11-letter words containing p, a, s, t, y
- ostreophagy — the consumption of oysters
- paint spray — paint bought in a special can which you spray on a surface by pressing a button on the top of the can
- panpsychist — someone who believes that all matter has an element of consciousness
- party dress — a dress to wear to a party
- party music — music for or at a party
- pastry case — a case made of pastry that is filled with fruit, custard etc to make a tart or flan
- pastry chef — cook who specializes in patisserie
- pastry tube — a conical tube with a patterned hole at one end, fitted over the opening of a cloth funnel (pastry bag) for shaping icings, food pastes, etc., as they are forced through by squeezing the bag.
- pasty-faced — having a pale, unhealthy, sallow complexion: an awkward, pasty-faced youth.
- pataphysics — a supposed branch of philosophy or science that studies imaginary phenomena beyond the realm of metaphysics; the science of imaginary solutions.
- patsy cline — Patsy (Virginia Patterson Hensley) 1932–63, U.S. country singer.
- patty shell — a cup-shaped shell of light, flaky pastry, for serving vegetable, fish, or meat mixtures, usually with a sauce.
- pay a visit — go to the toilet
- pay dispute — a disagreement between workers and employers concerning salary
- pay station — a machine where you can pay for parking, as in a car park, etc
- pentagynous — (of plants) belonging to the order Pentagynia, characterized by the presence of five styles or pistils
- pentastylos — a pentastyle building, as a classical temple.
- personality — the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality.
- phagocytose — phagocytize.
- phalanstery — the buildings occupied by a phalanx. the community itself.
- pharyngitis — inflammation of the mucous membrane of the pharynx; sore throat.
- photo essay — a group of photographs, usually with supplementary text, that conveys a unified story and is published as a book or as a feature in a magazine or newspaper.
- phyllotaxis — phyllotaxy.
- physiatrics — physical medicine.
- physiatrist — a physician specializing in physical medicine.
- physicalist — a doctrine associated with logical positivism and holding that every meaningful statement, other than the necessary statements of logic and mathematics, must refer directly or indirectly to observable properties of spatiotemporal things or events.
- physicality — the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- physiolatry — the worship of nature
- piatigorsky — Gregor [greg-er] /ˈgrɛg ər/ (Show IPA), 1903–76, U.S. cellist, born in Russia.
- piscatology — the art or science of fishing.
- playstation — (games, hardware) The leading family of games consoles, from Sony Corporation consisting of the original Playstation (PS1) and the Playstation 2 (PS2). The basic Playstations consist of a small box containing the processor and a DVD reader, with video outputs to connect to a TV, sockets for two game controllers, and a socket for one or two memory cards. The PS2 also has USB sockets. The PS2 can run PS1 software because the PS2's I/O processor is the same as the PS1's CPU.
- plisetskaya — Maya (Mikhailovna) [mah-yuh myi-khahy-luh v-nuh] /ˈmɑ yə myɪˈxaɪ ləv nə/ (Show IPA), 1925–2015, Soviet ballet dancer.
- poetry slam — a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- polyandrist — a woman who practices or favors polyandry.
- polycrystal — an object composed of randomly oriented crystals, formed by rapid solidification
- polysorbate — any of a class of emulsifying and dispersing agents used in various foods and pharmaceutical preparations.
- postholiday — occurring after a holiday
- postnatally — after birth, following a birth
- postprimary — of or relating to education after primary school
- postulatory — of or relating to a postulate or assumption
- 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.
- presanctify — to sanctify ahead of an event
- presbyteral — of or relating to a presbyter or presbytery
- present-day — current; modern: present-day techniques; present-day English.
- press party — a party given for reporters and photographers exclusively or particularly to get publicity, as for the introduction of a new product, the maiden voyage of a liner, or the like.
- presynaptic — being or occurring on the transmitting end of a discharge across a synapse.
- prokaryotes — any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops, characteristic of all organisms in the kingdom Monera, as the bacteria and blue-green algae.
- pros. atty. — prosecuting attorney
- psammophyte — a plant that grows in sand or sandy soil.