11-letter words containing p, a, r, n, t
- partitioner — a division into or distribution in portions or shares.
- partnerless — the person with whom one cohabits in a romantic relationship: I'd like you to meet my partner, Sarah.
- partnership — the state or condition of being a partner; participation; association; joint interest.
- parturition — the process of bringing forth young.
- party liner — a person who follows a party line, especially the Communist Party line.
- parvanimity — the state or characteristic of being small-minded
- pastureland — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- pate tendre — soft paste.
- 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
- paternoster — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
- patricianly — a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat.
- patriclinic — inherited from the father; more like the father than the mother
- patrilineal — inheriting or determining descent through the male line.
- patrilinear — patrilineal.
- patrimonial — an estate inherited from one's father or ancestors.
- patroclinic — inherited from the father; more like the father than the mother
- patrolwoman — a policewoman who is assigned to patrol a specific district, route, etc.
- patron-ship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patronising — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patronizing — displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner: a patronizing greeting, accompanied by a gentle pat on the pack.
- patroonship — a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
- patter song — a comic song depending for its humorous effect on rapid enunciation of the words, occurring most commonly in comic opera and operetta.
- patternless — a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- paumgartner — Bernhard [bern-hahrt] /ˈbɛrn hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1887–1971, Austrian composer, conductor, and musicologist.
- peanut worm — any small, unsegmented, marine worm of the phylum Sipuncula, that when disturbed retracts its anterior portion into the body, giving the appearance of a peanut seed.
- pearlescent — having an iridescent luster resembling that of pearl; nacreous: healthy skin with a pearlescent glow.
- pedantocrat — a pedantic ruler
- penetrating — able or tending to penetrate; piercing; sharp: a penetrating shriek; a penetrating glance.
- penetration — the act or power of penetrating.
- penetrative — tending to penetrate; piercing.
- pentahedron — a solid figure having five faces.
- pentahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) pentahydroxy.
- pentamerous — consisting of or divided into five parts.
- pentandrous — of or pertaining to the order of plants Pentandria, characterized by having five stamens
- pentangular — having five angles and five sides; pentagonal.
- percolation — the act or state of percolating or of being percolated.
- perduration — the act of lasting forever or enduring continually; the capacity to endure indefinitely
- peregrinate — to travel or journey, especially to walk on foot.
- perennation — the survival of a plant through the winter or dry season
- perforation — a hole, or one of a series of holes, bored or punched through something, as those between individual postage stamps of a sheet to facilitate separation.
- pericentral — arranged around a centre
- perinatally — during the perinatal period; before birth
- periodontal — of or relating to the periodontium.
- periodontia — the bone, connective tissue, and gum surrounding and supporting a tooth.
- permanently — existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
- 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.