11-letter words containing p, a, s, n
- 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
- pontificals — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
- postcranial — located posterior to the head.
- postexilian — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
- postlanding — occurring after a landing (of an aircraft, shuttle, etc)
- postnatally — after birth, following a birth
- postnuptial — subsequent to marriage: postnuptial adjustments.
- postulating — to ask, demand, or claim.
- postulation — to ask, demand, or claim.
- postweaning — of, relating to, or occurring in the period following weaning
- potableness — the quality of being potable or drinkable
- praenestine — of or relating to the ancient town of Praeneste in Italy, or to the Latin dialect spoken there.
- prank flash — a short film or animation linked surreptitiously to an innocuous website, intended to shock unsuspecting and easily-offended users of the internet
- pre-seminal — released before semen is ejaculated
- pre-spanish — of or relating to Spain, its people, or their language.
- preachiness — the quality of being preachy; a preachy style, esp a tedious one
- preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
- precisional — the state or quality of being precise.
- predynastic — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the first dynasty of a nation, especially the period in Egypt before c3200 b.c.
- prefreshman — before being a freshman
- prehispanic — Spanish.
- preinvasion — occurring before an invasion
- preinvasive — of or relating to a stage preceding invasion of the tissues; in situ.
- prendergast — Maurice Brazil [braz-uh l] /ˈbræz əl/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, U.S. painter.
- presagement — an omen
- presanctify — to sanctify ahead of an event
- present-day — current; modern: present-day techniques; present-day English.
- presentable — that may be presented.
- press agent — a person employed to promote the interests of an individual, organization, etc., by obtaining favorable publicity through advertisements, mentions in columns, and the like.
- press baron — an influential newspaper publisher or owner who usually controls more than one widely circulated newspaper.
- prestandard — something considered by an authority or by general consent as a basis of comparison; an approved model.
- prestations — a payment in money or in services.
- prestonpans — a seaside resort in the Lothian region, in SE Scotland, E of Edinburgh: battle 1745.
- presynaptic — being or occurring on the transmitting end of a discharge across a synapse.
- previsional — characteristic of prevision
- primariness — the state of being primary
- prison camp — a camp for the confinement of prisoners of war or political prisoners.
- prison farm — a farm attached to a prison, where prisoners carry out hard labour
- prison yard — a piece of enclosed ground attached to a prison, where prisoners may take exercise at certain times
- privateness — the quality of being private
- proconsular — Roman History. an official, usually a former consul, who acted as governor or military commander of a province, and who had powers similar to those of a consul.
- procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
- prognathism — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- prognathous — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- pronatalism — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
- pronatalist — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
- pronominals — Grammar. pertaining to, resembling, derived from, or containing a pronoun: “My” in “my book” is a pronominal adjective. “There” is a pronominal adverb.
- propagandas — information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
- prosaicness — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.