11-letter words containing p, t, e, a
- anteportico — a lesser portico preceding a main portico.
- anticipated — If an event, especially a cultural event, is eagerly anticipated, people expect that it will be very good, exciting, or interesting.
- anticipates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anticipate.
- antihyperon — the antiparticle of the hyperon
- antileprosy — acting against leprosy
- antileptons — Plural form of antilepton.
- antipathies — Plural form of antipathy.
- antipathise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of antipathize.
- antipathize — (intransitive) To feel or show antipathy.
- antipattern — (software engineering) A design pattern that may be commonly used but is ineffective and/or counterproductive in practice.
- antiphonies — Plural form of antiphony.
- antipoverty — acting against poverty
- antipyresis — checking or preventing fever.
- antipyretic — preventing or alleviating fever
- antiseptics — pertaining to or affecting antisepsis.
- antispyware — Designed or intended to combat or eliminate spyware on a computer system.
- antistrophe — the second of two movements made by a chorus during the performance of a choral ode
- apartmental — relating to an apartment
- apathetical — having or showing little or no emotion: apathetic behavior.
- apertometer — an instrument for measuring the angular and numerical aperture of the objective lens of a microscope.
- aphetically — (linguistics) In an aphetic way: through aphesis.
- apicodental — articulated with the apex of the tongue near the upper front teeth, as ( (θ) ; t h) ) and (; ð) ; th) )
- apicoectomy — a surgical procedure to remove the end of a tooth root in endodontic therapy.
- apodyterium — the changing room in an ancient Roman bathhouse
- apoferritin — a homogeneous protein, found especially in the intestinal mucosa and the liver, that interacts with a ferric hydroxide-ferric phosphate complex to form ferritin.
- apologetics — the branch of theology concerned with the defence and rational justification of Christianity
- aponeurotic — a whitish, fibrous membrane that connects a muscle to a bone or fascia.
- apophthegms — Plural form of apophthegm.
- apophyllite — a white, colourless, pink, or green mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate of calcium, potassium, and fluorine in tetragonal crystalline form. It occurs in cracks in volcanic rocks. Formula: KCa4(Si4O10)2(OH1F).8H2O
- apoproteins — Plural form of apoprotein.
- aposiopetic — Of or pertaining to aposiopesis.
- apostatized — Simple past tense and past participle of apostatize.
- apostlebird — an omnivorous bird, Struthidea cinerea, of eastern Australia, that has chiefly dark gray-brown plumage with white tail markings and is noted for its habit of traveling in groups of about 12 related individuals.
- apostleship — the position or duty of an apostle
- apostolates — Plural form of apostolate.
- apostrophes — Plural form of apostrophe.
- apotheosise — Alternative spelling of apotheosize.
- apotheosize — to deify
- apparatuses — Plural form of apparatus.
- apparelment — the action of preparing or making ready
- appartement — an apartment
- appeachment — an accusation or criminal charge
- appeasement — Appeasement means giving people what they want to prevent them from harming you or being angry with you.
- appellation — An appellation is a name or title that a person, place, or thing is given.
- appellative — an identifying name or title; appellation
- appertained — Past participle of appertain.
- appertinent — (obsolete) That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant.
- apple grunt — Chiefly Eastern Massachusetts. apple pandowdy. Compare grunt (def 6).
- applescript — (language) An object-oriented shell language for the Macintosh, approximately a superset of HyperTalk.
- applicative — relevant or applicable