11-letter words containing n, i, a, s, e
- 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.
- panentheism — the belief that God is a part of the universe as well as transcending it
- panentheist — someone who believes that God is a part of the universe as well as transcending it
- panesthesia — total awareness and perception
- panspermist — someone who advocates panspermia
- pantheistic — the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.
- paragenesis — the origin of minerals or mineral deposits in contact so as to affect one another's formation.
- parascenium — either of two wings flanking and extending forward from the skene of an ancient Greek theater.
- parascience — the study of subjects that are outside the scope of traditional science because they cannot be explained by accepted scientific theory or tested by conventional scientific methods
- parenthesis — either or both of a pair of signs () used in writing to mark off an interjected explanatory or qualifying remark, to indicate separate groupings of symbols in mathematics and symbolic logic, etc.
- paris green — Chemistry. an emerald-green, poisonous, water-insoluble powder produced from arsenic trioxide and copper acetate: used chiefly as a pigment, insecticide, and wood preservative.
- parishioner — one of the community or inhabitants of a parish.
- partialness — being such in part only; not total or general; incomplete: partial blindness; a partial payment of a debt.
- partnership — the state or condition of being a partner; participation; association; joint interest.
- passionless — not feeling or moved by passion; cold or unemotional; calm or detached.
- passiontide — the two-week period from Passion Sunday to Holy Saturday.
- passiveness — Also, passiveness [pas-iv-nis] /ˈpæs ɪv nɪs/ (Show IPA). the state or condition of being passive.
- 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.
- patsy cline — Patsy (Virginia Patterson Hensley) 1932–63, U.S. country singer.
- pedanticise — to be pedantic
- pedanticism — pedantry.
- pelagianism — a follower of Pelagius, who denied original sin and believed in freedom of the will.
- pencil case — container for writing implements
- peninsulate — to cause (land) to become peninsular
- pensionable — worker: of retirement age
- pentastomid — tongue worm.
- pentatonism — the use of a five-tone scale.
- 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
- 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.).
- 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.
- phonematics — phonemics.
- phonetastic — (communications) A CTI product from Callware. Phonetastic employs if-then rules and customer records to tell those receiving calls who is calling (based on ANI and DNIS) and to determine how the call should be routed, e.g. to a certain sales representative or to the general sales department; receive high-priority treatment; receive a fax-back, etc.
- piebaldness — having patches of black and white or of other colors; parti-colored.
- pinnatisect — (of a leaf) divided in a pinnate manner.
- plainstanes — the pavement or a paved area in a town or city
- plainstones — the pavement or a paved area in a town or city
- planisphere — a map of half or more of the celestial sphere with a device for indicating the part of a given location visible at a given time.
- plasminogen — the blood substance that when activated forms plasmin.
- plebeianism — belonging or pertaining to the common people.
- 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.
- poison bean — Also called bladderpod. a tall plant, Glottidium vesicaria, of the legume family, native to the southeastern U.S., having clusters of yellow flowers and pods containing highly poisonous seeds.