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11-letter words containing p, e, r, s, n, i

  • paragenesis — the origin of minerals or mineral deposits in contact so as to affect one another's formation.
  • parascenium — either of two wings flanking and extending forward from the skene of an ancient Greek theater.
  • parascience — the study of subjects that are outside the scope of traditional science because they cannot be explained by accepted scientific theory or tested by conventional scientific methods
  • parenthesis — either or both of a pair of signs () used in writing to mark off an interjected explanatory or qualifying remark, to indicate separate groupings of symbols in mathematics and symbolic logic, etc.
  • paris green — Chemistry. an emerald-green, poisonous, water-insoluble powder produced from arsenic trioxide and copper acetate: used chiefly as a pigment, insecticide, and wood preservative.
  • parishioner — one of the community or inhabitants of a parish.
  • partialness — being such in part only; not total or general; incomplete: partial blindness; a partial payment of a debt.
  • partnership — the state or condition of being a partner; participation; association; joint interest.
  • 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
  • perceptions — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
  • perigenesis — the name given by Haeckel to a theory of reproduction positing that dynamic life force is transmitted from one generation to the next
  • peritonitis — inflammation of the peritoneum, often accompanied by pain and tenderness in the abdomen, vomiting, constipation, and moderate fever.
  • persecution — the act of persecuting.
  • persevering — displaying perseverance; resolutely persistent; steadfast: a persevering student.
  • pershing ii — a 38-foot (12 meters) U.S. Army surface-to-surface nuclear missile with a single warhead and range of more than 1000 miles (1609 km).
  • persian cat — a long-haired variety of the domestic cat, originally raised in Persia and Afghanistan.
  • persian rug — an Oriental rug made in Persia (Iran), having rich, soft colors in any of various intricate, often floral, patterns
  • persistence — the act or fact of persisting.
  • persistency — the act or fact of persisting.
  • persnickety — overparticular; fussy.
  • personalise — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
  • personalism — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
  • 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.
  • personalize — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
  • personation — to act or portray (a character in a play, a part, etc.).
  • personified — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
  • personifies — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
  • persorption — the deep penetration of a liquid into a highly porous solid, resulting in an intimate mixture.
  • 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.
  • pierrefonds — a former city in S Quebec, Canada, now part of Montreal.
  • pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
  • planisphere — a map of half or more of the celestial sphere with a device for indicating the part of a given location visible at a given time.
  • pleinairism — pertaining to a manner or style of painting developed chiefly in France in the mid-19th century, characterized by the representation of the luminous effects of natural light and atmosphere as contrasted with the artificial light and absence of the sense of air or atmosphere associated with paintings produced in the studio.
  • ponderosity — of great weight; heavy; massive.
  • praenestine — of or relating to the ancient town of Praeneste in Italy, or to the Latin dialect spoken there.
  • pre-notions — a preconception.
  • pre-scoring — to record the sound of (a motion picture) before filming.
  • pre-selling — to sell in advance, as before manufacture or construction: to presell a planned house.
  • pre-seminal — released before semen is ejaculated
  • pre-spanish — of or relating to Spain, its people, or their language.
  • pre-testing — an advance or preliminary testing or trial, as of a new product.
  • preachiness — the quality of being preachy; a preachy style, esp a tedious one
  • preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
  • preciseness — definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
  • precisional — the state or quality of being precise.
  • predesigned — to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of: to design a new bridge.
  • predestined — to destine in advance; foreordain; predetermine: He seemed predestined for the ministry.
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