11-letter words containing p, i
- ascriptions — Plural form of ascription.
- aseptically — in a non-putrefying manner
- asperations — Plural form of asperation.
- aspergation — the action of sprinkling, suffusing or irrigating with water
- aspergillum — a brush or perforated container for sprinkling holy water
- aspergillus — any ascomycetous fungus of the genus Aspergillus, having chains of conidia attached like bristles to a club-shaped stalk: family Aspergillaceae
- aspersorium — a basin containing holy water with which worshippers sprinkle themselves
- aspheterise — to deny the right of private property
- aspheterism — the teaching that all property should be in common ownership and no individual should benefit from personal possession
- aspheterize — to observe or engage in aspheterism
- asphyxiants — Plural form of asphyxiant.
- asphyxiated — Simple past tense and past participle of asphyxiate.
- asphyxiates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asphyxiate.
- asphyxiator — to produce asphyxia in.
- aspidistras — Plural form of aspidistra.
- aspirations — a strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition: intellectual aspirations.
- asplanchnic — having no gut
- asportation — the removal or taking away of something
- assumptions — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
- astraphobia — a fear of thunder and lightning
- astrophobia — A fear of stars and celestial space.
- at gunpoint — If you are held at gunpoint, someone is threatening to shoot and kill you if you do not obey them.
- atelophobia — The fear of imperfection or not being good enough.
- atheophobia — Fear or hatred of atheism or atheists.
- athwartship — having a position across a vessel from side to side at right angles to the keel
- atmospheric — Atmospheric is used to describe something which relates to the Earth's atmosphere.
- atomic pile — nuclear reactor
- atriopeptin — any of several peptide hormones that are released by the atria of the heart in response to an abnormal increase in blood volume and that modulate blood pressure and the excretion of sodium, potassium, and water. Abbreviation: ANF.
- attapulgite — a clay mineral, basic hydrous silicate of magnesium and aluminum, the active ingredient of fuller's earth.
- attempering — Present participle of attemper.
- attophysics — the physics of structures and artefacts with dimensions in the attometre range or of devices, such as lasers, capable of producing pulses with a duration measured in attoseconds
- atypicality — the quality or condition of being atypical
- audiophiles — Plural form of audiophile.
- audiotypist — a typist trained to type from a dictating machine
- auditorship — the position or function of auditor
- auspicating — Present participle of auspicate.
- autographic — of, for, or like an autograph or autographs
- automorphic — shaped and designed after oneself
- autoplastic — Of or pertaining to autoplasty.
- autopoiesis — Self creation; self organization.
- autopotamic — (of an organism) living or growing only in flowing freshwater streams.
- autotrophic — (of organisms such as green plants) capable of manufacturing complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources such as carbon dioxide, water, and nitrates, using energy from the sun
- auxotrophic — designating or of a mutant organism requiring more nutritional substances than its prototrophic parent because it has lost the ability to make a certain enzyme
- avoirdupois — a system of weights used in many English-speaking countries. It is based on the pound, which contains 16 ounces or 7000 grains. 100 pounds (US) or 112 pounds (Brit) is equal to 1 hundredweight and 20 hundredweights equals 1 ton
- axanthopsia — a defect of vision in which the retina fails to respond to yellow.
- azido group — the univalent group N 3 −, derived from hydrazoic acid.
- azoospermia — absence of spermatozoa in the semen
- backpacking — If you go backpacking, you go travelling with a backpack.
- backspacing — Present participle of backspace.
- bailiffship — the office of a bailiff