11-letter words containing p, e, a, r, t
- pastoralize — to make pastoral or rural.
- 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.
- 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.
- pastureless — without pasture, free of pasture
- pate tendre — soft paste.
- 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.
- paternalist — government: fatherly in style
- paternoster — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
- pathbreaker — a person who blazes a trail or path; pathfinder.
- patrilineal — inheriting or determining descent through the male line.
- patrilinear — patrilineal.
- 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.
- pea-shooter — a tube through which dried peas, beans, or small pellets are blown, used as a toy.
- 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.
- pear thrips — a minute, slender-bodied insect, Taeniothrips inconsequens, that eats the blossoms of flowering plants and is a common pest of pear, maple, almond, apple, and other trees in the eastern U.S.
- pearlescent — having an iridescent luster resembling that of pearl; nacreous: healthy skin with a pearlescent glow.
- peculiarity — a trait, manner, characteristic, or habit that is odd or unusual.
- pedantocrat — a pedantic ruler
- pelotherapy — the application of mud to the body for therapeutic purposes
- 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.
- perambulate — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
- perchlorate — a salt or ester of perchloric acid, as potassium perchlorate, KClO 4 .
- perciatelli — a tubular pasta in long, straight pieces, resembling thick spaghetti.
- 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
- perestroika — Russian. the program of economic and political reform in the Soviet Union initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986.
- perfect gas — ideal gas.
- 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.
- perforative — that perforates readily
- pericentral — arranged around a centre
- periclitate — exposed to danger
- perigastric — located near or around the gastric system (predominantly the stomach)
- perihepatic — surrounding the liver; located around the liver
- 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.