11-letter words containing s, e, p, h, r
- partnership — the state or condition of being a partner; participation; association; joint interest.
- pastry chef — cook who specializes in patisserie
- pea-shooter — a tube through which dried peas, beans, or small pellets are blown, used as a toy.
- pear thrips — a minute, slender-bodied insect, Taeniothrips inconsequens, that eats the blossoms of flowering plants and is a common pest of pear, maple, almond, apple, and other trees in the eastern U.S.
- pear-shaped — having the shape of a pear; tapering near the top and bulging toward the base or bottom: a pear-shaped vase.
- pechora sea — the SE part of the Barents Sea, northwest of Russia
- pele's hair — volcanic glass thread, usually basaltic, caused by the solidification of exploding or ejected lava in the open air.
- perichylous — (of a plant) having water-storing tissue outside the green tissue
- peripherals — pertaining to, situated in, or constituting the periphery: peripheral resistance on the outskirts of the battle area.
- peripheries — the external boundary of any surface or area.
- periphrasis — the use of an unnecessarily long or roundabout form of expression; circumlocution.
- perishables — perishable articles, esp food
- peristalith — a group of stones encircling a mound, dolmen, or the like.
- pershing ii — a 38-foot (12 meters) U.S. Army surface-to-surface nuclear missile with a single warhead and range of more than 1000 miles (1609 km).
- persichetti — Vincent, 1915–87, U.S. composer.
- persulphate — a sulphuric acid salt of a base peroxide
- petrarchism — the poetic style introduced by Petrarch and characteristic of his work, marked by complex grammatical structure, elaborate conceits, and conventionalized diction.
- petrarchist — a person who imitates the literary style employed by Petrarch, especially the poets of the English Renaissance who employed the Petrarchan sonnet style.
- phalanstery — the buildings occupied by a phalanx. the community itself.
- 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).
- phariseeism — the principles and practices of the Pharisees.
- philosopher — a person who offers views or theories on profound questions in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and other related fields.
- phosphorate — Also, phosphorize. Chemistry. to combine or impregnate with phosphorus.
- phosphorite — a sedimentary rock sufficiently rich in phosphate minerals to be used as a source of phosphorus for fertilizers.
- phosphorize — phosphorate (def 1).
- photoresist — Electronics. a photosensitive liquid polymer, used in photolithography to produce integrated circuits.
- photosensor — a photocell used to detect light.
- photosphere — a sphere of light or radiance.
- phrase book — a small book containing everyday phrases and sentences and their equivalents in a foreign language, written especially for travelers.
- phrasemaker — a person who is skilled in coining well-turned phrases; phraseologist.
- phraseogram — a written symbol or combination of symbols, as in shorthand, used to represent a phrase.
- phraseology — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- physiometry — measurement of the physiological functions of the body.
- phytosterol — Biochemistry. any of various sterols obtained from plants.
- pill pusher — a medical doctor, especially one who too readily prescribes medication.
- pill-pusher — a medical doctor, especially one who too readily prescribes medication.
- pirate ship — vessel sailed by sea robbers
- pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
- plane crash — an accident in which an aircraft hits land or water and is damaged or destroyed
- planisphere — a map of half or more of the celestial sphere with a device for indicating the part of a given location visible at a given time.
- plank-sheer — a plank or timber covering the upper ends of the frames of a wooden vessel
- pleochroism — the property of certain crystals of exhibiting different colors when viewed from different directions under transmitted light. Compare dichroism (def 1), trichroism.
- ploughshare — the horizontal pointed cutting blade of a mouldboard plough
- port neches — a town in SE Texas.
- porterhouse — Also called porterhouse steak. a choice cut of beef from between the prime ribs and the sirloin.
- post-holder — a person who has a particular job or position
- postharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- praetorship — the office of a praetor.
- pre-spanish — of or relating to Spain, its people, or their language.