11-letter words containing p, r, i, m, a, l
- 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.
- malapropism — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
- malapropist — a person who regularly makes malapropisms
- 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.
- manipulator — a person who manipulates.
- marlinspike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- marshalship — The position or role of a marshal.
- microcephal — a person with microcephaly
- milliampere — a unit of electric current equal to one thousandth of an ampere. Abbreviation: mA.
- moon pillar — a halo phenomenon in which a vertical streak of light appears above and below the moon, believed to be caused by the reflection of moonlight by ice crystals with vertical axes.
- multiparity — of or relating to a multipara.
- multiparous — of or relating to a multipara.
- 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.
- multispiral — having several spiral coils
- naupliiform — shaped like a nauplius larva
- nominal par — an equality in value or standing; a level of equality: The gains and the losses are on a par.
- palindromic — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- panic alarm — an alarm that can be set off to alert others in the case of an emergency
- papilliform — resembling a papilla.
- paralimnion — the region of a lake floor between the shoreline or water's edge and the zone of rooted vegetation
- parallelism — the position or relation of parallels.
- paralympian — a competitor in the Paralympics
- paramedical — related to the medical profession in a secondary or supplementary capacity.
- 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.
- parlourmaid — In former times, a parlourmaid was a female servant in a private house whose job involved serving people at table.
- partial sum — one of a series of sums of elements of a given sequence, the first sum being the first element, the second sum being the first element added to the second element, the third sum being equal to the sum of the first three elements, and so on.
- pastoralism — the practice of herding as the primary economic activity of a society.
- 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.
- patrimonial — an estate inherited from one's father or ancestors.
- pelargonium — any plant of the genus Pelargonium, the cultivated species of which are usually called geranium. Compare geranium (def 2).
- 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.
- pilgrimager — a pilgrim
- plaid cymru — the Welsh nationalist party
- planetarium — an apparatus or model representing the planetary system.
- planimetric — the measurement of plane areas.
- planuliform — resembling a planula
- platforming — a process for reforming petroleum using a platinum catalyst
- 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.
- plumularian — a member of the genus Plumularia
- polarimeter — an instrument for measuring the amount of light received from a given source as a function of its state of polarization.
- policymaker — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- polyspermia — the secretion of an excessive amount of semen.
- polyzoarium — a bryozoan colony, or its supporting skeleton.
- postmarital — occurring, effective, or provided after marriage
- pragmatical — of or relating to a practical point of view or practical considerations.