11-letter words containing p, e, r, s, i, t
- partnership — the state or condition of being a partner; participation; association; joint interest.
- pasteurised — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- pasteurized — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- pasteurizer — an apparatus for pasteurizing milk and other liquids.
- pastoralize — to make pastoral or rural.
- 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
- 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.
- perceptions — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- perestroika — Russian. the program of economic and political reform in the Soviet Union initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986.
- perigastric — located near or around the gastric system (predominantly the stomach)
- periostitis — inflammation of the periosteum.
- peristalith — a group of stones encircling a mound, dolmen, or the like.
- peristalsis — the progressive wave of contraction and relaxation of a tubular muscular system, especially the alimentary canal, by which the contents are forced through the system.
- peristaltic — of, relating to, or resembling peristalsis.
- peristerite — a whitish, iridescent variety of albite, used as a gem.
- peristylium — a peristyle.
- peritonitis — inflammation of the peritoneum, often accompanied by pain and tenderness in the abdomen, vomiting, constipation, and moderate fever.
- perquisitor — the first person to own property that has subsequently been handed down to his heirs
- persecution — the act of persecuting.
- persecutive — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
- persian cat — a long-haired variety of the domestic cat, originally raised in Persia and Afghanistan.
- persichetti — Vincent, 1915–87, U.S. composer.
- persistence — the act or fact of persisting.
- persistency — the act or fact of persisting.
- persnickety — overparticular; fussy.
- 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.).
- persorption — the deep penetration of a liquid into a highly porous solid, resulting in an intimate mixture.
- perspective — a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.
- perspicuity — clearness or lucidity, as of a statement.
- 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.
- pestiferous — bringing or bearing disease.
- petit fours — a small teacake, variously frosted and decorated.
- petrarchism — the poetic style introduced by Petrarch and characteristic of his work, marked by complex grammatical structure, elaborate conceits, and conventionalized diction.
- petrarchist — a person who imitates the literary style employed by Petrarch, especially the poets of the English Renaissance who employed the Petrarchan sonnet style.
- phosphorite — a sedimentary rock sufficiently rich in phosphate minerals to be used as a source of phosphorus for fertilizers.
- photoresist — Electronics. a photosensitive liquid polymer, used in photolithography to produce integrated circuits.
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- physiometry — measurement of the physiological functions of the body.
- picturesque — visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting: a picturesque fishing village.
- pietersburg — capital of Northern Transvaal province, South Africa: pop. 26,000
- pilot raise — a small raise intended to be enlarged later.
- pipistrelle — any of numerous insectivorous bats of the genus Pipistrellus, especially P. pipistrellus of Europe and Asia.
- pirate ship — vessel sailed by sea robbers
- pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
- pitt-rivers — Augustus (Henry Lane Fox).1827–1900, British archaeologist; first inspector of ancient monuments (1882): assembled a major anthropological collection of tools and weapons (now in the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford)
- plasticizer — any of a group of substances that are used in plastics or other materials to impart viscosity, flexibility, softness, or other properties to the finished product.