11-letter words containing p, r, e, m, a, l
- lamprophyre — any dark intrusive rock in which dark minerals occur both as phenocrysts and as groundmass.
- laparectomy — excision of strips of the abdominal wall and suturing of the wounds so as to correct laxity of the abdominal muscles.
- lawyer palm — any of various kinds of entangling and thorny vegetation, such as the rattan palm, esp in tropical areas
- lepromatous — the swollen lesion of leprosy.
- leprosarium — a hospital for the treatment of lepers.
- lump hammer — a heavy hammer used for driving stakes or breaking stone
- magpie lark — a black-and-white pied bird, Grallina cyanoleuca, inhabiting areas near water in Australia and southern New Guinea.
- mailpersons — Plural form of mailperson.
- malpractice — Law. failure of a professional person, as a physician or lawyer, to render proper services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, especially when injury or loss follows.
- manila rope — rope made from Manila hemp.
- maple grove — a town in SE Minnesota.
- maple sugar — a yellowish-brown sugar produced by boiling down maple syrup.
- maple syrup — a syrup produced by partially boiling down the sap of the sugar maple or of any of several other maple trees.
- marketplace — an open area in a town where a market is held.
- marlinspike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- master plan — A master plan is a clever plan that is intended to help someone succeed in a very difficult or important task.
- master-plan — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
- melanophore — a pigmented connective-tissue cell containing melanin in its cytoplasm, responsible for color changes in many fishes and reptiles.
- metacarpals — Plural form of metacarpal.
- microcephal — a person with microcephaly
- milliampere — a unit of electric current equal to one thousandth of an ampere. Abbreviation: mA.
- mount pearl — a town in Newfoundland, in E Canada, on the SE part of the island, S of St. John's.
- multiplayer — of or relating to a video game, or a portion of a video game, in which more than one person plays at the same time in a shared game environment: a multiplayer game; multiplayer mode; a multiplayer experience.
- myelography — the production of myelograms.
- nontemporal — not indicating time
- numberplate — Alternative spelling of number plate.
- pachydermal — having the characteristics of a pachyderm
- paddle worm — any of a family of green-blue faintly iridescent active marine polychaete worms of the genus Phyllodoce, having paddle-shaped swimming lobes, found under stones on the shore
- palm desert — a town in S California, near Palm Springs.
- palm reader — fortune teller who interprets hand lines
- palmer land — the southern part of the Antarctic Peninsula.
- palmer worm — the hairy black and white caterpillar of the goldtail moth
- pamphleteer — a writer or publisher of pamphlets, especially on controversial issues.
- par exemple — for example
- paracetamol — painkilling drug
- parallelism — the position or relation of parallels.
- paramedical — related to the medical profession in a secondary or supplementary capacity.
- parcel bomb — explosive device in a package
- parenchymal — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- 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.
- park-miller — A pseudorandom number generation algorithm which was discredited by Marsaglia and Steve Sullivanin in the July 1993 CACM.
- parlor game — any game usually played indoors, especially in the living room or parlor, as a word game or a quiz, requiring little or no physical activity.
- patelliform — having the form of a patella; shaped like a saucer, kneecap, or limpet shell.
- 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.
- pelargonium — any plant of the genus Pelargonium, the cultivated species of which are usually called geranium. Compare geranium (def 2).
- perambulate — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
- performable — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- permanently — existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
- peroxisomal — of or relating to a peroxisome; of the nature of a peroxisome
- personalism — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.