11-letter words containing p, i, s, t, a
- partialness — being such in part only; not total or general; incomplete: partial blindness; a partial payment of a debt.
- 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.
- partisanism — partisan action or spirit.
- partnership — the state or condition of being a partner; participation; association; joint interest.
- party music — music for or at a party
- passion pit — a drive-in movie theater.
- passiontide — the two-week period from Passion Sunday to Holy Saturday.
- passivation — the process of passivating a material
- pasteurised — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- pasteurized — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- pasteurizer — an apparatus for pasteurizing milk and other liquids.
- pasticheuse — a woman who makes or composes a pastiche.
- pastoralism — the practice of herding as the primary economic activity of a society.
- pastoralist — a grazier or land-holder raising sheep, cattle, etc, on a large scale
- pastoralize — to make pastoral or rural.
- pataphysics — a supposed branch of philosophy or science that studies imaginary phenomena beyond the realm of metaphysics; the science of imaginary solutions.
- 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
- pathologies — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- pathologist — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- patientless — a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- patio doors — doors to an area adjoining a house, esp one that is paved and used for outdoor activities
- patrologist — a student of patrology.
- patron-ship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patronising — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patroonship — a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
- patsy cline — Patsy (Virginia Patterson Hensley) 1932–63, U.S. country singer.
- pay a visit — go to the toilet
- pay dispute — a disagreement between workers and employers concerning salary
- pay station — a machine where you can pay for parking, as in a car park, etc
- 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.
- pedanticise — to be pedantic
- pedanticism — pedantry.
- pedobaptism — the baptism of infants.
- pedobaptist — a person who advocates or practices pedobaptism.
- peninsulate — to cause (land) to become peninsular
- pentastomid — tongue worm.
- pentatonism — the use of a five-tone scale.
- perestroika — Russian. the program of economic and political reform in the Soviet Union initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986.
- perigastric — located near or around the gastric system (predominantly the stomach)
- peristalith — a group of stones encircling a mound, dolmen, or the like.
- peristalsis — the progressive wave of contraction and relaxation of a tubular muscular system, especially the alimentary canal, by which the contents are forced through the system.
- peristaltic — of, relating to, or resembling peristalsis.
- persian cat — a long-haired variety of the domestic cat, originally raised in Persia and Afghanistan.
- 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.
- personation — to act or portray (a character in a play, a part, etc.).
- 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.
- petrarchism — the poetic style introduced by Petrarch and characteristic of his work, marked by complex grammatical structure, elaborate conceits, and conventionalized diction.