atheism — the belief that because there is no God, nothing can properly be termed sacred or holy.
- pan-islamic — the idea or advocacy of a political union of all Muslim nations.
- pan-slavism — the idea or advocacy of a political union of all the Slavic peoples.
- panentheism — the belief that God is a part of the universe as well as transcending it
- panpsychism — a theory that all matter has some form of consciousness.
- panspermist — someone who advocates panspermia
- pantomimist — a person who acts in pantomime.
- 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.
- pedanticism — pedantry.
- pedobaptism — the baptism of infants.
- pelagianism — a follower of Pelagius, who denied original sin and believed in freedom of the will.
- pentastomid — tongue worm.
- pentatonism — the use of a five-tone scale.
- 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.
- phonematics — phonemics.
- photomosaic — mosaic (def 4).
- physicalism — a doctrine associated with logical positivism and holding that every meaningful statement, other than the necessary statements of logic and mathematics, must refer directly or indirectly to observable properties of spatiotemporal things or events.
- piano music — printed music intended to be played on the piano
- pillow sham — an ornamental cover laid over a bed pillow.
- pink salmon — a small Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, distinguished by its small scales and long anal fin and by the bright red spawning coloration of males, occurring from California to Alaska and in waters of Japan: fished commercially and for sport.
- 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
- plasmatical — relating to plasma