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11-letter words containing n, a, p, r

  • permanganic — of or derived from permanganic acid.
  • permittance — the act of permitting or giving consent
  • permutation — the act of permuting or permutating; alteration; transformation.
  • perpetuance — to make perpetual.
  • perseverant — steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.
  • persian cat — a long-haired variety of the domestic cat, originally raised in Persia and Afghanistan.
  • persian rug — an Oriental rug made in Persia (Iran), having rich, soft colors in any of various intricate, often floral, patterns
  • person-year — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work done by one person in a year consisting of a standard number of person-days.
  • personal ad — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
  • personalise — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
  • personalism — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
  • personalist — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
  • personality — the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality.
  • personalize — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
  • personation — to act or portray (a character in a play, a part, etc.).
  • pertinacity — the quality of being pertinacious; persistence.
  • pescatarian — a person whose diet is mostly vegetarian but includes fish and seafood.
  • pescetarian — a person whose diet is mostly vegetarian but includes fish and seafood.
  • pet scanner — a tomographic imaging device that yields visual information about the ongoing activity of the brain: positron-emitting isotopes, incorporated into biologically important compounds, are injected intravenously or administered by inhalation, and the resultant gamma radiation is sensed by detectors and converted into computer-generated images of blood flow, oxygen utilization, glucose uptake, etc.
  • petitionary — of the nature of or expressing a petition.
  • petrol tank — The petrol tank in a motor vehicle is the container for petrol.
  • phalanstery — the buildings occupied by a phalanx. the community itself.
  • phanerogams — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
  • phanerozoic — the eon comprising the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
  • pharaoh ant — a red or yellow ant, Monomorium pharaonis, introduced from Europe into North America: a common household pest.
  • pharyngitic — relating to the medical condition of pharyngitis that is characterized by pain and swelling of the pharynx
  • pharyngitis — inflammation of the mucous membrane of the pharynx; sore throat.
  • philanderer — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
  • phoniatrics — the study and treatment of voice disorders.
  • phonography — phonetic spelling, writing, or shorthand.
  • phrenetical — of or relating to phrenitis
  • piano organ — a mechanical piano that is built like a barrel organ
  • piano tuner — a person who tunes pianos and sometimes other keyboard instruments.
  • pignoration — the act or process of pledging or pawning
  • pilocarpine — an oil or crystalline alkaloid, C 1 1 H 1 6 N 2 O 2 , obtained from jaborandi, and used chiefly to produce sweating, promote the flow of saliva, contract the pupil of the eye, and for glaucoma.
  • pin-feather — an undeveloped feather before the web portions have expanded.
  • pine barren — a tract of sandy or peaty soil in which pine trees are the principal growth, as in low-lying areas near the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the U.S.
  • pine marten — a marten, Martes martes, of Europe and western Asia.
  • pine-barren — a tract of sandy or peaty soil in which pine trees are the principal growth, as in low-lying areas near the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the U.S.
  • pink collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
  • pink-collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
  • pioneer day — a legal holiday in Utah on July 24 to commemorate Brigham Young's founding of Salt Lake City in 1847.
  • piss around — If you say that someone pisses around or pisses about, you mean they waste a lot of time doing unimportant things.
  • piz bernina — a mountain in SE Switzerland, the highest peak of the Bernina Alps in the S Rhaetian Alps. Height: 4049 m (13 284 ft)
  • plain flour — ground wheat with no raising agent
  • plain tripe — the fatty, inner lining of the first stomach (the rumen) of a steer, calf, hog, or sheep, having a bland taste and used as a food, especially in the preparation of such dishes as haggis, head cheese, etc.
  • plane chart — a chart used in plane sailing, in which the lines of latitude and longitude are straight and parallel
  • plane crash — an accident in which an aircraft hits land or water and is damaged or destroyed
  • planer tree — a small tree, Planera aquatica, of the elm family, growing in moist ground in the southern U.S., bearing a small, ovoid, nutlike fruit and yielding a compact light-brown wood.
  • planet gear — any of the gears in an epicyclic train surrounding and engaging with the sun gear.
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