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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.
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