11-letter words containing p, a, r, m, i
- pan-arabism — the idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the Arab nations.
- panic alarm — an alarm that can be set off to alert others in the case of an emergency
- panicmonger — a person who spreads panic
- panromantic — noting or relating to a person who is romantically attracted to people of all sexual orientations and gender identities: The singer came out as queer and panromantic at age 17.
- panspermist — someone who advocates panspermia
- papermaking — the art or action of making paper
- papilliform — resembling a papilla.
- parabaptism — unauthorized baptism
- parabematic — relating to the parabema
- paralimnion — the region of a lake floor between the shoreline or water's edge and the zone of rooted vegetation
- parallelism — the position or relation of parallels.
- paralympian — a competitor in the Paralympics
- paramaecium — a microscopic unicellular ciliate protozoa
- paramastoid — of or relating to the part of the skull next to the mastoid process
- paramedical — related to the medical profession in a secondary or supplementary capacity.
- parametrize — parameterize.
- parascenium — either of two wings flanking and extending forward from the skene of an ancient Greek theater.
- 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.
- parish pump — of only local interest; parochial
- park-miller — A pseudorandom number generation algorithm which was discredited by Marsaglia and Steve Sullivanin in the July 1993 CACM.
- parlourmaid — In former times, a parlourmaid was a female servant in a private house whose job involved serving people at table.
- parodontium — periodontium.
- 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
- parvanimity — the state or characteristic of being small-minded
- passeriform — of or relating to the order Passeriformes; passerine.
- pastoralism — the practice of herding as the primary economic activity of a society.
- 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.
- pathoformic — Pathology. pertaining to the beginning of a disease, especially to symptoms that occur in the preliminary stages of mental disease.
- patrimonial — an estate inherited from one's father or ancestors.
- pelargonium — any plant of the genus Pelargonium, the cultivated species of which are usually called geranium. Compare geranium (def 2).
- pericardium — the membranous sac enclosing the heart.
- pericranium — the outer periosteum of the cranium.
- permanganic — of or derived from permanganic acid.
- permittance — the act of permitting or giving consent
- permutation — the act of permuting or permutating; alteration; transformation.
- 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.
- pilgrimager — a pilgrim
- pine marten — a marten, Martes martes, of Europe and western Asia.
- plaid cymru — the Welsh nationalist party
- planetarium — an apparatus or model representing the planetary system.
- planimetric — the measurement of plane areas.
- planuliform — resembling a planula
- platforming — a process for reforming petroleum using a platinum catalyst