11-letter words containing p, a, e
- asphyxiates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asphyxiate.
- asteropaeus — a Trojan ally slain by Achilles.
- astrosphere — the part of the aster excluding the centrosome
- atelophobia — The fear of imperfection or not being good enough.
- atheophobia — Fear or hatred of atheism or atheists.
- atmosphered — having an intellectual or psychological climate or feeling
- atmospheres — Plural form of atmosphere.
- atmospheric — Atmospheric is used to describe something which relates to the Earth's atmosphere.
- atomic pile — nuclear reactor
- atriopeptin — any of several peptide hormones that are released by the atria of the heart in response to an abnormal increase in blood volume and that modulate blood pressure and the excretion of sodium, potassium, and water. Abbreviation: ANF.
- attapulgite — a clay mineral, basic hydrous silicate of magnesium and aluminum, the active ingredient of fuller's earth.
- attempering — Present participle of attemper.
- attemptable — Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked.
- audiophiles — Plural form of audiophile.
- auto-repeat — a feature of computer keys whereby a character is generated repeatedly as long as the user holds down the key in question
- autocephaly — the state of being autocephalous.
- autographed — Simple past tense and past participle of autograph.
- autopoiesis — Self creation; self organization.
- axerophthol — any form of vitamin A
- azoospermia — absence of spermatozoa in the semen
- back-paddle — to propel a boat by paddling backward, as by using a stroke in the direction of stern to bow.
- backpackers — Plural form of backpacker.
- backpedaled — (US) Simple past tense and past participle of backpedal.
- backslapped — Simple past tense and past participle of backslap.
- backslapper — a person who backslaps; a hearty jovial person
- backstopped — Simple past tense and past participle of backstop.
- backstopper — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- baffleplate — a plate used as a baffle.
- baldcypress — any of a genus (Taxodium, esp. T. distichum) of cone-bearing trees of the baldcypress family, that grows in the swamps of the SE U.S. and normally sheds its small, pointed needles in the fall
- ballplayers — Plural form of ballplayer.
- balsam pear — an Old World tropical vine, Momordica charantia, of the gourd family, having yellow flowers and orange-yellow fruit.
- banana peel — A banana peel is the same as a banana skin.
- banded pack — two products which are held together with a band and sold together at a discounted price
- baptistries — Plural form of baptistry.
- barbary ape — a tailless macaque, Macaca sylvana, that inhabits rocky cliffs and forests in NW Africa and Gibraltar: family Cercopithecidae, order Primates
- barbed tape — wire with razor-sharp edges or projections, placed in coils as a barrier along the tops of fences or walls, as at a prison.
- barber pole — a pole with spiral stripes of red and white, used as a symbol of the barber's trade
- barber shop — A barber shop is a shop where a barber works.
- barber-shop — Also called, especially British, barber's shop. the place of business of a barber.
- barbershops — Plural form of barbershop.
- barge spike — a square spike with a chisel point.
- baroceptors — Plural form of baroceptor.
- base period — a neutral period used as a standard for comparison in constructing an index to express a variable factor: 100 is usually taken as the index number for the variable in the base period
- basepersons — Plural form of baseperson.
- basipetally — in the manner of a basipetal
- bass player — a player of a double bass or a bass guitar
- bath pearls — dissolvable granules added to bath water to impart scent or other qualities
- bath sponge — any of various common sponges, of the family Spongiidae, that have a skeletal network composed of fibers of spongin: collected in the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean for their commercial value.
- bathyscaphe — a navigable, submersible vessel for exploring the depths of the ocean, having a separate, overhead chamber filled with gasoline for buoyancy and iron or steel weights for ballast.
- bathysphere — a strong steel deep-sea diving sphere, lowered by cable