11-letter words containing p, r, i, a, e, n
- neanthropic — of or relating to modern forms of humans as compared with extinct species of the genus Homo.
- necrophagia — the eating of dead bodies; esp., the practice of feeding on carrion
- necrophilia — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necrophobia — an abnormal fear of death; thanatophobia.
- negrophobia — strong fear or dislike of black people.
- neotropical — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising that part of the New World extending from the tropic of Cancer southward.
- nephritical — Alternative form of nephritic.
- neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- neutropenia — a decrease in the number of neutrophils in the blood: mild, moderate, or severe neutropenia.
- nonoperatic — not operatic
- norway pine — red pine.
- numeric pad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
- old persian — an ancient West Iranian language attested by cuneiform inscriptions. Abbreviation: OPers.
- operational — able to function or be used; functional: How soon will the new factory be operational?
- oppignorate — to promise or give as security
- overexplain — to explain in too much detail
- overlapping — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
- pain relief — techniques concerned with preventing or reducing pain
- paint horse — paint (def 6).
- palsgravine — the wife or widow of a palsgrave.
- panegyrical — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
- panegyricon — a collection of sermons
- panel strip — one of a number of strips of wood or metal laid upon the surface of a wall, ceiling, etc., so as to divide it into a number of broad areas, usually in order to conceal joints between sheets of composition material forming the surface.
- panicmonger — a person who spreads panic
- panspermist — someone who advocates panspermia
- pantelleria — an Italian island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Tunisia. 10,000; 32 sq. mi. (83 sq. km).
- panty liner — a pad worn inside a woman's underwear for feminine hygiene purposes such as absorbing light menstrual flow, daily vaginal discharge, etc
- paper chain — a decorative chain of loops of coloured paper
- paper knife — a small, often decorative, knifelike instrument with a blade of metal, ivory, wood, or the like, for slitting open envelopes, the leaves of books, folded papers, etc.
- paper-train — to train (a pet) to defecate or urinate on sheets of disposable paper.
- papermaking — the art or action of making paper
- paraffinize — paraffin (def 4).
- paragenesis — the origin of minerals or mineral deposits in contact so as to affect one another's formation.
- paragenetic — the origin of minerals or mineral deposits in contact so as to affect one another's formation.
- paralleling — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- paraná pine — a large pine tree, Araucaria angustifolia, of South America yielding softwood timber: family Araucariaceae
- paranephric — located near the kidney
- parapenting — a cross between hang-gliding and parachuting, a sport in which the participant jumps from a high place wearing a modified type of parachute, which is then used as a hang-glider
- paraphrenia — a type of severe paranoid schizophrenia
- parascenium — either of two wings flanking and extending forward from the skene of an ancient Greek theater.
- parascience — the study of subjects that are outside the scope of traditional science because they cannot be explained by accepted scientific theory or tested by conventional scientific methods
- parenthesis — either or both of a pair of signs () used in writing to mark off an interjected explanatory or qualifying remark, to indicate separate groupings of symbols in mathematics and symbolic logic, etc.
- parenthetic — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
- parenticide — a person who kills one or both of his or her parents.
- parian ware — an English and American hardpaste porcelain ware introduced c1850, having a white, hard surface and used mainly for biscuit figures.
- paripinnate — evenly pinnate.
- paris green — Chemistry. an emerald-green, poisonous, water-insoluble powder produced from arsenic trioxide and copper acetate: used chiefly as a pigment, insecticide, and wood preservative.
- parishioner — one of the community or inhabitants of a parish.
- partialness — being such in part only; not total or general; incomplete: partial blindness; a partial payment of a debt.
- partitioner — a division into or distribution in portions or shares.