11-letter words containing p, i, e, t, s, m
- optometrist — a licensed professional who practices optometry.
- palmatisect — (of leaves) having palmate veins and lobes split almost to the base of the blade.
- pan-atheism — the belief that because there is no God, nothing can properly be termed sacred or holy.
- panentheism — the belief that God is a part of the universe as well as transcending it
- panspermist — someone who advocates panspermia
- 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.
- pedanticism — pedantry.
- pedobaptism — the baptism of infants.
- pentastomid — tongue worm.
- pentatonism — the use of a five-tone scale.
- peristylium — a peristyle.
- pessimistic — pertaining to or characterized by pessimism or the tendency to expect only bad outcomes; gloomy; joyless; unhopeful: His pessimistic outlook kept him from applying for jobs for which he was perfectly qualified.
- petrarchism — the poetic style introduced by Petrarch and characteristic of his work, marked by complex grammatical structure, elaborate conceits, and conventionalized diction.
- phonematics — phonemics.
- phoneticism — a phonetic scheme of writing
- physiometry — measurement of the physiological functions of the body.
- physitheism — the attribution of physical form to gods and religious beings
- piedmontese — a native or inhabitant of Piedmont, Italy.
- plagiostome — (of fish) belonging to the genus Plagiostomi, which includes sharks and rays, characterized by a transverse mouth with the jaw suspended from the skull
- plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
- pneumonitis — inflammation of the lung caused by a virus or exposure to irritating substances.
- postscenium — a wing on either side of the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theatre where props could be stored and actors could prepare; a parascenium
- prestissimo — (a musical direction) in the most rapid tempo.
- presumption — the act of presuming.
- presumptive — affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
- primateship — primacy (def 2).
- profeminist — advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.
- prompt side — the part of the stage that in the U.S. is to the right and in Britain to the left as one faces the audience. Abbreviation: P.S.
- proselytism — the act or fact of becoming a proselyte; conversion.
- prostomiate — having a prostomium.
- proximities — nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation.
- publishment — publication.
- rheotropism — the effect of a current of water upon the direction of plant growth.
- semipalmate — partially or imperfectly palmate, as a bird's foot; half-webbed.
- semiplastic — imperfectly plastic; in a state between rigidity and plasticity.
- semiprivate — having some degree of privacy but not fully private, as a hospital room with fewer beds than a ward.
- sempiternal — everlasting; eternal.
- sempiternum — a type of durable woollen fabric popular in the 17th century
- sempstering — the profession of being a tailor
- septembrist — a person who instigated or took part in the September Massacre.
- septemviral — of or relating to septemvirs or a septemvirate.
- septicaemia — the invasion and persistence of pathogenic bacteria in the blood-stream.
- simon peter — Peter (def 1).
- simple time — a metre in music in which each beat or part divides equally into two
- simpliciter — simply
- smoke point — heat at which oil gives off smoke
- speed limit — the maximum speed at which a vehicle is legally permitted to travel, as within a specific area, on a certain road, or under given conditions.
- spermatoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermatoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermotoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.