11-letter words containing p, i, s, t, a
- petrarchist — a person who imitates the literary style employed by Petrarch, especially the poets of the English Renaissance who employed the Petrarchan sonnet style.
- phantasiast — a person who adhered to the religious doctrine that Christ had no substantial reality
- pharyngitis — inflammation of the mucous membrane of the pharynx; sore throat.
- philatelist — the collecting of stamps and other postal matter as a hobby or an investment.
- phitsanulok — a city in central Thailand.
- phonematics — phonemics.
- phonetastic — (communications) A CTI product from Callware. Phonetastic employs if-then rules and customer records to tell those receiving calls who is calling (based on ANI and DNIS) and to determine how the call should be routed, e.g. to a certain sales representative or to the general sales department; receive high-priority treatment; receive a fax-back, etc.
- phoniatrics — the study and treatment of voice disorders.
- phosphatide — phospholipid.
- phosphatize — to treat with phosphates.
- photomosaic — mosaic (def 4).
- photostatic — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
- phthiriasis — crab lice infestation.
- phyllotaxis — phyllotaxy.
- physiatrics — physical medicine.
- physiatrist — a physician specializing in physical medicine.
- physicalist — a doctrine associated with logical positivism and holding that every meaningful statement, other than the necessary statements of logic and mathematics, must refer directly or indirectly to observable properties of spatiotemporal things or events.
- physicality — the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- physiolatry — the worship of nature
- piano stool — adjustable stool used by pianist
- piatigorsky — Gregor [greg-er] /ˈgrɛg ər/ (Show IPA), 1903–76, U.S. cellist, born in Russia.
- pilot raise — a small raise intended to be enlarged later.
- pinnatisect — (of a leaf) divided in a pinnate manner.
- pintsch gas — gas with high illuminating power made from shale oil or petroleum, used in buoys, lighthouses, and railroad cars.
- pirate ship — vessel sailed by sea robbers
- piscatology — the art or science of fishing.
- piscatorial — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- pisistratus — c605–527 b.c, tyrant of Athens 560–527 (father of Hipparchus and Hippias).
- piss artist — a boastful or incompetent person
- pissasphalt — a sticky semi-liquid form of bitumen that is similar to tar
- piston land — A piston land is a raised area of a piston between piston rings.
- piston slap — the characteristic sound of a seriously worn piston in a cylinder (usually of the engine of a motor car)
- 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
- plainstanes — the pavement or a paved area in a town or city
- plainstones — the pavement or a paved area in a town or city
- plasmatical — relating to plasma
- plastic art — an art, as sculpture, in which forms are carved or modeled.
- plastic bag — carrier bag, sack made of plastic
- plasticated — covered with a layer of plastic
- 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.
- plasticware — knives, forks, spoons, cups, etc., made of plastic: a picnic hamper with plasticware for six.
- plastiqueur — a person, especially a terrorist, who makes, places, or detonates plastic bombs.
- playstation — (games, hardware) The leading family of games consoles, from Sony Corporation consisting of the original Playstation (PS1) and the Playstation 2 (PS2). The basic Playstations consist of a small box containing the processor and a DVD reader, with video outputs to connect to a TV, sockets for two game controllers, and a socket for one or two memory cards. The PS2 also has USB sockets. The PS2 can run PS1 software because the PS2's I/O processor is the same as the PS1's CPU.
- plisetskaya — Maya (Mikhailovna) [mah-yuh myi-khahy-luh v-nuh] /ˈmɑ yə myɪˈxaɪ ləv nə/ (Show IPA), 1925–2015, Soviet ballet dancer.
- pluralistic — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- polyandrist — a woman who practices or favors polyandry.
- pontificals — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
- portraitist — a person who makes portraits.
- post chaise — a four-wheeled coach for rapid transportation of passengers and mail, used in the 18th and early 19th centuries.