11-letter words containing p, h, e, a
- parenthetic — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
- paresthesia — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.
- paresthetic — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.
- parishioner — one of the community or inhabitants of a parish.
- partnership — the state or condition of being a partner; participation; association; joint interest.
- pas de chat — a jump of one foot over the other.
- pasticheuse — a woman who makes or composes a pastiche.
- pastry chef — cook who specializes in patisserie
- patch space — An unused block of bits left in a binary so that it can later be modified by insertion of machine-language instructions there (typically, the patch space is modified to contain new code, and the superseded code is patched to contain a jump or call to the patch space). The widening use of HLLs has made this term rare; it is now primarily historical outside IBM shops. See patch, zap, hook.
- pate a chou — French Cookery. cream puff paste.
- pathbreaker — a person who blazes a trail or path; pathfinder.
- pathologies — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- pathologize — to represent (something) as a disease
- patty shell — a cup-shaped shell of light, flaky pastry, for serving vegetable, fish, or meat mixtures, usually with a sauce.
- pea-shooter — a tube through which dried peas, beans, or small pellets are blown, used as a toy.
- peach melba — a dessert consisting of cooked peach halves served with vanilla ice cream and Melba sauce.
- peach stone — the stone in the centre of the fruit the peach
- peachy keen — peachy (def 2).
- peachy-keen — peachy (def 2).
- 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.
- pear-shaped — having the shape of a pear; tapering near the top and bulging toward the base or bottom: a pear-shaped vase.
- pearl perch — an edible marine fish, Glaucosoma scapulare, of eastern Australian coastal waters.
- pebble dash — an exterior wall finish composed of mortar against which, while still wet, small pebbles have been thrown and pressed in.
- peche melba — peach Melba.
- pechora sea — the SE part of the Barents Sea, northwest of Russia
- pedagoguish — resembling or reminiscent of a pedagogue
- pedophiliac — pedophile.
- pele's hair — volcanic glass thread, usually basaltic, caused by the solidification of exploding or ejected lava in the open air.
- pelotherapy — the application of mud to the body for therapeutic purposes
- pelvic arch — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the hind limbs or analogous parts.
- peng dehuai — 1898–1974, Chinese Communist military leader: defense minister 1954–59.
- pentahedron — a solid figure having five faces.
- pentahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) pentahydroxy.
- pentathlete — an athlete participating or specializing in the pentathlon.
- perchlorate — a salt or ester of perchloric acid, as potassium perchlorate, KClO 4 .
- perihepatic — surrounding the liver; located around the liver
- peripherals — pertaining to, situated in, or constituting the periphery: peripheral resistance on the outskirts of the battle area.
- periphrasis — the use of an unnecessarily long or roundabout form of expression; circumlocution.
- perishables — perishable articles, esp food
- peristalith — a group of stones encircling a mound, dolmen, or the like.
- perithecial — of, pertaining to, or having a perithecium
- persulphate — a sulphuric acid salt of a base peroxide
- perth amboy — a seaport in E New Jersey.
- petah tiqwa — city in WC Israel: pop. 153,000
- 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.
- petrography — the branch of petrology dealing with the description and classification of rocks, especially by microscopic examination.
- phagedaenic — relating to or having the characteristics of phagedaena
- phagocytize — (of a phagocyte) to devour (material).
- phagocytose — phagocytize.