11-letter words containing p, r, o, n
- perfunctory — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- perigordian — of, relating to, or characteristic of an Upper Paleolithic cultural epoch in southern France, especially of the Périgord region.
- peril point — the lower limit of a tariff on a commodity at which import of that commodity would have a seriously adverse effect on the local producers.
- period pain — Period pain is the pain that some women have when they have a monthly period.
- periodontal — of or relating to the periodontium.
- periodontia — the bone, connective tissue, and gum surrounding and supporting a tooth.
- peritonitic — inflammation of the peritoneum, often accompanied by pain and tenderness in the abdomen, vomiting, constipation, and moderate fever.
- peritonitis — inflammation of the peritoneum, often accompanied by pain and tenderness in the abdomen, vomiting, constipation, and moderate fever.
- perlocution — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
- permutation — the act of permuting or permutating; alteration; transformation.
- persecution — the act of persecuting.
- person-year — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work done by one person in a year consisting of a standard number of person-days.
- personal ad — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- 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.).
- personified — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- personifies — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- personpower — the power or influence of a person
- persorption — the deep penetration of a liquid into a highly porous solid, resulting in an intimate mixture.
- petitionary — of the nature of or expressing a petition.
- petrol tank — The petrol tank in a motor vehicle is the container for petrol.
- petropounds — the multiples of the British pound as regarded in terms of income derived from petroleum
- phanerogams — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- phanerozoic — the eon comprising the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
- pharaoh ant — a red or yellow ant, Monomorium pharaonis, introduced from Europe into North America: a common household pest.
- phoniatrics — the study and treatment of voice disorders.
- phonography — phonetic spelling, writing, or shorthand.
- photoproton — a proton emitted from a nucleus during photodisintegration.
- photosensor — a photocell used to detect light.
- piano organ — a mechanical piano that is built like a barrel organ
- piano tuner — a person who tunes pianos and sometimes other keyboard instruments.
- pierrefonds — a former city in S Quebec, Canada, now part of Montreal.
- pigeon drop — a confidence game or sleight-of-hand swindle whereby cash is extracted from the victim as collateral for a supposed share in a large sum of discovered money, dishonest profits, or gambling winnings, which in fact are nonexistent.
- pigeonholer — someone who likes to pigeonhole people or things
- pignoration — the act or process of pledging or pawning
- pilocarpine — an oil or crystalline alkaloid, C 1 1 H 1 6 N 2 O 2 , obtained from jaborandi, and used chiefly to produce sweating, promote the flow of saliva, contract the pupil of the eye, and for glaucoma.
- pink collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
- pink-collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
- pioneer day — a legal holiday in Utah on July 24 to commemorate Brigham Young's founding of Salt Lake City in 1847.
- piping cord — Cord that is covered in fabric and used to decorate a seam
- pirouetting — a whirling about on one foot or on the points of the toes, as in ballet dancing.
- piss around — If you say that someone pisses around or pisses about, you mean they waste a lot of time doing unimportant things.
- piston ring — a metallic ring, usually one of a series, and split so as to be expansible, placed around a piston in order to maintain a tight fit, as inside the cylinder of an engine.
- pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
- plain flour — ground wheat with no raising agent
- plank floor — a floor made from sawed, straight-grained timber.