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11-letter words containing p, r, e, m, a, l

  • peru balsam — an aromatic balsam that is obtained from the tropical South American leguminous tree Myroxylon pereirae and is similar to balsam of Tolu
  • pilgrimager — a pilgrim
  • planetarium — an apparatus or model representing the planetary system.
  • planimetric — the measurement of plane areas.
  • plastometer — an instrument for measuring the plasticity of a substance.
  • plate armor — armor made of thin, flat, shaped pieces of wrought iron or steel.
  • 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.
  • poetry slam — a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
  • polarimeter — an instrument for measuring the amount of light received from a given source as a function of its state of polarization.
  • pole hammer — a shafted weapon having a spiked hammer head.
  • policymaker — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
  • polyspermia — the secretion of an excessive amount of semen.
  • pramipexole — a dopamine agonist used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
  • prattlement — chatter, prattling
  • pre-diploma — a document given by an educational institution conferring a degree on a person or certifying that the person has satisfactorily completed a course of study.
  • pre-islamic — existing prior to the ascendancy of Islam; pre-Muslim.
  • pre-seminal — released before semen is ejaculated
  • preambulary — of, pertaining to or of the nature of a preamble; preliminary, introductory
  • preambulate — to make a preamble, to give an introduction
  • preassembly — an assembling or coming together of a number of persons, usually for a particular purpose: The principal will speak to all the students at Friday's assembly.
  • preliminary — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
  • prematerial — the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed: Stone is a durable material.
  • prematurely — occurring, coming, or done too soon: a premature announcement.
  • premedieval — prior to the Middle Ages.
  • preterminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
  • prevailment — the action of prevailing
  • prime ideal — an ideal in a ring with a multiplicative identity, having the property that when the product of two elements of the ring results in an element of the ideal, at least one of the elements is an element of the ideal.
  • primigenial — relating to an early stage of existence; primitive
  • problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
  • programable — capable of being programmed.
  • prolegomena — a preliminary discussion; introductory essay, as prefatory matter in a book; a prologue.
  • promulgated — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • propylamine — an isomeric amine of propyl
  • proximately — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
  • replacement — the act of replacing.
  • ripple mark — one of the wavy lines or ridges produced, especially on sand, by the action of waves, wind, or the like.
  • sample rate — (digital signal processing)   The number of times an analog signal is measured (sampled) per second. The unit of sample rate is "samples per second". This is often expressed in kiloHertz (kHz). For example, "CD quality" sound has a sample rate of 44 kHz. Compare data rate. See Nyquist frequency.
  • sample room — a room, as in a hotel suite, in which merchandise is displayed for sale to the trade.
  • scrap metal — discarded metal
  • sea lamprey — a parasitic marine lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, that spawns in fresh water along both Atlantic coasts and in the Great Lakes, where it is responsible for losses of economically valuable fish.
  • semelparous — (of a plant) producing flowers and fruit only once before dying
  • semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
  • sempiternal — everlasting; eternal.
  • septemviral — of or relating to septemvirs or a septemvirate.
  • sperm whale — a large, square-snouted whale, Physeter catodon, valued for its oil and spermaceti: now reduced in number and rare in some areas.
  • spermicidal — that kills sperm
  • sugar maple — any of several maples having a sweet sap, especially Acer saccharum (the state tree of New York, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin), having a short trunk and long, curving branches, yielding a hard wood used for making furniture and being the chief source of maple sugar.
  • superfamily — a category of related families within an order or suborder.
  • supernormal — in excess of the normal or average: supernormal faculties; supernormal production.
  • team player — a person who willingly works in cooperation with others.
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