11-letter words containing p, i, l
- panel strip — one of a number of strips of wood or metal laid upon the surface of a wall, ceiling, etc., so as to divide it into a number of broad areas, usually in order to conceal joints between sheets of composition material forming the surface.
- panel thief — a thief who secretly robs the customers in a panel house.
- panglossian — characterized by or given to extreme optimism, especially in the face of unrelieved hardship or adversity.
- panhandling — to accost passers-by on the street and beg from them.
- panhellenic — of or relating to all Greeks or to Panhellenism.
- panic alarm — an alarm that can be set off to alert others in the case of an emergency
- pantelleria — an Italian island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Tunisia. 10,000; 32 sq. mi. (83 sq. km).
- pantologist — a systematic view of all human knowledge.
- pantonality — twelve-tone technique.
- pantropical — living or growing throughout the tropics.
- panty liner — a pad worn inside a woman's underwear for feminine hygiene purposes such as absorbing light menstrual flow, daily vaginal discharge, etc
- paper trail — a written or printed record, as of transactions or judicial opinions, especially when used to incriminate someone.
- paphlagonia — an ancient country and Roman province in N Asia Minor, on the S coast of the Black Sea.
- papilliform — resembling a papilla.
- papillulate — covered with small papillae
- parablepsis — abnormal vision
- parableptic — relating to parablepsis
- parabolical — of, relating to, or involving a parable.
- paradoxical — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
- paragliding — a sport resembling hang gliding, in which a person jumps from an aircraft or high place wearing a wide, rectangular, steerable parachute.
- paraleipsis — paralipsis.
- paralimnion — the region of a lake floor between the shoreline or water's edge and the zone of rooted vegetation
- parallactic — the apparent displacement of an observed object due to a change in the position of the observer.
- paralleling — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- parallelise — to make parallel; place so as to be parallel.
- parallelism — the position or relation of parallels.
- parallelist — a person who seeks or makes a comparison.
- parallelize — to make parallel; place so as to be parallel.
- paralympian — a competitor in the Paralympics
- paramedical — related to the medical profession in a secondary or supplementary capacity.
- paraphiliac — a person with paraphilia
- parasailing — a special parachute, kept open with wing-tip holders to help provide lift, used in parasailing.
- parasitical — of, relating to, or characteristic of parasites.
- parcel-gilt — the gilding of only some areas or ornaments of a piece of furniture.
- parfocality — the quality of being parfocal
- parfocalize — to make parfocal
- pari-mutuel — a form of betting and of handling the betting on horse races at racetracks, in which those holding winning tickets divide the total amount bet in proportion to their wagers, less a percentage for the management, taxes, etc.
- parish hall — a room or building associated with a parish church, used by the local community for social or charitable activities (though not necessarily religious activities)
- park-miller — A pseudorandom number generation algorithm which was discredited by Marsaglia and Steve Sullivanin in the July 1993 CACM.
- parking lot — an area, usually divided into individual spaces, intended for parking motor vehicles.
- parlourmaid — In former times, a parlourmaid was a female servant in a private house whose job involved serving people at table.
- parochially — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- paronychial — of or relating to paronychia
- partial key — (database) A key which identifies a subset of a set of information items (e.g. database "records"), and which could narrow the subset to one item if other partial key(s) were combined with it.
- partial sum — one of a series of sums of elements of a given sequence, the first sum being the first element, the second sum being the first element added to the second element, the third sum being equal to the sum of the first three elements, and so on.
- partialized — to bias.
- partialness — being such in part only; not total or general; incomplete: partial blindness; a partial payment of a debt.
- partibility — the quality of being partible
- participial — of or relating to a participle.
- particulars — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.