11-letter words containing p, r, a, i, s, e
- persian cat — a long-haired variety of the domestic cat, originally raised in Persia and Afghanistan.
- persian rug — an Oriental rug made in Persia (Iran), having rich, soft colors in any of various intricate, often floral, patterns
- personalise — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- personalism — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
- 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.
- personalize — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- personation — to act or portray (a character in a play, a part, etc.).
- perspirable — having the ability to perspire
- persuasible — capable of being persuaded; open to or yielding to persuasion.
- pervasively — spread throughout: The corruption is so pervasive that it is accepted as the way to do business.
- 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.
- petrarchist — a person who imitates the literary style employed by Petrarch, especially the poets of the English Renaissance who employed the Petrarchan sonnet style.
- phariseeism — the principles and practices of the Pharisees.
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- pilot raise — a small raise intended to be enlarged later.
- piperaceous — belonging to the Piperacae, the pepper family of plants.
- pirate ship — vessel sailed by sea robbers
- plagiarised — to take and use by plagiarism.
- planisphere — a map of half or more of the celestial sphere with a device for indicating the part of a given location visible at a given time.
- 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.
- pleinairism — pertaining to a manner or style of painting developed chiefly in France in the mid-19th century, characterized by the representation of the luminous effects of natural light and atmosphere as contrasted with the artificial light and absence of the sense of air or atmosphere associated with paintings produced in the studio.
- pluriserial — having many series or rows
- polariscope — an instrument for measuring or exhibiting the polarization of light or for examining substances in polarized light, often to determine stress and strain in glass and other substances.
- polyspermia — the secretion of an excessive amount of semen.
- praenestine — of or relating to the ancient town of Praeneste in Italy, or to the Latin dialect spoken there.
- praetorship — the office of a praetor.
- pre-islamic — existing prior to the ascendancy of Islam; pre-Muslim.
- pre-seminal — released before semen is ejaculated
- pre-spanish — of or relating to Spain, its people, or their language.
- preachiness — the quality of being preachy; a preachy style, esp a tedious one
- preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
- precautious — using or displaying precaution: a precautious reply; a precautious person.
- precisional — the state or quality of being precise.
- prediabetes — a condition in which carbohydrate metabolism is mildly abnormal but other criteria indicating diabetes mellitus are absent.
- predispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- predisposal — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
- predynastic — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the first dynasty of a nation, especially the period in Egypt before c3200 b.c.
- preemphasis — a process of increasing the amplitude of certain frequencies relative to others in a signal in order to help them override noise, complemented by deemphasis before final reproduction of the signal being received.
- prehispanic — Spanish.
- preinvasion — occurring before an invasion
- preinvasive — of or relating to a stage preceding invasion of the tissues; in situ.
- prelateship — the rank of a prelate
- presanctify — to sanctify ahead of an event
- presbycusia — impaired hearing due to old age.
- prestations — a payment in money or in services.