11-letter words containing p, a, r, n, t
- persian cat — a long-haired variety of the domestic cat, originally raised in Persia and Afghanistan.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- phoniatrics — the study and treatment of voice disorders.
- phrenetical — of or relating to phrenitis
- piano tuner — a person who tunes pianos and sometimes other keyboard instruments.
- pignoration — the act or process of pledging or pawning
- pin-feather — an undeveloped feather before the web portions have expanded.
- pine marten — a marten, Martes martes, of Europe and western Asia.
- 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
- 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.
- planetarian — a staff member at a planetarium.
- planetarium — an apparatus or model representing the planetary system.
- planimetric — the measurement of plane areas.
- planthopper — any member of a large and varied group of homopterous insects that are related to the leafhoppers and the spittlebugs but rarely damage cultivated plants.
- plantigrade — walking on the whole sole of the foot, as humans, and bears.
- plantocracy — government by plantation owners.
- platforming — a process for reforming petroleum using a platinum catalyst
- platyrrhine — Anthropology. having a broad, flat-bridged nose.
- play truant — be absent from school without permission
- play-centre — a regular meeting of small children arranged by their parents or a welfare agency to give them an opportunity of supervised creative play
- playwriting — the art or technique of writing theatrical plays; the work or profession of a playwright.
- plecopteran — Also, plecopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Plecoptera, comprising the stoneflies.
- plutarchian — of or relating to the biographer Plutarch.
- pococurante — a careless or indifferent person.
- point after — a score given for a successful kick between the goalposts and above the crossbar, following a touchdown
- point guard — Basketball. the guard who directs the team's offense from the point.
- polar front — Meteorology. the variable frontal zone of middle latitudes separating air masses of polar and tropical origin.
- poll rating — a measurement of a politician's popularity among the electorate, obtained by canvassing a representative sample of people
- polyandrist — a woman who practices or favors polyandry.
- pomegranate — a chambered, many-seeded, globose fruit, having a tough, usually red rind and surmounted by a crown of calyx lobes, the edible portion consisting of pleasantly acid flesh developed from the outer seed coat.
- pond-skater — any of various heteropterous insects of the family Gerrididae, esp Gerris lacustris (common pond-skater), having a slender hairy body and long hairy legs with which they skim about on the surface of ponds
- ponderation — a weight
- pornotopian — of or relating to a pornotopia
- porphyratin — any of various complex compounds formed of metals and porphyrins
- port orange — a city in E Florida.
- portal vein — the large vein conveying blood to the liver from the veins of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas.